Although I built it in the '80s I have tried to keep my T '50s correct. It takes a while to find all the correct parts. Still a few things bug me. Gary
Curious why they crossed the top coolant hose going into the top tank of the radiator. I've never seen it done that way before.
I wonder if it was for fun, just to be different, or if they were trying to sort out cooling issues after swapping thermostats and such. I've seen pics of old cars where guys "T'd" a Flathead V8 inlet outlet to a single radiator spout. I suspect because they only had a 4 cylinder radiator available at the time? My '27 T Roadster build: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t= 734383
All right guys...what an era to grow up in!...I still think I was born twenty years too late!.....here's my contribution.....DROOL.....Keep 'em coming! Love this thread
We just picked it up thursday, so it's new to our family. The photo is not as old as it looks... From all indications, it's been a Hot Rod for a LONG time.
Thanks, told my dad I wanted to make this a traditional hot rod when we first started welding all the pieces together... almost ready for primer, just put the quick change in it... Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
1928 roadsters and phaetons had no external door handles. But all the rest from '29 on had 'em... Posted using my Lil' Orphan Annie Secret Society Decoder Pin
Great thread thanks. I like the 50s partly because I remember it and partly because no one there was concerned about period correctness. There was still a lot of unmolested old iron around though 32s were not a common find anymore. There was a lot of "updating" of earlier builds so there was a lot of mixed up era stuff, pre war on up. The guys with money built what we all wanted and we built what was left over. There was a time when a bad ass well built flathead or Chevy Six could out run most SBCs on the street. Then they figured out to make 'em run. When they started running newer engines in the circle track hardtops wrecking yards were full of built Flatheads for pretty cheap but you never knew what you were getting. It was a great time through the early 60s. Thanks for the memories!
Ahhh. Didn't know that. That's why I love the Hamb. Turning self proclaimed know it alls (Me), into idiots... everyday.
Here's one I found in a history of BC article. Built in 1951, by Joe Mahovic. Considered to be Vancouver's first true hot rod build.
This one was actually built in the early 60's but I think it fits due to it's selection of parts. It was built and painted by Jon Kosmoski (House of Kolor) in the early 60's. He also added the juice brakes, dropped axle and Merc wheels & caps. The black tuck & roll interior was started on the door panels, but the seat wear the original mohair. It still runs a stock flatty with an upgrade to a Stromberg carb. My uncle bought it from Jon in the mid-late 60's and it remains untouched today.
In all fairness, it wasn't a "period" yet. It was then and now. It was a great time, for cars. A lot of new technology and thinking influenced both manufacturers and hot rodders.
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