Hot Rods Ferrari-powered hot rods at The Quail.

alfin32 · Oct 17, 2010

The Ferrari engined car was built by Steve Moal for Chip Connor.
The other car is the old Nickel '32 bought by Bruce Meyer from Tim Allen.
Workmanship on both cars is outstanding.

Tman · Oct 17, 2010

Jim A said: ↑

To be correct the credit for the first Nickel Roadster goes to Don Thelan of Buffalo Motor cars. Don was a contemporary and good friend to Jim "Jake" Jacobs, Pete Chapouris, Eric Vaughn and Pete Eastwood when they were all just young hot rodders. The core group of Don, Jake and Eric were all fresh out of high school members of the Early Times car club each owning very nice hot rods in a time when most young guys were driving fifties cars or brand new muscle cars. These guys actually brought back excitement to hot rods the same way the Choppers and Shifters would to later generations. Each would go on to make their mark in the hot rod world with Pete & Jake's, Real Wheels and Buffalo Motor Cars. Don was taken unepectedly at an early age in the 90's after creating many high end hot rods (including many woodies) like the "Buffalo Nickel" Roadster as it was originally called. Don also built another car known to most people- The ZZTop Eliminator Coupe.

Don't get why so many people have trouble with the top- it's actally almost an EXACT copy of the top off the car that completely inspired both cars- The Doane Spancer Roadster. It's rarely seen with the top, but Doane had Valley Custom help create a hardtop for his Roadter using the top from a '36 Ford Coupe. The classic lines of his car are totally represented by both of these cars shown.

The second Nickel Roadster was built by Steve Moal.
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Since we are similar ages it is no wonder that we both are influenced by these guys/cars and the Early Times "look".

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