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Nothing like a guy who takes a Cord sedan, drops in a Mercury engine, and goes racing! I'm assuming he did this for the front wheel drive, but it's a wild ride in any case!

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A beautiful Lakester I could totally see building from scratch...

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And finally, a mid-engined 1927 T-Roadster! Apparently anything went during this heyday of "Hot Rodding" cars. (HRM September 1950)

 

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...but stayed tuned, the really crazy stuff didn't really seem to start till the 50's got underway!  

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When talk turns to "traditional" hot rods, when you look at what they did back then, it's pretty clear they cared squat about tradition.  They just wanted to go fast, and used whatever parts they had to do it.

The Mercury powered Cord is an interesting contrast to the Cord powered rod featured in an earlier issue.  It's too bad they didn't provide more detail on how they made that work.

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On 11/10/2022 at 3:03 AM, Calb56 said:

Very cool, for the ads alone, looking at the 1950s magazines... but wow, it's small on my phone. He said with his old eyes.

Charles, here's a great photo of one of these Frenzel superchargers on a Ford engine. I myself have a 3d printed Frenzel on a Lincoln V12 I'm looking forward to dropping into the right build!

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This Henry J caught my attention from HRM August 1951. These had to be kind of the "hot hatch" of their day, along with their British counterparts. A lovely car I would enjoy building.

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One of the earlier articles I've run across regarding scale model builders. This was about a gentleman named Al Jimenez. Anybody know him or know about him?

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A twin engined streamliner. Who wouldn't want to build that?  

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BTW; are you all enjoying my snip-its from here and there? And what articles are getting you revved up?

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A great tutorial on chopping the roof on a coupe 

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Beautiful shot of a dressed 51 Mercury engine (at least I think that's what the article said)

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Nothing says 50's more than an airplane engine stuffed into an airplane-looking trike, and calling it a "Jetmobile"!

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I think this custom '37 Ford Coupe is the definition of stunning. I don't just want to build the model, I want to build the real deal!

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...more to follow tomorrow

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18 hours ago, ea0863 said:

And finally, a mid-engined 1927 T-Roadster! Apparently anything went during this heyday of "Hot Rodding" cars. (HRM September 1950)

 

Along these lines, here's a great shot of another mid-engined roadster from HRM 

[Calb56]

41 minutes ago, ea0863 said:

Charles, here's a great photo of one of these Frenzel superchargers on a Ford engine. I myself have a 3d printed Frenzel on a Lincoln V12 I'm looking forward to dropping into the right build!

I saw that cover, I almost changed my "avatar " to that.

I loved the ad though, the price...

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41 minutes ago, ea0863 said:

This Henry J caught my attention from HRM August 1951. These had to be kind of the "hot hatch" of their day, along with their British counterparts. A lovely car I would enjoy building.

Love the Henry J and Allstates! Wish there was a decent model of them...

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Article from June 1948 reminiscing about the old days.  That lowered T looks pretty slick.

Edited November 16, 2022 by Richard Bartrop

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Just so we don't think Corvette was the first fiberglass car, comes this Glasspar from HRM April 1953. Some of these aftermarket creations (later to become the kit car industry I suppose), had interesting designs of their own. I wonder if this one ever became a scale model?

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Very sweet treatment on a 32 Ford. I like the fenders, louvers, grill, and pinstriping. Great article in HRM June 1953.

 

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Under the heading of "creative or loony", comes this design. Essentially, a belly tanker for the street, it does make for some interesting lines - - - kind of an early metro car, with cute looks to match.

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A beautiful custom job on a 1950 Olds 88 Holiday called the Polynesian. I love the subtle changes that gave it an almost European feel. HRM September 1953

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Polynesian is a famous custom. Pretty epic. 

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34 minutes ago, keyser said:

Polynesian is a famous custom. Pretty epic. 

See, and I didn't even know that. I was always into exotic cars, and only after starting to build models in my later years have I discovered this whole other world of hot rods! Just a few days ago, I had to look up the difference between chopping, sectioning, and channeling!  And I still don't know what "slamming" means...