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History Bringing the Lee Titus Deuce Roadster Back to 1959

Discussion in 'Traditional Hot Rods' started by HEMI32, Aug 13, 2020.

  1. VF-1
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    I love theses timeless builds! Thanks for sharing!!
     
  2. DWDarby
    Joined: Jun 7, 2004
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    In the meantime, work continues on my replica, started around 1992 or so so. AMT 32 Roadster, with the 283 from the Trophy Series coupe cut down to accept the heads and induction from an AMT 57 Corvette. Dropped headlight bar made from 18 gauge craft wire, and King Bees from a Revell 32 kit. It isn't finished yet, still looking at redoing the interior, and the license plates/spare tire logo are just mock-ups.

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  3. Jeff Norwell
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    Fantastic Thread Todd.
     
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  4. The37Kid
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    That stack of kit boxes is great! Maybe it is time to organize mine.

    Bob
     
  5. Not the best pic but here is Lee with the ‘32 in 1951 from Hop Up Dec ‘51.
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  6. More progress at the Brizio shop:

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (17).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (18).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-04-10 (frame).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (20).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (19).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (21).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-04-10 (body).jpg
    images from the Roy Brizio Street Rods website and from the April 10th Roy Brizio Street Rods Inc Facebook timeline
     
    Last edited: Jan 1, 2022
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  7. When Andy Southard Jr had it on the left ours on the right . 24131488_1676471975716773_3063572854142656964_n.jpg 24068340_1673308682699769_2711220175534736432_n.jpg
     
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  8. @Deuce-Deano Scott -

    Thanks for adding this pics to the thread!

    I always wondered what happened to (my good friend) Dick Eaton's Deuce Hiboy Roadster ... now I know! :)

    Regards, Todd @HEMI32 Olson
     
  9. Todd,
    We have had it in the family since 1981
    Lots of fun over the years. Attebury rebuild it for us and finished it in 2016. Still have all the Jag suspension boxed up.
    Dean
     
  10. Wow, what a great history of a great car. Did I miss it, or do we know what version the car will be restored to?
     
  11. You missed it :D ... It was in the second line of the OP:
     
  12. The current state of the restoration ...

    ... mockup engine being pulled:

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-06-02 (frame).jpg
    image from roybriziostreetrods' June 2nd Instagram feed​

    ... body:

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-06-02 (body).jpg
    image from roybriziostreetrods' June 2nd Instagram feed​
     
    Last edited: Jun 3, 2021
  13. Here's the rest of the B&W photographs from the 1959 HRM photo shoot:

    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (1).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (2).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (3).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (4).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (5).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (6).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (7).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (8).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (9).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (10).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (11).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (12).jpg
    all images by Eric Rickman (from the Petersen Digital Archives)
     

  14. Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (13).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (14).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (15).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (16).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (17).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (18).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (19).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (20).jpg
    all images by Eric Rickman (from the Petersen Digital Archives)
     

  15. Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (21).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (22).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (23).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (24).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (25).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (26).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (27).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (28).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (29).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (30).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (31).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (32).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (33).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (34).jpg
    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster - 1959 - by Eric Rickman (35).jpg
    all images by Eric Rickman (from the Petersen Digital Archives)
     
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  16. Work continues at the Brizio shop:

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (24).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-07-23 (2).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (26).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (27).jpg

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-07-23 (1).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (22).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (23).jpg

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (25).jpg

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster - RBSR website image (28).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-07-23 (3).jpg
    images from the Roy Brizio Street Rods website ...
    or from Jack @jakespeed55 Stratton's July 23rd Instagram feed​
     
    Last edited: Jan 1, 2022
  17. Latest update from the Brizio shop:

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-08-11 .jpg
    image from the August 11th Roy Brizio Street Rods Inc Facebook timeline
     
  18. Roy Brizio Street Rods metalman, Andrik Albor made some "minor adjustments" on the fenders:

    2021 09 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Concourse Metal Shaping (1).PNG
    2021 09 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Concourse Metal Shaping (2).PNG
    2021 09 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Concourse Metal Shaping (3).PNG
    2021 09 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Concourse Metal Shaping (4).PNG
    2021 09 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Concourse Metal Shaping (5).PNG
    2021 09 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Concourse Metal Shaping (6).PNG
    2021 09 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Concourse Metal Shaping (7).PNG
    2021 09 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Concourse Metal Shaping (8).PNG
    2021 09 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Concourse Metal Shaping (9).PNG
    all images from concourse_metal_shaping's September 8th Instagram feed
     
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  19. SPEC
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    Excellent build.
     
