Thread: Rise and fall of a great American hotrod

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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

When you get the mag you'll learn the car on the cover and inside feature belonged to Brooks Cranmer in Milton, Mass. If he got $10k for just the body in the late '70's he's a god!! That's about what the price of a nicely done complete deuce with one of the much more desired bodies like a roadster, or either style coupe went for around then. But hey............that's what stories are all about! Kinda goes with the "nobody could beat it" line!

Bob, it sounds like you have a copy of that magazine. Would you be able to make me some good quality color copies of the cover and article? I can send you money via paypal to cover your expenses.

ALSO, are you able to take a quick digital shot of the cover and post it here? I might be able to recognise an element or two that might help me tell if this is the same car or not... (providing any of that car's elements remained on the car throughout all these years!!!)

We're going to have to start calling you "Cannon".

Originally Posted by HiboyGal

Bob, it sounds like you have a copy of that magazine. Would you be able to make me some good quality color copies of the cover and article? I can send you money via paypal to cover your expenses.

ALSO, are you able to take a quick digital shot of the cover and post it here? I might be able to recognise an element or two that might help me tell if this is the same car or not... (providing any of that car's elements remained on the car throughout all these years!!!)

Sorry, I'm in Vegas til the end of Nov and the mag is in Wa. Maybe Don will find his copy...............he works cheaper than me too!

Sorry, I'm in Vegas til the end of Nov and the mag is in Wa. Maybe Don will find his copy...............he works cheaper than me too!



Oh, suuuuuure, give it to old Don. He has LOTS of spare time and works dirt cheap. In fact, just send him a sandwich or some cookies and he will work his butt off.

Don

Originally Posted by DennyW

scroll down to feb, 73.

http://www.tias.com/11384/InventoryPage/1736513/1.html

I LOOOVE YOU MAN!!

I ordered it and paypaled them the $ and can't wait to get the copy... Hope this is my car in deed, but if not, that's OK, I'll have an extra magazine to read when I'm sitting around at the next car show .

It is cool to have your cars picture in a magazine considering the ratio of cars not in a magazine.

Originally Posted by DennyW

I was going to show the picture, but they were strict with the copy thing.

I can't tell what color the car is... i assume the cabriolet is the first car on the left, right? Can you describe color? Can you read the license plate number? What is it? With that number, could i contact the DMV in Mass and find out what the vin number of that car was... then see if matches mine? is that doable?

I appreciate all the help you guys have been giving me, see, Sherlock Homes needs a Dr. Watson to solve the mystery

You'll be able to verify when you get the rag, but if I remember correctly it was Deuce 2 (that would be from the dept of redundancy dept.). Don't be surprised if their records don't go back that far, though with a personalized plate it could be different. As for color, all I can remember is it's dark.

Originally Posted by DennyW

If you do happen to see any numbers, rather than scrapping, use the paper and pencil trick.

brilliant ! well done Dr. Watson, well done -

I don't have the Feb 73 issue or the July 72 issue that has the "Garage Scene" build up of the cabriolet, but here is a scan of the photo of the Feb 73 cover. This is from the "50 Years Of Rod & Custom" book.

Mick

I looked at the cover of that issue Denny posted on the ebay ad. I know I don't have that one. I got out of street rodding during that period and went drag racing for a few years. So I wasn't buying any magazines about street rods at that time.

Sorry.................


Don