Thread: Anyone remember this car?

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I bought a T bucket this week, and am looking for info on it. It was the cover/feature car in the April 1971 Popular HotRodding magazine, called "Shotgun Streetster". Originally it had a blown shotgun motor with a C6, now it's a blown 460. It apparently was the winner of the Grand National Sweepstakes at the Winternational Custom Carshow in Los Angeles in 1971.
Ring a bell with anyone?

bb, got a picture.........................that always helps with the cobwebs!! Sounds similar to one I've described here a couple times, but my memory thinks it was a SOHC engine.

Here's a shot

Now I get to look forward to constantly polishing magnesium knockoff Halibrands, too!

Hmmmm, not the one I was thinking of.

Has a unique front suspension, so that might trigger someone's memory unit.

Looks like a '15 radiator, '23 body, and I think it looks like a wooden stake bed?

Yeah, magnesium looks great when it's freshly polished, both minutes of it.

Chrome 9" with (what looks like) chrome Aldans. I haven't asked about the trailer hitch yet!

The front suspension is a little unique, but a nice change from the run-of-the-mill 4" drop and buggy spring.
Think that's different?
The frame is a chromed chromemoly twin tube, dragster style.

Streets, if you look close there are coilovers on the front, but they don't look like there's much travel as closely wound as they are. Not quite as strange as a Dan Woods front suspension, he used coilovers very similar to these.

bb, I've got a hitch on my T also. The guy who had it built towed a trailer for his "stuff" because the compartment behind the seat must have been too small for what he wanted to carry. He was short, so he could take longer spells behind the wheel. Your's looks like it might be for the "vertically challenged" with as much channel as it appears. Those valve covers are pretty rare too.

Imagine the chrome bill on that puppy today!!!

You would have thought a guy who owned a chrome shop would have known enough to bake off the hydrogen to eliminate the embrittlement! Goes back to my 20 years experience vs 1 years experience 20 times thing.

Could only find one picture of a Woods chassis and it is copyright protected. So here's a link: http://www.hotrodhotline.com/bazaar2/feacars/fc6877.php
Notice the springs are horizontal behind the axle, in front of the front crossmember. Never drove one, but since it didn't catch on I suspect it left something to be desired.

The only thing that requires immediate attention is the headers. I've looked everywhere, and can't find a listing for roadster sprint style headers for a 460.
Anyone have a connection for JetHot in SoCal?

Bob,
Yes, those are wood posts, and they will be going away. I never could stand that look. I'll be keeping it as original as possible, just have to add my own touch here and there. I still haven't decided about the rear tires, though. It has old Firestone track tires now, but I've been thinking about replacing them with sportsmans.
Decisions, decisions......