Hot Rods Favorite Picture That Says “HotRod”

Dad's AV8 mid 40's

 

SPENCER !

 

I took these at Bobs Big Boy in Burbank a few years ago, Love this car.



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Cole Cutlers Boss 429 34’ Home Built going up against High dollar builds like Fat Jack, and Project 40’ in the 80’s at Baylands Raceway in Fremont in the 80’s I remember cleaning the dirt rocks off the slicks after he did a burn out when we helped him! The Way that BOSS motor shook the ground!!!!
OMG chills!

 

32’s

 

Some old...some older....

 

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Purest hotrod of them all...!!!!

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the Fartco shirt makes the photo...

 

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1959 Riverside Raceway Pits

Hello,
Our first hot rod buy was a Ford Model A coupe. Then it went all over the place as far as style, type and builds. But, the one car that says it all for us, from the beginning is our “was to be” hot rod for the drags and daily driving. A Model A coupe. The one we bought from a neighbor did not look like the photos shown. But at the time, we did not care. A little water and rag cleaned the old Model A to a nice shine. Then we got going, trying to start the motor. The neighbor did say it ran when she parked it, outside next to her garage.

To us, this was a start of what we saw as a hot rod. All it needed was better brakes, transmission and a SBC motor and it was going to be ready to compete with my brother’s best friend’s 34 Ford coupe with a big Olds motor and LaSalle trans. I suspected that there was some competition going on since my brother bought his 1951 Olds Sedan. He was a tireless ringleader getting stuff to make the Model A run.

Jnaki

As a pre teen who was the “gopher” similar to all younger brothers or sisters, I was given the dirty jobs. But, was able to drive the now running Model A down the street. Since there was a fairly fast 51 Olds Sedan in the driveway, I knew or though I knew, that one or the other was going to be my first car. My brother could not drive both cars, so I was supposed to be given at least one.

Over the next month, the Model A sat in the backyard and one day after school in 1957, a new black 58 Impala was sitting in the driveway. The Model A was gone and so was the 1951 Olds Sedan. What??? My brother made the decision that it was going to take too long to get the Model A powerful enough to race his friend (34 Ford 5 Window/Olds Powered) at Lions Dragstrip. So, he bought a sedan that would instantly be fast and competitive in its class and on the street. (the two different hot rods never raced in any situation, except for comparing timing slips for the win or loss)
The favorite "HOT ROD"photo changed colors, but still stayed with me as the years moved on in our adventures.

As the years rolled on, the Model A still was portrayed as “the” hot rod. Since our 58 Impala activity was waning in late 1959, thoughts turned to a competitive street legal coupe for the Gas Coupe and Sedan Class. Did we get another Model A? We should have, but could not pass up a low cost, pristine 1940 Willys Coupe sitting a block or two away from the old Model A backyard. The rest is a simple history of our hot rod/drag race episodes.
JOE PISANO MODEL A versus THE GRIST BROTHERS WILLYS
Joe Pisano Riverside 1959

Ever since that time, I know it was in both of our brains tossing around to finish what we originally started. When we visited each other at our separate homes later on as full-fledged adults, (when we were in the 30s-40s age era,) our conversations always included that Model A. The topic was what was going to happen if we had continued with that first build. Times have moved on and is running out, so it is and has always been on the back burner.
Street legal for the Gas Coupe and Sedan Class.
But, what a "Hot Rod" it would have been, sitting in our garage.

 

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My son took this pic riding with a longtime friend in his nailhead-powered 32 Ford on one of our 100 mile reliability runs...in the rain...on slicks.

 

That was either a very scary ride or one helluva thrill.

 

Don't those two kind of naturally go together?

 

My favorite photo that screams hot rod? That is the question. I’d have to say.... well, you know.


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