History Von Dutch original, Paul Sylva's ARDUN T Modified Roadster

Thanks for the post!

 

glad to see it go to a hamb and stay state side.
chris.

 

Awesome car Glad it went to a good home

 

what an amazing piece of hot rodding history. That car must never be restored.

 

A TRJ feature on that guy would be wonderful.

 

We Fired it up sounds great, will post a video soon

 

Yes We are thinking of getting it together and taking it to Bonneville next year for a demonstration run Would be fun to see the history in the TRJ for sure

 

Great,look foorward to that ,Thanks.

 

Holy crap!

 

All the auction prices are now posted @ RMAUCTIONS.COM.
The Edelbrock Special '29/'32 was a no sale at $210,000. This Sylvia roasater sold for $55.000. Pretty much the cost of the parts.
Restoration and assembly for free!

 

55,000 is a great price for such a classic...didn't the Chrisman coupe go for over $600,000?

Really look forward to a video with the Ardun running...they sound great just on alcohol, and they can take a big percent, but who wants to risk such a rare motor?

GREAT SCORE!!!!

 

Here is a video of it firing up

http://youtu.be/_fN8MU_sCb4

 

Oh, fuck yeah that sounds awesome.

 

Here are a bunch more pics will be adding more as time allows..

https://picasaweb.google.com/legendarylars/1927SylvaArdunRoadster?authuser=0&feat=directlink

 

I'm in love!

 

Here is another one with the lights out so ya can watch it spit flames.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoBN-MsgMRg

 

Nice!!

 

Wow! Great sound ,i love that car.Thanks for the show and
congrats to the car. Thanks. Jan

 

So Cool! are you going to take it to any bay area shows, so we can see it in person?

 

What a time machine, this baby gives me goose-bumps viewing its killer styling and timesless Von Dutch striping. Just doesn't get any better. Thanx for the detailed history and a super trip back to my hay-day era. ~sololobo~

 

Those videos are awesome
Thanks for including us in your world.

Enjoy the car

 

We are thinking about taking it to Cackle fest in bakersfield. I am sure I will get it to a bay area show at some point.

 

love it.

 

Magnificent!

 

Outstanding!!!

 

I worked at Specialized Auto Parts from the early 70s until the company closed in the 90s. That wonderful roadster did NOT have the striping around the grille or the Von Dutch 55 signature at the time it was brought to the store at 301 Adams or when it left Texas from Trip's garage for California. Trip bought the car from Tommy in the early 70s just before I came to work there. After Trip's tragic death in the , his Dad kept the trophy from a record run the car made but I don't know what happened to it.
The signature on striping at the rear was "Jeffries", don't remember if it dated or not but we used to use it as the example of the old adage "A great striper doesn't sign his work any larger than can be covered by a dime.". I mentioned this the last time this car was mentioned and pictured here in a visit to wherever it was being displayed post.

 

55k? Are you shitting me? That car's worth double that easy!!!!! I'd trade all my cars for that damn thing!!!! What and incredible score and I'm super happy for ya!!!

 

I ended up with Doug Kings Race Ardun, so I am thinking of putting that engine in this car.

 

Amazing!

 

To cool for school! Yikes ~sololobo~