Thread: Last trip to nats?

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Well as far as the main controversy on this thread, I have been through a "Dune Buggy and blown-VW era" as well as the "resto-sports car" era where I attended some events just for British Sports cars so I think there are quite a few special events including some just for '32-'48 Fords as well as meets for specific brands. It would appear that as time goes on NSRA has made a calculated decision to bring in a "big tent" array of various street cars and even among the Deuce roadsters there I did dare to touch a few and found some fiberglass fenders. So NSRA is a sort of pot pouri of interesting cars for folks who like cars! There are indeed many other specialized events and probably enough to satisfy a wide range of tastes and pocket books. Frankly for my tastes I offer a picture of my friend Warren's highly innovative roadster which was a VERY RUSTY '31 Ford coupe which he mounted on a Ford Bronco frame with the frame backward! Adding a buggy spring front end and leaf springs in the rear from a small trailer this is an "Econo-Rod" with a Chrysler 360 engine and a seat from a Dodge van. It has a hand made oak dash as well. All-in-all with my past history with an obsession for cars and a small pocketbook, I think Warren's roadster was by far the most innovative car there but he remarked that it would certainly not be an award car. He did the paint himself and all the considerable welding in the adaptation of the Bronco frame but the car is still titled as a 1931 Ford! The most amazing part of Warren's roadster is that he made his own Deuce grill out of metal strips and it rivals any commercial grill I have seen. That is what I like so if we did not have different tastes the world would be much more complicated as all the men would want the same woman!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder