Thread: Roadsterless but not carless

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Originally Posted by NTFDAY

Oh and by the way, the road draft tube on a sbc is located on the driver's side, not the passenger side.

Not to further hijack Don's thread, but if so the location must have varied from year to year, or by engine size because my '60 Chevy w/348 hung down on the passenger side, tucked against the bell housing unless my memory has totally gone away.

Originally Posted by rspears

Not to further hijack Don's thread, but if so the location must have varied from year to year, or by engine size because my '60 Chevy w/348 hung down on the passenger side, tucked against the bell housing unless my memory has totally gone away.

Roger, the operative word there is "sbc"

Now back to the advertised program, heck Don, two offers already for a profit, I would say that is only from guys who know you personally, imagine the interest if advertised internationally. I would be tempered to keep it for awhile and enjoy the car. Yes the steering wheel certainly has history and imagine if it could tell just who has had their hands massaging it's rim. You certainly have a piece of USA Hot Rodding history there and although that might not be the same as here in NZ it is still something to be proud of. I have an old Offy triple carb inlet on my bucket with the oil fill tube sticking up at the front on an angle, is that the same as yours ?

Mark, Manifold is the same. Just may put it on the market internationally and see what happens. Probably keep it until early next year then try to sell it, but ya never know, if the right offer comes along it could go down the road.
I'm only the caretaker of this 1.

Originally Posted by DA34GUY

Mark, Manifold is the same. Just may put it on the market internationally and see what happens. Probably keep it until early next year then try to sell it, but ya never know, if the right offer comes along it could go down the road. I'm only the caretaker of this 1.

You're starting to sound like a museum curator, Don. That trip to the Nethercutt Foundation's museum must have planted a seed.

Yah could be right Roger, with a car like this and it's rarity I feel that I'm only "the caretaker" as it will still be here when I'm long gone.
I was the caretaker of another 32 all steel 3 window a few years ago also.
The Al Jardine ( Beach Boys) Little Deuce coupe which I built for him in the 70's and bought it @ auction 30 years later. Had it for 6 months and sold it to a private collector in PA.

That's a very cool little coupe, and Al Jardine may well have called it his own "little deuce coupe" after their song was so popular, but I'm pretty sure the car that inspired the song was the one Chili Catallo built in Michigan in the late '50's that was on the cover of Hot Rod in '61 and was the album cover for the Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe album two years later in '63.

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Not sure why, but I was a HUGE fan of the Beach Boys back then, even from the sticks of the Ozarks where the only beaches were river banks or lakes. That HRM was one of the first I ever bought, too, and I wore it out!! I still have five of their LP albums today, just not the "Little Deuce Coupe". All said & done, I like the one you built/had better than the Chili Catallo car, but it was a quick ride in it's day.

Roger, Your correct about the "Chili" car, but Al's personal car is the 1 that toured with them and was driven on stage of all their concerts.
When I bought it after 30 years in Al's possesion it had less than 3000 miles on the clock

Originally Posted by DA34GUY

Roger, Your correct about the "Chili" car, but Al's personal car is the 1 that toured with them and was driven on stage of all their concerts.
When I bought it after 30 years in Al's possesion it had less than 3000 miles on the clock

That's soooooo cool! Yeah, the "Chili" car was a show queen by the time it made the HRM cover. The Beach Boys were the real deal, along with Jan & Dean to a lesser extent. Still love to quietly sing along with a lot of their hits from simpler times. Good memories.

Still a Beach Boys and Brian Wilson fan after all this time. Their early music helped me get interested in cars. No ocean in Iowa, so I couldn't surf anything but the cornfields in my dad's '49 International pickup. Now after many years, I finally have my little deuce coupe!

That orange with yellow flames '32 3 windy is darn nice little car. You rightly should be proud of your involvement in it's history too Don. I think I have asked before but can't remember the answer...... do you have a running number of the amount of cars that have past through your hands whether you have done a total rebuild or just a quick massage of paint, wheel change before departing your garage again ? You certainly have an eye on how to take somebody else vehicle and without a great outlay of dollars can change a car to a very nice saleable item.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

That orange with yellow flames '32 3 windy is darn nice little car. You rightly should be proud of your involvement in it's history too Don. I think I have asked before but can't remember the answer...... do you have a running number of the amount of cars that have past through your hands whether you have done a total rebuild or just a quick massage of paint, wheel change before departing your garage again ? You certainly have an eye on how to take somebody else vehicle and without a great outlay of dollars can change a car to a very nice saleable item.

Thanx for the Kudo's Mark.
Never really kept count, but when I retired in 2000 (from the Hot Rod building for customers) I told my self I'd just build em they way I like them and not have to satisfy any more customers. Now when I sell 1 the buyer like the car right off the bat and there is no BS. I do know I have over 100 files in my file cabinet of completed and sold Hot Rods/ Custom Cars/Trucks.
Guess that ain't to bad in 14 years. Case in point, When I debutted the last roadster @ NSRA OKC , no For Sale sign and had 3 people that wanted to buy it, told all of them it wouldn't be for sale until the end of June and gave them my business card. A week 1/2 ago I get a call from 1 of them and the car sold that day, he picked it up on Monday and drove it 200 miles home with a sh*t eatin grin in his face all the way home.

Very nice Don! I'd like to get to where you're at later on. I definitely like building for my self better than customers. You just can't make some people happy no matter how hard you try or how nice of work you do.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Very nice Don! I'd like to get to where you're at later on. I definitely like building for my self better than customers. You just can't make some people happy no matter how hard you try or how nice of work you do.

Thanx Ryan, Yep got sick of buildin 45 to 60 K cars and the customer expected a Ridler contender.
Now, when they buy it they own it and I don't have to babysit them.

Hey, I noticed the new owner didn't get to keep the radiator protector ( MOVE OVER ) on the car. You need it for next years Grey Beards trip aye out too LA. I like the way you make the reat wheel tyre combination fit into the body swage where the fenders normally fit as some get it wrong there trying to get the rake of the car right but it looks so wrong with the body up so high from the wheel /tyre. Just my opinion from observation of fenderless cars.