Gil Alaya Roadster shows up at Bonneville

The "Gil Alaya" Roadster ran at El Mirage in 1946 now owned by Bob Beenenga from Tonica Ill. showed up on the salt this year

 

Very cool!

 

Lets enlarge the photo.

Zowie! HRP

 

Now that is cool. Wishing I was there.

 

Great looking car. Amazing that so many of these treasures have survived.

Nice.

 

historic and epic..really is a hard as nails ride

 

Damn.... im bummed I missed it ! When did it show up ?

 

saw it sitting in the pits most of the week

 

I had to do a quick trip,so I left monday.Just my luck........missing an Ayala original.

 

I seen it in the pits and was totaly blowen away.....Coolest roadster on the salt this year by far....

 

Cool - Thanks

 

Actually, Gil's name is spelled AYALA. Photo of the car in 2011. See HAMB link below for a couple more shots. DD

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49643&page=11

 

That thing is cool.

 

Can't believe I missed it also, there were so many cool cars everywhere, the Nugget show on Saturday was awsome

 

...did Glen Allen own this awhile?

 

This has really bothered me,that I missed this.Does anybody know if it was there opening weekend ? There really are so many killer hot rods there and i'm not an expert on old hot rods,if it would of been an Ayala custom........I would of had a better chance at spotting it .Thanks again for the great picture.

 

Wow, that car is bitchin!

 

thats what it says in the link.
Al.

 

I hear he is working on a killer 5 window. I'm excited to see it on the salt next year.

Fenderless

 

That car was completely Bitchin'! I drooled all over it. The super cool lady sitting by it let me fondle it as much as I wanted and then let me know her husband would be back in a munute for questions. It was so nice to see this car. What a fine example of what we all strive to achieve. Car was amazing and the story of its survival were wonderful.


Tim

 

The Gil Ayala Roadster, showed on the salt on Saturday Morning, there all week, while we were racing, the Steve Laugtug belly tank 3131, Glen Allen used to own the car, more complete history of the car at a later date, thanks BOB

 

Don't bag on me too hard, but what, aside from the Ayala history, is so breathtaking about this car? I see a Deuce roadster minus fenders, "bones" in their stockish locations, minimal interior, no top, different headlights. Now I know a good 32 rdstr is big dollars today, but one could do this car in appearance very simply. Is that it? I sincerely would like to know. Glad it survived, and I'm sure the motor's hopped up per the "menu" of the day's speed parts. Lets have it...

 

I think for me, the car says: "Been there, done that" in an understated way, kinda like an old pair of bluejeans.

Geoffrey

 

Thank you....
Maybe its just something that has to be seen in person that isnt portrayed in that pic.

 

A car that was ran in 1946 by Gil Ayala and still driving on the salt today.Very impressive in my opinion. This car IS what a lot of hot rods out there wish they were.

 

that car is sick.. awesome history behind it too

 

Can someone scan the page of the Veda Orr book that has this car in it ?


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Such an amazing piece of history. Love it!

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I've seen this car running by the cornfields in Illinois. It looks great on the salt also!

My message to the Highlander is that when this car was built, you didn't go out and skim through 60 years of car magazines to get ideas. This car was built in the very early days of hot rodding. Also the fact that all previous owners have cared enough about this car for 67 years to keep it intact and in good enough shape that it can still be driven today says a lot! It's the HISTORY that makes it what it is!

 

Thanks for not kicking me in the balls folks. I get the history, and perhaps more than most thanks to the focus of my career, restoration. I was also very fortunate to be born to a man who never used a phone or credit card to go racing or build a hot rod. Now all of that said, I can see where "who" has a bigger draw to this car than "what". It's clearly not a one-and-only, sure fits the blueprint of it's days, and now the blueprint for many who'd like to follow in those foot steps. Gut it, strip it, hop it up. Sure sounds easier than going through a catalog to me. Sometimes we make things harder than they need to be. Thanks again...