what a great and early little hot rod speedster/gow job

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122157851168802634&set=gm.2928488327537350&idorvanity=1037424246643777

I figure you all know what a Gow Job is, (I've posted about the term, and about the cars) but I just learned that 1st Lieutenant Loren Hintz named his P 47 Thunderbolt, "Gow Job"

https://www.aircorpsaviation.com/october-november-dakota-territory-air-museum-p-47-update-4

this artistic rendering is by Gaetan Marie

On April 21, 1945, Hintz was shot down over Italy in his P-47 Thunderbolt while on a combat mission during the final days of World War 2.

Hans Wronka spearheaded a 12-year search that culminated in the recovery of the wreck of his grandfather’s P-47, dog tag, and bones from the crash site and resting place, beneath a farm field in Bologna Italy in 2016.

Hintz is no longer MIA. 

The descendants and family of 1st Lt Loren Hintz cleaned dirt off pieces of metal, glass, and other material that was excavated from 18 feet below the field's surface. 

Among the objects found at the location, his dog tag

a 50 cal

The carb, a good-sized piece of firewall, and the R-2800 engine

I love these drawings of hot rods, Stefan Marjoram is a terrific artist, and photographer. The event was this weekends GOW at the Prescott Hill Climb in the UK

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=509062591218789&set=pcb.509064871218561

https://www.vhra.co.uk/gow-speed-hill-climb

I just found a fantastic Tumblr ( Make Your Own Path) for vintage off roading, sand dune buggies, jeeps, and homemade jalopies for sand dunes from Oregon to Michigan

I guess these are most accurately called Gow Jobs, or Jalopies... is there a better term for them?

Above, a Mickey Thompson truck I've never seen before, and
Below, Steve McQueen

For a lot more: http://bugsnbuggies.tumblr.com/

The "Gow Job" was at Trueline

This shot has a lot of cool parts, the Cragar cover, the Moon smaller cover, the Zephyr intake, the Stromberg 97's