A little belated but seen this car complete at the Road Rocket Rumble. You think the pictures look good, the car in person is a gem. Stunning attention to details and gorgeous car.
Any updated photos would be much appreciated. It's my ideal hot rod. fwiw: I met Steve Panarites last weekend and he is very much the unassuming person you describe here. He rode in with Jim McGee for a little get together at our Indio clubhouse in the beautifull yellow Model A flathead powered coupe he built for Jim. Don't think anyone other than Jim knew what a genius builder he is. http://www.westernracing.com/fauselfarmslink.html And speaking of Jim McGee, I hadn't seen him in over 50 years, I gave him this photo circa 1957 of the first race car he ever wrenched: addendum One final piece of racing trivia then I'll shut up. The above photo'd #0 Paul Doody Special had a sister car, the #1 meticulously built by Dick Carman and driven by Eddie Hoyle. Dick Carman of modest means always dreamed of building a real Indycar and took a young Jim McGee under his wing and together they constructed one over a two year span in Dick's basement in CT. When finished and with their last remaining dollars they trailered it to Trenton Speedway where Clint Brawner was so impressed he hired Jim into his Indy car organization and the rest is history. Here's a photo of the #1
The car was pictured in HRM's coverage of the Hunnert Car Pileup. Obviously the reporter didn't take a very good look at it and the caption writer missed the boat completely. It should be a feature car.
Any more info/photos on this Panerites killer T build. One of my all time favorites. Jim Mcgee pulled up to the shop today in his yellow, flathead powered Panerites built model A Coupe- wish I had the camera.
Your T is "KILLER"..... Very nicely detailed, Quality Build! Check out the March 2010 Street Rodder issue there is a real nice feature on Paul Duvalls '27 T Coupe. Seems the Ford Model T is making a comeback!! I'am also building a 1927 T Tudor sedan. Currently getting upholstery done.
Certain years of cars & models loose popularity & then they become popular again. Model T hot rods were really popular in the 60's & 70's, everybody was building them, then fat fendered cars with every option available got really popular in the 80's & 90's. Just seems that in the last few years we are starting to see more Pre 1930 vehicles being built again.. Maybe it's a "Back to Basics" trend?? Another example is 20 years ago you would'nt be caught dead in a station wagon, now go to a show and some of the coolest rides are wagons.
I can't really tell from the picture --- does at least one torsion bar link have a shackle (or something) where it attaches to the axle? If not, then the entire front suspension will be binding as the car bounces up and down. Something will be flexing or bending to accomodate the required movement and that will be bad. Overall the car looks fantastic, so I assume there is provision, I just can;t see it clearly in the pix.
PIMP...KID never, ever tell any rodder what color to paint his rod! or anything else for that matter. and i can plainly see the man has BIG buck's invested. like my brother said, tell your X boss to post many more pics...POP.
Nice car and great work. It is a shame that he did not replace all that internal wood while he could...
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