Thread: A week in the life of old coots......

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Then it was off to Edelbrock to see the "museum" which was partly empty as they were putting several cars in the LA Roadsters show during the weekend. Caught Vic Sr's roadster (the actual one not a remake, though restored now) in another building being prepped for the weekend. Also toured the machining/fabrication plant, very impressive. Hot Rodder does good.............now a $130mil per year business.

The next day we went to Lime Works. Very well organized shop doing some very nice work. Unfortunately much of what they were doing didn't photo well so no pics. Likewise was Early Ford Parts in San Dimas. This place is chock-a-block full of Model A and pre-49 Ford parts. They just keep diggin' up sources of old tin and mechanical components, as well as most of the typical repop stuff. One of the guys in our group (7 hot rod pals) scored some NOS '32 hood latches.

Then off to So Cal Speed shop for their open house. Man what a crowd!!!! It didn't officially start til 3:00 pm, but we got there around 1:00 and had to park about 3 blocks away! Lots of nice stuff there, these are just a sampling;
The first car came all the way from Sweden, the second is a work of art, the third.........just cool.

We made a few other stops around the area, but the big to-do was the L.A. Roadsters swapmeet and show. Prices asked were strong, but some of the stuff that shows up is very rare, and not often seen. I would have included a picture of Ken Thurm next to his neat little truck, but the son of a gun was never at his booth.................his grandson is a cute little guy though.

Again, a sampling of some of the neat things there;

For my tastes this little beauty was the most interesting car there. As I've mentioned before, I think a '28-9 Ford roadster on a Deuce frame is the quintessential hot rod, and this one elevates the standard. This baby was loaded with detail. It was in an out of the way spot and was probably missed by a lot of the folks that were there. Too bad. What you see here is just the tip of the iceburgh;

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

For my tastes this little beauty was the most interesting car there. As I've mentioned before, I think a '28-9 Ford roadster on a Deuce frame is the quintessential hot rod, and this one elevates the standard. This baby was loaded with detail. It was in an out of the way spot and was probably missed by a lot of the folks that were there. Too bad. What you see here is just the tip of the iceburgh;

i think this car normally has a set of vintage hilbrand ribed style wheels on it .
i saw this car at the donut shop in cali.

I can't quit staring at that belly tank. I don't know what else to say. Thats exactly what this hobby is to me........ Bob