craiglist find 1984 awardwinner

1984 America's Most Beautiful Roadster
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That car is hideous.
WTf are you talking about craiglist find 1984 awardwinner and you post an ebay ad ?
If you were trying to be funny, you missed it.
Do us all a favor and take down this post.

 

i found it interesting. Ugly, but interesting.

 

I'd bet there's not one square inch of 27 Ford on that thing!

 

This was when the rod building technology was rapidly advancing, and quality of the build was seen like none before. Not my preference in the way of hotrods, but definitely an example of the times and builders proving their capabilities. What will people think of Troy T's and other's award winning masterpieces 30 years from now?

 

scuzzzz me checkerwagon............I found a link and posted it because some may find this interesting, IT Was voted americas most beautiful roadster in 84.
I was not trying to be funny nor do I like this car. If you dont like the post go read your readers digest and dont clink on links....
Or just go away

 

I see it as a reference as to how times have changed. No need to rag on it. There's more skills involved in that build than most could dream to have. But, it's not relevent to this board, I agree.

 

Agreed ...

Not my cup of tea but it is a part of HRH (Hot Rod History)



Jim

 

I found it interesting...... Thanks for posting.

 

Not my kind of roadster, but interesting, a lot on craftmanship went in to the car. Kind of thinking out of the box type.

 

Egay links and shit like that dont belong here. Why would you even post this?

 

I cant see anything on that car that have anything to do with a -27 ford.

 

Thank you, I agree. Very inovative for the times. I would drive it.

 

You guys don't have any sense for history.

Thanks for posting Johnny!

 

Fuck me that thing is hidious!, very well built but damn ugly. I personally would be embarrased to be seen driving it. It looks like a glass kit car from the 80's!!

 

The new age little league HAMB police just cant let anything alone.

 

Not my cup of tea but hell I'd drive it anyway. The 80s were an interesting decade for show cars.

 

Ron Covel built that.

 

I'll pass.

 

A lot of the styles back then wouldn't work today.. but it's part of our history. Regardless.. I think it looks like a "kit car".. No thx.

 

I bet it's fun as hell to drive ... but it shouldn't have "1927" or "Ford" anywhere in the title or description.

 

People did a lot of cocaine in the '80s, didn't they?

 

2 words, John Delorean

 

It just has the 80's look all over it. Just like gamers now adays look at space invaders or pac-man a laugh but it's part of their history just like this four wheeled freak show is part of hot rod history.It was the 80's and this car was totally tubular.

 

Sure, it's a wild design, but I've always liked it.

Among AMBR winners, it's not the ugliest.

Ron is a great guy and a metal master, I'd be proud to own it.

Rich

 

lol now thats tradiional!

 

Well put, It may not be our thing as far a hot rods go but the build was extremely high level at the time the car was built. Someone with the bux will buy it and roll it it out of their collection to be lined up with other AMBR winners at the GNRS an then be tucked away for a few more years before being rolled out to repeat the process. The good thing is that it has been preserved exactly as it was shown and someone didn't decide to update it and make wholesale changes on it as so often happens when a show car gets past it's prime.

And as the Rodster said, it wasn't the ugliest winner and even though it appears that it was never driven it doesn't look like the most uncomfortable or impractical winner.

 

That car does less than nothing for me.

 

good video at the bottom of the ad shows the whole car build narrated by Covell. Not my style but it was the style at the time, I bet it is a blast to drive.

 

I think it reminds me a lot of Tex Smiths asymetric [ZX6?]old red roadster he built as editor at R&C many years ago,but with more details........