Excellent. The glow of the license plate really sets the temperature of the photos. It feels like a June or July morning. June grabs ahold of the cool tones and you can feel the metal is cold but the air is just on the crest of warmth July grabs the warm tones and in my mind I can feel that thick humidity that won’t be gone until 4 when it will be just plane hot. But you make yourself skip that part because the ride home will be perfect. fun fact, Iowa in the summer can be more humid than a rain Forrest. Reaching over 100% humidity while not raining for weeks there is a steady fog hanging in the air in the morning hours. This extra humidity is cause by “corn sweat” when it’s hot and the corn is tall it tries to cool it self down. Heat index 120 deg F. But if your flexible enough it all looks like roadster weather.
Great shots. Makes my current roadster fever even worse. If everything goes as I plan I will soon be able to once again start an early Ford project, more focused and prepared this time around.
I'm no photographer but can appreciate subject matter shot clean and crisp. What are you using for your shift knob? I have this affinity for old shift knobs and I can't quite figure what yours is.
Man I sure do like that license plate light! And Tim, I most certianly Do Not miss the midwest weather with 95 degrees and 95% humidity and it raining 5" in an hour or 108" of snow and not just at the top of the mountain like here in the great southwest. Have a great weekend all and may you make headway on your various projects!
I'm shooting for the end of July. Like usual, summer is looking like it's going to be crazy busy, but I'm carving out some weekends to get this thing moving under its own power again.
People say I'm an absolute madman, but I really do miss the midwestern humidity. That was always my favorite part of my annual trips to Louisville for the Nats. You can just feel summer. Thank you, Ryan. I'm hoping to get back out there with my EOS R5 more this year. I love this camera. You can do it! Let us know how we can help.
Thank you so much, Tom. Hope to cross paths again soon. Thank you! The shift knob is a skull that @six5monster made while he was in middle school in the 1970s. Decades later, he had it cast in aluminum by Hudson Joe to make shift knobs. He surprised me with it for my birthday a few years back. It's even painted to match the copper accents on the car. A prized possession for sure. After three years of use, it's now comfortably worn. You'll see it on the swan-neck shifter on my A-V8. Thanks guys! I'm sure I'll have updates by Sunday!
You’re a madman alright… Hot rodding season officially tapped out this week in Austin. It hit 109 yesterday - one hundred and nine - and I hate every single one of those degrees with a deep, simmering passion that words can’t touch. And yeah, the heat’s just part of it. There are other reasons, bigger reasons, but whatever the list looks like - I can’t get out of Texas fast enough.
Louisville in August Flew in there years ago, got off the plane (no ramp), felt like someone threw a hot wet comforter over me.
Just a year? Heh. That's nuthin'. I'd be more than happy if I could say that. Great pics and insightful thoughts as usual. And I really like your key tag too!
Joey...your write is as sharp as your photos.... 36 degrees F this morning here.... we have the same taste in cars....but not the weather...maybe not across all models let me know when the first ride is going to happen...a good excuse for a road trip remember you need balance in life when assembling your calendar ... carry on
The little roadster touched a lot of people, even gathered some war paint along the way. Rod Stewart Sang, every picture tells a story, don’t it, well with this car, every part tells a story. Now the chassis is gone and the body moves on, that’s Hot Rod history and always leaves us with fond memories. Can’t wait for the new sound coming from your garage, Joey.
Having a hot rod while not being able to drive said hot rod is torture. When your primary car is down it's all you can think about. How fun it was, how all the days stresses melt away when you hit the key. You remember how it smelled when it warms up, you remember the mysterious noise that you never found, you remember how cool it was driving something you built. Enjoy the rebuild, it's supposed to be part of the fun.
Understood, life can often have other plans for us... I enjoy and look forward to your project updates. Enjoy the summer!
@WAYNE WILLEY you can see the tails easier here but I do believe the larger light over the plate does function as tail/brake/blinker as well if memory serves
Dude Im in the same self-inflicted situation. Took a perfectly running car and made it… not that… all the more motivation to get it going again though!
@J.Ukrop I like my pic of when I spotted you and a pal as I rolled through San Francisco. I was in and out of town on my way to someplace else. And I spotted you!
Talk about some great timing! That version was a blast to drive around town. Glad you heard us coming.
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