History VINTAGE BLACK & WHITE PHOTO'S OF HOT RODS & CUSTOMS

This one is for @Dean Lowe (one of my favorite hotrods also)

 

Early on when the car still ran a sprung rear end. Later the rear end was bolted solid to the frame. A modification worth a second on ET's.

 

@HEMI32 's beautiful Deuce back in the day when he was a tike and it belonged to his father Bruce Olson

 

Karl & Veda Orr

 

Any one recognize this car? (Contest, no prize)

 

Fred Steele roadster.

 

That be correct. Pic was taken 1957. My avatar always got second place to Freds car at every show it was entered.

 

My dear departed Dad (at the back) and my uncle Tony who drove the car in Lincoln Park, MI;

And the car itself, but in the background, the old Jeep belonged to my uncle had a 327 pulled from a wrecked Corvette (yes a REAL Vette motor):

In our backyard in Dearborn Hgts, MI back in 62 or 63, a 36 Dodge with a Cadillac Eldo dual quad motor under the stock hood (!):


I guess I sorta had it made growin up

 

Pretty damn cool, Jocko. I guess you did.

 

Since my father was a photographer by trade, I have literally thousands of "Vintage B&W Photos of Hot Rods & Customs" ... but here's a few more of his Deuce Coupe (thru the HAMB-friendly years):

1954 (Beach, North Dakota): Purchased car (less 4-banger engine) from original owner for $40


1955 (Beach, North Dakota): The beginnings of a HOT ROD ... channeled (6" in front, 8+" in rear) ... 1953 Chrysler 331ci HEMI ... etc.


1957 (North Dakota) ... 2.5" chop


1958 (North Dakota): Dad with his coupe
NOTE: This pic shows a bit of the interior (door panel) ... In 1956-57 my father served in the US Navy on USS Lexington (CV-16) ... While temporarily stationed at
NAS Alameda, he had the famous "C.A. HALL Auto Tops" shop in Oakland, California stitch up the black & white tuck & roll upholstery that remains in the car today!


September 1958: Entry #369 back from the OK City NHRA Nats


1963 (John G. Mattos Elementary in Fremont, California): New driver (me @ age 2)


1964 (John G. Mattos Elementary in Fremont, California): Molded (bobbed Model A) rear fenders … custom aluminum hood by
Jack Hagemann Sr. ... 1956 Cadillac "Mandan Red" lacquer by Art Billings ... American Racing (magnesium) LeMans series
Torq Thrust front rims ... American Racing (magnesium) Torq Thrust rear rims mounted on (pie crust) Bruce's slicks​

 

Fantastic thread, Thank you for starting.

 

More Ray Brown

 

Todd I hope you can find the time to post some of them!

 

These last 6 (including this one) are from my Phil Remington file

 

A question for historians: There were a bunch of rear engine Ts used at drag races and the dry lakes, plus a lot of early rear engine dragsters. Some of these are very well known, so were obviously successful. So why is Don Garlits credited with building the "first" successful rear engine dragster?

 

Good question. Let the experts weigh in.

Lifted the next two pics from this thread:

If I knew where I had lifted all these other pics, I would acknowledge them. Alas, I do not know.

 

LOVED THAT CAR TILL THE DAY THEY PUT FENDERS AND HOOD ON IT, NOT SINCE..

 

This discussion probably belongs in another thread (yes please let's not get dragged into yet another attempt to define a hotrod), but since you dissed the Olsons' bitchin' hotrod I feel it is only fair to balance out your statement. You seem to be part of a rather large contingent who hold to a fairly rigid definition (no hood, no fenders, pre-1948, etc.), and we just have to respect that point of view.
But here's the counterpoint: there are a ton of classic hotrods with hoods, so many as to make the "no hood" part of the definition silly, IMO. Fenders . . . ok, fenders are much more rare on classic hotrods, this is a fact. Guess the East Coast boys weren't driving real hotrods.
Personally, I put the Olson car in the same class as the Collegiate Coupe or Yakel's . . . hot rods all (IMO). OK I feel better, now back to the program.

 

Sam Conrad

 

OK how about this: hopefully someone will reply to the thread below and bring it to the top. It is certainly right in the bullseye of HRP's thread: (just click on the red arrow)

 

Here's another old thread with a bunch of great B&W photos courtesy of @Jimmy B :
Please somebody btt this fantastic thread: (click on red arrow to see thread)