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It's so interesting to see that in 2010, the tension between old/traditional/yet anti-establishment hot rodding was still juxtaposed to new/modern/ yet very commercial hot rodding. This was especially evident as the economy improved, the auction houses were going like gang busters, and cable TV drove the classic car market to ever greater heights. (Conversely, the printed word was in steady decline owing to the internet, and one result was that HRM went from $3.50 an issue in 2000 to nearly double at $5.99 in 2010) -
HRM September 2010 had a retrospective on the Oakland Roadster shows of the 60's. This small write-up intrigued me, so I had to go searching... Apparently, at one time this car was named the "Red Baron". Later on, it was painted yellow, and renamed "Stellar"
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A Raybestos ad featuring the upcoming Troy Ladd '32 Roadster pickup. HRM August 2010 It looked so sharp I had to see how it came out... The 5.0 liter Coyote engine looks right at home in that engine bay! p.s. HRM February 2011 had a nice article on this truck, with nice close-ups for reference.
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BTW; every name that gets dropped in HRM is like a gold thread; you tug on it a bit, and it invariably leads to a spectacular treasure trove of hot rodness! No less so in the case of Marcel DeLay. I looked him and his company up (Marcel's Custom Metal), and it seems he has worked on a world of beautiful hot rods, customs, and restorations. IMHO, his best work was the body he did for Boyd Coddington called "Whatthehaye". I have never seen a scale model of this car (except for a 1:64 scale toy), but boy I would LOVE to build it.
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'32 Muroc Roadster That is to say; Designed by Chip Foose and Thom Taylor, body by Marcel DeLay, frame and suspension by Kugel Komponents, engine by owner Jerry Magnuson, interior by Jim Griffin, paint and assembly by Foose Design.
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You are absolutely right!!!
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Nice '50 Studebaker Starlight done up like a Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Somehow, this body style lends itself particularly well to the airplane theme. HRM April 2010
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The only thing I don't love about this '62 Corvette is the name. It needs to be called "Back in Black" or something equally sinister!
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Well @iamsuperdan, I had pretty much given up on ever finding this article, but lo-and-behold, HRM December 2009 had this:
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I guess sometimes we forget that just as the personalities in hot rodding must some day pass away, sometimes so do the objects of their affection. This article was in HRM October 2009.
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Seth Hammond Number 77 Bonneville racer.
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Okay, we'll call this one a "modified" '56 Peterbilt Plenty of photos in the article for a good build.
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Oh, and remember that truck I saw in an ad in 2003, but couldn't figure out what it was? HRM September 2009 had this little nugget that unraveled the mystery: I looked up Mike Cooper (aka Lodi Madman), and learned he is an artist and woodworker primarily, and likes to sculpture things - including vehicles. Here, he had done a beautiful dash for Dick Long's '37 Ford Cabriolet. However, in another instance, he turned his attention to a '33 Ford truck which was named "Tubester". And when you look it up, voila - the truck from the ad appears, as rad as ever! This is the wood dash: And this is the wood bed with radiator and air ducts: I reallylike the juxtaposition of heavy metal and hard lines meeting organic shapes and natural materials.
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It's so funny to see over the years how car drawings in HRM would eventually become reality. It speaks to just how influential the magazine was to the sport. In that vein, September 2009 offered up some more tantalizing sketches hoping for a builder.
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A total blast from the past; The Gilmore Roadster. Everything about this racer is funky kool!
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'48 Plymouth Special Deluxe business coupe
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Troy Trepanier '56 Chrysler 300B
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'49 Kurtis
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Who says they don't make sexy engines anymore? Here's a Nelson Racing Engines twin-turbo 427 with wicked bling!
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Warning: The following car may cause dizziness, nausea, or heart palpitations in some. As for me, I'd like to take a spin please! And yes, under the hood is a Toyota 2JZ motor putting out 850HP!
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Article on the Ring Brothers '69 Camaro named "Razor".
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Doing a little more research, I discovered a discontinued Factory Five car called the "Daytona Spyder". It looks like a great shape to me, and something I would love to recreate in scale.
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The Poteet & Main "Speed Demon" Bonneville Racer. HRM October 2008
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Model Cars Magazine issue #217 just arrived in my mail yesterday, and its theme was race car haulers (great issue by the way!) In honor of this theme, here is the Tommy Ivo hauler pictured in HRM September 2008. Looks like another fun build idea to me...
