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Post by skip on Mar 16, 2019 0:21:05 GMT -5
That '29 is awesome, Ford may have been a cheap sort of guy, but this reminds us that the Ford Company did hire some good designers for the time period, to take a grill assembly fenders or front fender aprons and bumper onto a car designed and built fours earlier and to have it appear that it might have been designed that way says a lot! Says a whole lot for who ever pulled off the nose job too, that's almost a stock look, kind of like the phantoms of the late '80's. That layed back windshield looks one off of a '33 - '34 Cabriolet, looks like it has more structure than the '29 windshield did. Surprised no one tried to pull that off during the hot rod phantom period.
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Mar 19, 2019 15:08:14 GMT -5
Check those bumper guards on the ends of the frame horns.
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Post by spex84 on Mar 19, 2019 18:38:20 GMT -5
Ryan from the HAMB wrote about that one..."The Goofy Shit on Dibasse's 34" or something like that. Essentially pointing out how the eccentricity of the car's accessories gives it a unique personality. I would never think to put those on a '34, and they're clunky as hell, but they kinda work!
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Post by mack2856 on Mar 20, 2019 18:00:13 GMT -5
Maybe a set of tall slicks and cycle fenders like the Aurora Sceam Puff, otherwise I wouldn't change a thing.
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Mar 28, 2019 12:07:07 GMT -5
Nice headers there on the A
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Post by spex84 on May 2, 2019 11:46:52 GMT -5
On the topic of A/SR cars, was just reading about this re-discovered machine on the HAMB...sitting since the 70s. It used to pack a 427 SOHC and run in the 9's. Look at that frame!!
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Post by scalespeedshop on May 2, 2019 19:54:17 GMT -5
On the topic of A/SR cars, was just reading about this re-discovered machine on the HAMB...sitting since the 70s. It used to pack a 427 SOHC and run in the 9's. Look at that frame!! Wow that looks rather flimsy. Maybe Suicide on wheels.
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Post by toner283 on May 3, 2019 7:47:19 GMT -5
On the topic of A/SR cars, was just reading about this re-discovered machine on the HAMB...sitting since the 70s. It used to pack a 427 SOHC and run in the 9's. Look at that frame!! As that thread on the HAMB continued, the guy discovered that the original builders son had been looking for the car for several years. The car is now going to go back to the guy's son and be back in the family that built it to drag race in the first place. Also the fellow who unearthed it apparently took it to a show and a guy walked up and said "oh I know who has the engine out of that car, give me a minute I'll go get him he's here". The gentleman who bought the 427 out of the car 35 years ago still has the engine and transmission that came out of it and hasn't done anything with them. They are apparently now in negotiations to buy the engine and transmission back and reunite them with the car. Some cars just want to be put back together.
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Post by spex84 on May 3, 2019 13:08:58 GMT -5
What a story, eh? I can't imagine being in the position to buy a 427 SOHC though. Those things are $$$!!!
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Post by afx on May 4, 2019 6:37:11 GMT -5
Indeed the engine is worth way more than the car.
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Post by FordRodnKustom on May 4, 2019 17:21:13 GMT -5
Yes, they did this...
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Post by toner283 on May 4, 2019 19:29:30 GMT -5
Indeed the engine is worth way more than the car. For sure. Apparently the car does have some history behind it. The gentleman Who currently has it was doing some research on it and discovered that this car was runner up to “The High And Mighty” at Indy in 66. If they can make it happen it would definitely be pretty cool to see the car get put back together and maybe make some exhibition passes. Here's the link to the thread on the HAMB for anybody who wants to read it. Lots more pictures of the car and more information as well. www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/real-deal-sohc-427-a-sr-found-been-sitting-since-70.1148607/
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Post by draggon on May 7, 2019 20:19:40 GMT -5
Mike Sorokin's (before the Surfers AA/FD) '33 Willys. No chop, no fenders, altered wheelbase, engine setback. I like how the last header pokes through just ahead of the door.
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Post by Dennis on May 7, 2019 22:06:13 GMT -5
That Willys is awesome! I love the way they did the grill face.
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Post by Ranchwagon on May 16, 2019 22:10:00 GMT -5
That smallblock is a ‘57 or earlier, no motor mount bosses on the side of the block.
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