History Iconic Roadsters that set the bar for the rest of us

Parts of the body from that red roadster actually lives on in a banger powered roadster here in Sweden.

 

Great thread Beautiful cars from days gone by. Gives me inspiration to try to do more on mine, but Dammit, it's so hard to stop driving it as is in order to do the little things it needs to be more finished.
This thread also gives a lot of reinforcement to my previous comments that the bucket sized headlights on the cars being built today by lots of folks ain't period correct or traditional.

 

I gotta admit that Gray's full fender roadster made a impression on me not unlike the man himself. HRP

 

btt

 

Five pages in and no one has mentioned this one yet?? Pedigree that goes back to the 30's, and was driven by the King himself before he left the building!




Note: I was warned this week for the first time in EIGHTEEN years here to keep my posts on topic, so, ladies and germs, here it is. This was one of the original cars that started this whole mess.

It does NOT get more traditional than this....

 

I don't know who owns this little darlin' but I wish it was me...

 

Nailed it for me

 

I haven't looked through the whole thread to see if it's already been mentioned, but isn't that Mike Chase's "Old Blue"?

Edit: Now I have looked through the whole thread, and didn't find Mike's name invoked. So I'll suggest, with somewhat more certainty, that the '29 was Mike Chase's car.

 

Lurker Mick says he thinks it's Mike Bishop. I think he's right; my mistake.

 

not a Ford

 

@A Boner who owned this T-bucket?

 

Bishop's Ol' Blue was on A rails. Based in a lot of ways on the old Don Ferrara roadster.

 

The Walker Morrison roadster gets my vote.... it never fails to impress me .

 

Tony is also correct about Mike Bishop's car, so I have no idea whose car the first blue roadster was!

 

That car was built by Three Crowns Speed & Kustom, Sparks, Nevada in 2007. Is a member here with one post. Website is gone....out of business? The car was sold @ BJ in 2008. Brookville body and titled as "assembled vehicle".
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1929-FORD-MODEL-A-CUSTOM-ROADSTER-66277

 

For me, it would be the McGee and Kessler's (Ward) roadsters, with a lot of others a close third. Different eras, but shows the development of the timeless classic IMHO.

 

Right, after looking again I deleted my post. As nice as the first roadster is it aint Mr. Bishop's

Mick

 

This is the one for me that did it.
Here in the UK in the 70's as a teenager, it was this roadster (and the Milner coupe) were pretty much the only 'real' hot rods I'd ever seen, so these two films are very significant for this reason.

 

Shoot Mick, I'd say damn easy to do just glancing at it.....the Bishop really looks to be the inspiration for that first roadster.