The first one caught my eye. looks like you do this in plastic

[Greg Myers]

http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/03/hot-rod-homecoming-spotlight-o-rama/

[unclescott58]

On this one Greg, can you show us more? Just showing us the rear end of this one does seem to be generating any comments. I mean, it's a nice rear end. But, so? (Or is that "Butt, so?") It looks like a interesting car car in general. Show me more. 

Edited March 6, 2018 by unclescott58

[oldnslow]

There's only a few more on the site .

 

[Jantrix]

This one has always caught my eye. The inverted suspension must have been difficult to engineer.

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 minutes ago, Jantrix said:

This one has always caught my eye. The inverted suspension must have been difficult to engineer.

Well, not really. And all it actually serves to do is make the car virtually useless in any real-world situation, other than a glass smooth parking lot.

But if the primary reason for building a hot-rod is for "look at me", it succeeds admirably.

Put that backwards ported smallblock Chebby in it, and the different-to-be-different (but doesn't work worth a damm) exercise is complete.

[Jantrix]

4 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Well, not really. And all it actually serves to do is make the car virtually useless in any real-world situation, other than a glass smooth parking lot.

But if the primary reason for building a hot-rod is for "look at me", it succeeds admirably.

Put that backwards ported smallblock Chebby in it, and the different-to-be-different (but doesn't work worth a damm) exercise is complete.

But it has friction shocks! I'm sure they help out a bunch. 

"Look at me" might not be a primary reason for most hot rodders, but it's in the top three. Always has been.

[Greg Myers]

"Underslung" chassis were an early attempt at lowering a car for better handling. 

[slusher]

5 hours ago, oldnslow said:

There's only a few more on the site .

 

Sweet, is tha a Rambler speedometer?

[Greg Myers]

A little bit more on the phaeton http://customrodder.forumactif.org/t114-1927-ford-hot-rod

[Ace-Garageguy]

15 minutes ago, Greg Myers said:

"Underslung" chassis were an early attempt at lowering a car for better handling. 

Agreed, but scraping on the ground, or high-centering on a speed bump, or having the frame rails so low and so far forward as to be the first things to strike anything in the road kinda defeats the purpose. 

I know...he must be a MODEL car builder in real life.  

[unclescott58]

6 hours ago, oldnslow said:

There's only a few more on the site .

 

The more I see. The more I like. What's the front end look like? 

[Greg Myers]

http://"Underslung" chassis were an early attempt at lowering a car for better handling. Agreed, but scraping on the ground, or high-centering on a speed bump, or having the frame rails so low and so far forward as to be the first things to strike anything in the road kinda defeats the purpose. :D I know...he must be a MODEL car builder in real life. ;)

Well a couple of things come to mind here. First you are so correct.

Second, if there was any real engineering here , old cars and new, there would be more around.

 

Edited March 6, 2018 by Greg Myers

[Greg Myers]

[unclescott58]

Nice! The only problem I have, is I could never get into the car with the top on. I'm sure I'm way too fat! Heck, even without the top, climbing over the side to get in might be tough for an old fat guy like me. But who cares. The car looks great! ?

[Greg Myers]

and if you didn;t scroll down http://customrodder.forumactif.org/t114-1927-ford-hot-rod

check this guy out. Right down Bill's alley. 

[unclescott58]

6 minutes ago, Greg Myers said:

 

By the way, the woman above looks pretty good too! 

[Greg Myers]

OK Revell, here's your next body for those great Model A chassis. 

Yeah, I know, it's a Deuce frame, but I'm talkin' to what's in the current (?) Revell  Model A kits. 

Edited March 6, 2018 by Greg Myers

[Ace-Garageguy]

25 minutes ago, Greg Myers said:

and if you didn;t scroll down http://customrodder.forumactif.org/t114-1927-ford-hot-rod

check this guy out. Right down Bill's alley. 

Here ya go...    And peoples been harpin on doing a nice '26-'27 roadster body for the next issue of Revell's model-A kits (if the Martians ever bring the molds back) for some time.

 

[Greg Myers]

Just says HOT ROD all over it.

[Xingu]

Good memory Bill. I thought I had seen that car before.

[ChrisBcritter]

10 hours ago, slusher said:

Sweet, is that a Rambler speedometer?

Sure is - '60-'61 Super and Ambassador used this one. Always thought it odd the way they numbered it - of course if it's a show car, maybe 12 MPH is OK for a top speed? 

Edited March 7, 2018 by ChrisBcritter

[Chuck Most]

10 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Agreed, but scraping on the ground, or high-centering on a speed bump, or having the frame rails so low and so far forward as to be the first things to strike anything in the road kinda defeats the purpose. 

I know...he must be a MODEL car builder in real life.  

Well, he may have been, but he's dead now. Don't think he's building much of anything these days. 

The car was featured in Hot Rod a few years back, and they have the article on their webpage- http://www.hotrod.com/articles/25-dodge-roadster/

I've always had a thing for that car, mostly because it looks like something from an NNL table that somehow came to life.