Thee Inland Emperors running for AMBR 2013 with the Woodward roadster!!!!

John's Woodward Roadster is absolutely gorgeous! And full of amazing details that grainy cell phone photo can't do justice. Case in point, I stopped by the shop Monday afternoon, and ended up not leaving until early Tuesday morning simply because every time I looked at the Woodward Roadster I would notice another beautiful design element that I hadn't seen before. John's an amazingly talented graphic designer in his own right and everything down to the matte black finish on the nuts and bolts bears his impeccable design touch. If you're attending the GNRS this weekend make it a point to stop by and look at the build book or visit with John about the hundred of one off inspired or highly modified original Early Ford parts that went into building the Woodward Roadster.

For those of you that don't know, John's a second generation Spokane, WA hot rodder who's late father Richard "Speedy" Gunsaulis was, and still is, a show car, hot rod, and early Ford V8 legend in the Pacific Northwest. If you own the recently release Rodder's Journal Scrapbook, go to chapter 15 to see some of the photos from Speedy's scrapbook. The chapter is titled "The Art of the Show Car" and I couldn't pick a better description of the Woodward Roadster if I tried. I'm very proud that John is on road south right now to accomplish one of his lifetime goals of competing for AMBR, and I wish him the best of luck. Hopefully come Sunday night they'll be a seven-foot trophy next to Woodward Roadster. Here are a few cell phone shots I took during the final assembly process.


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bryce likes this. a lot... truley nice work. good luck.

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Wow!

 

Very cool!!!!!!!!!! Cant wait to see it.

 

credit to all involved, beautiful and elequent, whilst still practical and refreshingly built by guys with a passion, great to see. Winners regardless to any trophy on offer.

Cheers,

Drewfus

 

sonofabitch!!

 

Wow, very cool!!

 

Words cannot describe how good that looks.

Good Luck with the AMBR. Now I wish it was this year I was heading over and not next year....

 

WOW....! Absolutely beautiful. Good luck.

 

Wow ! Thats just one killer ride ! Good luck down south ! Thanks for sharing, wish I was able to go...

 

you got my vote

 

Stunning.

 

beautiful

good luck!

 

Digging through my photos from the past I found a few frame build, suspension detail, and mock up shots from the fall of 2009.

 

Wow. Reduced to the max.

 

Great job guys! Save me one of them support shirts!

 

This why GNRS is the best..and this is the best of the best! Can't wait to see it Saturday morning. Best of luck to you guys!

 

black on black on black...

 

nice !!! gotta love a black hot rod ,lots of slick mods !!

 

WOW!!!! That is really bitchin! I love the "deco" look and the how simple everything is. Best of luck to all who has time into this car. You get my vote!

 

That's crazy nice!
Good luck and safe travels.

 

Here is a couple from the last couple of days


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Dead sexy. Best of luck to you!

 

PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful car

 

Amazing. Good luck to you guys.

 

Perfection... Have a safe trip...

 

Amazing build! WOW!!!!! Cant wait to see it this weekend. Good luck.

 

Chris, love the car but I have to ask, where'd the name Woodward come from?

 

Freaking unreal, Good Luck!