Showing posts with label roadster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roadster. Show all posts

Friday, May 10, 2019

Deuce roadster from Iron Man and Iron Man 2


it turns out to be more than a movie prop, it belonged to Jon Favreau, who loaned it to production while directing Iron Man

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/05/06/must-see-movie-cars-petersen-hollywood-dream-machines

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

a '32 roadster was just pulled out of a barn where it was parked in 1955, and forgotten about.


It still has the original side curtains and top


The known history of this roadster starts with a 1946 California pink slip, the year a Eureka, California, rancher bought it.



Look at this terrific radio and radio antenna... I've never seen an antenna like this!
It's a 1930s Firestone radio, and Stewart Warner gauges






http://www.automobilemag.com/news/barn-find-1932-ford-roadster-hidden-60-years

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Steve got inspired to build a 1940s era correct 1930 roadster... it's pretty damn cool



Steve nickel plated the top of the vintage oil filter (known as a Kralinator Oil Conditioner) in, of all things, a Crock Pot. The process involved vinegar, some guitar strings, and a 6-volt battery!


Here's a 239ci ’39 Mercury engine with a cool as hell story. “It was pulled out of an old hot rod back in the ’60s to make room for a small-block Chevy. It then sat around untouched for more than four decades.”

 The motor has an ancient Echlin coil, which relies on a light bulb as a resistor and a brass heat sink (what?!?!)  a pair of Stromberg 97s, a 3/4 race cam, a crab-style Ford distributor, and a 6-volt generator.

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/patina-1930-ford-model-roadster-looks-like-came-straight-1940s/

Sunday, October 02, 2016

Bonneville, 1956




and two grill inserts with a painting on them.


Tuesday, October 07, 2014

This past weekend was the Race of Gentlemen, here are some cool photos by Jay Phillips and Freaky Rico


Above are the "Rolling Bones" on the left, and I'm not sure about the red one, but it says Salinas over the back wheel




The Race of Gentlemen is nothing if not detail oriented. The race grounds themselves were quartered off by beach fencing. Each major sponsor was protected from the elements by what looked to be vintage circus tents complete with original tie-downs, hardware, and roof mounted wind socks. The food vendors were housed in reclaimed wood sheds that were assembled on-site much like the vintage-style timing and photography towers that lined the track. And then, of course, there was the glorious event headquarters – a WWII era General’s tent capped by a vintage Craftsman sign (a show sponsor).


Never have I seen a more focused group of traditional hot rods and bikes that spoke to me so loudly and so clearly. Right down to the last roadster, every car was appropriate to the venue and the vision of the Oilers and their “clothing company.” Everything fit with precision. It was a perfect field… So perfect, that I began to think again about the passion and dedication of the people that put this thing on.


read the whole article at http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=24342
















Both sets from Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OilersCCRaceOfGentlemen and https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000381208980&fref=ts

Saturday, September 06, 2014

the Cummins Diesel Indy Roadster


Found on Facebook


https://www.facebook.com/groups/451023215030222/permalink/795637990568741/

This years Grand National Roadster Show had a couple engines and one roadster in their display of their streamliner lakester race program