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  20. The Lee Titus Deuce Roadster has made its way to Darryl (@hollenbeck32) Hollenbeck's Vintage Color Studio:

    2021 09 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio.PNG
    image from vintagecolorstudio's September 8th Instagram story​
     
    Last edited: Jan 1, 2022
  21. Very cool keep the updates coming.
     
  22. Today, Darryl (@hollenbeck32) Hollenbeck "discovered" a cool feature of the Lee Titus Deuce Roadster:

    Lee's Speed Shop Roadster Hood Prop - 1959 (photo by Eric Rickman).jpg
    circa 1959 image by Eric Rickman (from the Petersen Digital Archives)

    2021 09 09 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (01).JPG
    2021 09 09 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (02).JPG
    2021 09 09 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (03).JPG
    2021 09 09 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (04).JPG
    2021 09 09 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (05).JPG
    images from vintagecolorstudio's September 9th Instagram story​
     
    Last edited: Jan 1, 2022
  23. Here’s some more pics of the Lee Titus Deuce Roadster while at Darryl (@hollenbeck32) Hollenbeck's Vintage Color Studio:

    2021 10 06 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio.PNG
    image from vintagecolorstudio's October 6th Instagram story

    2021 10 07 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (2).jpg
    2021 10 07 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (3).jpg
    2021 10 07 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (1).jpg
    images from vintagecolorstudio's October 7th Instagram story

    2021 10 25 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio.png
    image from vintagecolorstudio's October 25th Instagram story

    2021 11 16 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (1).png
    2021 11 16 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (2).PNG
    images from vintagecolorstudio's November 16th Instagram story

    2021 11 17 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (1).PNG
    2021 11 17 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (2).PNG
    2021 11 17 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (3).PNG
    2021 11 17 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (4).PNG
    2021 11 17 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (5).PNG
    images from vintagecolorstudio's November 17th Instagram story

    2021 11 19 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (1).PNG
    2021 11 19 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (2).PNG
    2021 11 19 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (3).PNG
    2021 11 19 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (4).PNG
    2021 11 19 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (5).PNG
    2021 11 19 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (6).PNG
    images from vintagecolorstudio's November 19th Instagram story

    2021 11 20 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio.PNG
    image from vintagecolorstudio's November 20th Instagram story

    2021 11 24 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio.PNG
    image from vintagecolorstudio's November 24th Instagram story

    2021 12 07 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio.PNG
    image from vintagecolorstudio's December 7th Instagram story

    2021 12 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (1).PNG
    2021 12 08 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (2).PNG
    images from vintagecolorstudio's December 8th Instagram story​
     
    Last edited: Jan 1, 2022
  24. The37Kid
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    Car looks great, and it has history, wonder if it is under consideration for the 1932 Ford Hot Rod class at Pebble Beach 2022? Bob
     
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  25. Final assembly of the Lee Titus Deuce Roadster has begun at the Brizio shop:

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-12-10 (1).jpg
    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-12-10 (2).jpg
    images from roybriziostreetrods' December 10th 2021 Instagram story

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-12-10.jpg
    image from roybriziostreetrods' March 19th 2022 Instagram feed​
     
    Last edited: Mar 20, 2022
  26. Here’s even more pics of the Lee Titus Deuce Roadster while at Darryl (@hollenbeck32) Hollenbeck's Vintage Color Studio:

    2021 12 13 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (1).PNG
    2021 12 13 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (2).PNG
    2021 12 13 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (3).PNG
    2021 12 13 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (4).PNG
    2021 12 13 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (5).PNG
    2021 12 13 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (6).PNG
    images from vintagecolorstudio's December 13th Instagram story

    2021 12 31 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (1).PNG
    2021 12 31 - Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Vintage Color Studio (2).PNG
    images from vintagecolorstudio's December 31st Instagram story​
     
    Last edited: Jan 1, 2022
  27. Current status of the Lee Titus Deuce Roadster at the Brizio shop:

    Lee Titus Deuce Roadster @ Roy Brizio Street Rods - 2021-12-31 .jpg
    image from roybriziostreetrods' December 31st 2021 Instagram story
     
  28. The37Kid
    Joined: Apr 30, 2004
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    Thanks for the update! Happy New Year!

    Bob
     
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  29. Incredible history lesson and journey. Love those old Peterson pictures.
    Looks like it's in good hands! Amazing transformation back to it's old 50's look.
     
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  30. loudbang
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    That has got to be the smallest buffer I have ever seen. :eek:

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