Thread: For Don Shilady

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Jerry,
That is an excellent collection of photos, thanks for posting them! I had not seen a closeup of the STP turbine car before. Did the museum display any engines like the Offenhauser 4 cyl? I get flack from restorers because I have a fiberglass '29 Model A, flack from the Chevy guys because I have a Ford emblem and more flack from the Ford guys because I have a 350 SBC but I have to please my wife who says "It has to look like a Model A!" Anyway maybe it is worth mentioning that if you are interested in a rod which has the old look you can still buy a complete body for a Model A Speedster that fits on a '28-'31 A frame from Bratton's Antique Auto Parts for about $5K but then you would need to adapt a modern drive line and one of the modern 4 cyl engines. After considering that option I preferred a '29 Ford roadster with bobbed rear fenders and cycle front fenders, but NO (!) it has to look like a "cute" Model A so I have what is basically a "replica" restorod. After all that it looked like the Weaver sisters were really having fun in that 1910 T Speedster but it looks like bugs in their teeth are a definite possibility!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/Teen Rodder