Thread: A little piece of history.

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One of the more enjoyable trends in rodding today (at least to me) is the finding/preservation/refurbishing/restoration of rods that have "history". I also like that folks are building cars today in a style that is a tribute to the "ol' days", but the survivors of that period just have that extra something......................experience is as good a word as I can conjure.

A rodder here in the NW recently purchased a deuce roadster from a Northern Cal guy named Bill Marshall. Bill built the car back in 1959. He painted it himself in his garage and won several best paint awards. He was very active in the Nor Cal rod scene, and was one of the founders of the Bay Area Roadsters. Those of you who read "the little pages" might remember those articles on the runs up and down the coast where the L.A. Roadsters would venture north and the Bay Area Roadsters would go south and meet at places like Pea Soup Andersons. This car would have been pictured each time. The car today is pretty much in the configuration it was built in '59, even the paint is still intact! In '66 Marshall did replace the first nailhead he installed with a then new 401 and 400th from a low, low mile wreck, the frame painted red instead of blue, and it appears the top was reconfigured, otherwise it's like a time capsule.

Here are a sample of pics, if you want to view a 48 pic album just go here; http://pictures.aol.com/ap/viewAlbum...192406721951.3