American Graffiti

[JTR70]

reboot thread for any interesting Hot rod photo.





All photos courtesy of John Straub.

[JTR70]

Photo courtesy of John Straub

[gkw]

Gordon's 29 ford

[JTR70]

Gordon, you really do some nice work. I was studying the firewall details; the distributor recess and the jamb lines in particular. Very clean and well done! Thanks for posting! (I'm sure you have more Hint, hint)

[Pat]

I came across these photos of "Runamucka" on a site dedicated to the Curtiss P-40 Kittihawk and Warhawk. Neat hotrod with a Jag V-12 built to honor the Flying Tigers. Here are some videos of it too.







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1ov4n7NxK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA-2NkjXYMU

If you like P-40s go here
http://www.p40warhawk.com/index.htm

Be sure and check out the photos!

[JTR70]

Thanks Pat! What a great tribute build!

[MMW]

Here is a car that was built about 50 years ago. Very old school, z'd frame, channeled, really cool. He built it as soon as he got out of the military & has had it since. Several years ago the son of a friend of his got it out of the barn & restored it for him. Now he's like a kid again. Man it gets dark early now.

[MMW]

Here is an acquaintance of mine. His name is Joe Sulpy, a famed pin striper/air brusher/custom car guy. He built this coffin trailer as an advertisement to bring to shows. Really cool. Has a grill built in & plans to add a cooler too.

Joe with my son Tim checking it out. Tim took lessons from Joe for awhile.

[gkw]

Sweet "A" makes me feel young again.
Gordon

[MMW]

At the end of every year our local cruise night holds a show in conjunction with community day. Here are some pics. Since it's mostly a rodder show I posted them here.
My son & I waiting for a meet up. The truck is his daily.

[MMW]

[MMW]

This is how they used to build a pro street car.

Hemi & all.

Beautiful Studabaker with a full Corvette drivetrain. If you look closely behind the front wheel & on the hood you can just see ghost flames.

[MMW]

Here is what you do with a beater truck. prime it, stripe it, & you have cool!








Of course you also have to cover the bed floor with old road signs screwed down.

[MMW]

Here is a few shots of this guys fleet. He owns these all. Tractor, p/u, Camaro, coupe & Impala.

[MMW]

I should note that this is an original stagecoach built in the 1800s. Really cool looking at this & how it was built.



Cool T-bird. I learned that you put it in park & the steering column slides over out of the way to get in/out.