Thread: I NEED: Vintage photos of women and roadsters

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Mick you are amazing! OK Bob start building that period perfect roadster! What a great "family" story, wife (mother) driver, THE BEST ROADSTER (IMHO) and now we know what mid-50s period roadsters really looked like. I really liked the early shock mounts but I had forgotten the smoothed cowl. Today you might think it was a 'glass car because there was no gas cap on the cowl, but with the '34 dash the original A tank was removed. Frankly that is a real "time machine" picture for me because the condition of the magazine cover is excellent just like I bought it last week. Yes there were girls like that, but not too many. In my Class of '55 one girl had a sleeper '48 Ford Tudor with a stroker Merc flathead in it, but it looked like any other Tudor, sitting still!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally Posted by lurker mick

Faith, here is some scans that I came up with.

The first is athe July '55 cover of Hot Rod that has bart and Helen Root and family with their 29 roadster. Helen was well known at the socal drag strips.

The next scan is an article from the "Hot Rod Handbook" from about 1950 or so. (sorry no date given anywhere)
These two girls not only raced their roadsters but tuned them as well.

I have alot more magazines and as I get time I will try to get more stuff for you.

Mick

Oh my God Mick I have died and gone to heaven!

THIS IS EXACTELY what I am looking for!!! Not only are those two hotrod girls pretty, but they also kicked ass!

Now I am trying to figure out how to get a larger scan of the article, as I was not able to make out all teh words from the scan you posted... If you are able to scan the photos separately, so I can have a good size version of them that would be great, then the text can be scanned as a stand alone, make it as large as possible so it is readable, maybe I can post that article 'as is' in my exhibit. You can email the scans directly to me at sitarfaith@aol.com ... Of course I am assuming you have the time to do this... God I sure hope you do because it would be soooooo useful to my endeavour! Please please please please?

Does the article say the names and location (city/state) of the two girls? So maybe I can try to track them down? The other two women I am honoring (Veda Orr and Helle Nice) both are dead, so unless I could track down a descendant of Veda who can tell me more about her life, I am afraid all I have to go by are the few one liners here and there posted in magazines... The Rod and Custom article regretably did not say much at all about her.

Originally Posted by viking

Pit Crew

In yer dreams, maybe!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by DennyW

((not useless pinups posing half nude next to cars ))

I don't know, but they look pretty good to me. The cars I mean. (Vikings in trouble. (you have to sing that, and repeat it).

Were they by cars????? Didn't notice,,.

DennyW is right, this topic can easily wander into dangerous territory. Apparently what Highboy Gal wants is pictures of women drivers competing in '32 Fords and this Forum has found quite a few so far. This is my last plug/vote for the Root roadster and Helen Root to be included in her list. After all the Root roadster had a '32 frame and a Deuce radiator shell. I guess you could say I really like the look of that roadster and Helen was an attractive MOM as well.

Don ShilladyRetired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally Posted by Don Shillady

DennyW is right, this topic can easily wander into dangerous territory. Apparently what Highboy Gal wants is pictures of women drivers competing in '32 Fords and this Forum has found quite a few so far. This is my last plug/vote for the Root roadster and Helen Root to be included in her list. After all the Root roadster had a '32 frame and a Deuce radiator shell. I guess you could say I really like the look of that roadster and Helen was an attractive MOM as well.

Don ShilladyRetired Scientist/teen rodder

yes i would like to include her, but would prefer a photo of her driving or standing (alone) next to roadster or fixing etc... the one photo posted here is making her look more like a housewife standing next to her hodrodder husband... Otherwise it is a great photo (larger size and color)...

I guess let's all keep trying to find another photo of her?

Maybe i am misunderstanding the title of your topic, do you mean women 'with' roadsters?
If not, and you are looking for vintage style Hot rods then have a look at this time warp happening in Germany (also with links to the A'bombers meeting in Sweden).

www.hotheadseast.com

The burnout picture is in England, so is the picture of the two roadsters at the Hot Rod Drags, Shakespeare County Raceway. Not that long ago actually, there is quite a scene here for ol'timey hot rods.

Originally Posted by Mel Chave

Maybe i am misunderstanding the title of your topic, do you mean women 'with' roadsters?
If not, and you are looking for vintage style Hot rods then have a look at this time warp happening in Germany (also with links to the A'bombers meeting in Sweden).

www.hotheadseast.com

The burnout picture is in England, so is the picture of the two roadsters at the Hot Rod Drags, Shakespeare County Raceway. Not that long ago actually, there is quite a scene here for ol'timey hot rods.

hey Mel, I think I am going to move to Germany they sure have cool looking roadsters there... A nice departure from all the modernized Hiboys I see in LA ... I love the photo of the hotrod with the words painted on it:

"Real hotrods don't shine"

I am going to quote this in my video, since it will be displayed in the Suede Building (flat cars only)....

I did find 3 photos of chick racing a black roadster/truck on that website ... And also saw a LOT of beautiful shots of misc roadsters... All useful..

Keep those links coming - I LOVE YOU GUYS!

And to answer your questions, I need both photos of roadster women hotrodders (real ones, not useless pinups posing half nude next to cars ) AND vintage photos of 32 Hiboys doing their thing! Remember it is the DEUCE anniversary and it is the Grand National Roadster show, so I need ROADSTERS and preferably 32 HIboys or looking close to a 32 (1930/31/32/33/34)

I don't know how many girls are in these but plenty of 32s

www.carnut.com/photo/list/flist.html

ENJOY

Originally Posted by cffisher

I don't know how many girls are in these but plenty of 32s

www.carnut.com/photo/list/flist.html

ENJOY

AWESOME LINK !! Many many thanks!

Some great shots Mel, thanks a bunch for the link. Looks like that is one way kewl get together!!!!!

Faith...I'm geting old so I don't remember if you said you had this link or not. Pretty interesting

http://winfield.50megs.com/Forrest/Women.htm

Pat

Faith,
You might try reaching Steve Coonan at Rodders Journal, he is the publisher of that magazine, if anybody has any good ones it will be him.800-750-9550.
Ken

MICK YOU ROCK!!! Sorry I did not know a new post had been added to this thread, my PC was showing it to me as innactive... Little did I know you have just given me the perfect ChrIstmas present!! THNK YOU THANK YOU - And yes do keep looking we have another 10 days or so to add content to the video after which I will have to finalize everything and will no longer be able to add anything else.. So now is the time!

It's been a while since I've seen tap pants on a racecar driver.