Hot Rods Do you remember the cool Model A hiboys on deuce rails?

Hey PWood , is this the roadster that Tom had the wreck in?

 

I don't remember this car ever being wrecked.
This car was built with a 351 Cleveland. I worked on the chassis at Pete & Jakes!
Later, rebuilt & painted red with a SBC, after to many heating problems with the 351, (which later was found to be an incorrectly installed head gasket!)
I bought it from Tom.

 

#87 is the Peek Bros roadster out of Denver. Greg Peek is trying to get it up to Specs to run again on the Salt!

 

This is a great lookin hot rod. Great stance , The proportions are perfect. The car just flows.

 

One of my favorites when I was a kid.

 

Yeakel Bros. Roadster.

 

I started one for a buddy, but we put in on hold until next Winter.

 

Yes ... Billy B was a longtime family friend ... and I can attest that he was definitely a "character" ... RIP my friend

Here's some pics of the Poncho-powered, Butterscotch Yellow '29 Hiboy on Deuce Rails Billy built in the early '70s:

This staged "1950s Filling Station" photo was taken at a gas station on Main St. in Pleasanton, California.
That's our Coupe on the left, Bill Burnham's butterscotch yellow '29 Hiboy in the center, and Clark Kibler's
silver '29 Hiboy on the right. The "hoodlum's" are Kibler (l), Gary Meadors (c), & Billy B (r).



This staged "1950s drag race" photo featured our 331ci HEMI powered
'32 5wd Coupe up against Burnham's 321ci Pontiac powered '29 Hiboy.



from the cover of the December 1975 issue of ROD Action magazine


right to left: Billy Burnham's Butterscotch Yellow '29, Mickey Knight's Magoo built '29 (with fresh Jack Hagemann
unpainted aluminum hood), Tommy Walsh's Orange '29, & Rich "Pure Hell" Guasco's Purple '61 AMBR winning '29




at LARS in 1976



Bill, Lucy, & youngest daughter Stacey headed out on a "Rod Run"
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I spent lots of time chatting with Billy as the passenger in (or behind the wheel of) his FE-powered Ol' Blue '29 Hiboy on Deuce Rails he built in the late '70s:

Billy's Ol' Blue '29 Hiboy at the Fremont Drag Strip in November of 1978



Our Deuce 5wd Coupe & Billy's Ol' Blue '29 Hiboy at Andy's Picnic in 1979







Our Deuce 5wd Coupe & Billy's Ol' Blue '29 Hiboy at Pier 39 in San Francisco


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Billy's Ol' Blue '29 Hiboy in the Kibler~Burnham~Kilber Racing Pits at the 41st Annual Bonneville Nats



Our Deuce 5wd Coupe & Billy's Ol' Blue '29 Hiboy at the 2006 GOODGUY'S West Coast Nats​

 

FYI … only the second ‘29 Hiboy (with unpainted aluminum hood) was built by Magoo … all others were owner built.

 

One of my all time favorites , I may be Bias...

 

I have many favorite "Model A's on Deuce Rails", but one of my all time favorites is still Morty's RODZY.

In 1993, I picked Mark's roadster for my father's memorial award (i.e., the "Deuce Bruce Olson Memorial Award"):

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Another one of my all time favorite "Model A's on Deuce Rails" is my friend Rich "Pure Hell" Guasco's (1961 AMBR winning) '29 Roadster:

Circa 1958 (with a flathead)​

at the drag strip (with a Chevy V8)



Rich & his '61 AMBR


the '61 AMBR​

Guasco still owns & drives the car today:

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... and here's Thom Taylor's interview with Rich in the "Model A Room" at the 2019 GNRS:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=822505644764267

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Wasn’t one of those fitted with a V12 Ferrari , I seem to remember an article / feature in Street Rodder circa late 78/ early 79 ?

 

No ... That was Brian Burnett's (Magoo-built ) 1932 Ford (i.e., not Model A) Roadster ... known as Deucari.

 

I make chopped folding windshield posts for these and sell them here on the HAMB

 

This car borders on total perfection!

 

Very prompt, thanks for that, glad someone else remembered it.

 

Thanks HEMI32, Wherever I grabbed this picture from touted it as a Magoo reunion. That being said ,It's a super cool picture. And I am enjoying all the pics you and everyone else has posted.

I wasn't going to post pics of my car, but you can see how much influence these cars have had on me.

 

Bob Knnack’s last build…RIP.

 

HEMI32, what happened to Burnham's yellow car? And RODZY is one of my favorites too. The first time I saw it at Pleasanton I thought it was the neatest Model A on 32 rails I'd seen.

 

I’m not sure who owns it now (2022) …. but here it is (parked next to Ol’ Blue) at the 2017 GG’s West Coast Nats in Pleasanton when HAMBer @V8RPU owned it:

images by @Michaelcozman​

… and at the 2018 LA Roadsters Show & Swap in Pomona:

image by @Tom davison​

 

Here’s my old car, seemed pretty cool at the time

 

Its funny, I get complimented on a A with an A chassis these days, and yet I still know a ton of people putting A bodies on Deuce chassis.

The Deuce chassis has a good look, its the normal go to it seems, but I like my A chassis under an A. They both have cool function and form though.

 

Another totally biased reply, but I was heavily influenced when I built this car by the greats you see posted in this thread.

 

I just finished mine. '28 on '32 rails. If I wasn't so stupid and could figure out how to post picts, I gladly would.

It's a runner for sure.

 

Banjo rear, if your photos are on your computer, hit upload a file when replying, and select the photo.

 

Gary at Cornhuskers, built a multitude of hiboy frames but the photo he sent me is the one and only finished car he built for a customer, the car featured a full race flathead with everything chrome plated and polished with a completely chromed undercarriage, the customer wanted to emulate Rich Guasco's purple AMBR roadster only he wanted it sierra Gold

 

I would love to see it!
I have a picture of this one on my garage wall