Thread: Anyone built/building a Shell Valley roadster???

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As one who enjoys the rear quarter panels of the '28-'29 as "art" with erotic overtones, I would say the the rear view is pretty good, although I am fainting just over the thought of the cost of chroming the 9" rear! Anyway if you look at the Speedway catalog, the '32 Loboy built by Street Rodder is close to AMBR quality in appearance, but the other two are not even though built from the same kit. What this means is that some small key features (and color) define good style in the collective consciousness of Rodders, although we may not all agree on specific features. What this means to me is that "the look" depends on trends which may or may not be timeless. Since I have to have fenders to gain the approval of my wife, I will probably stay close to the "resto-rod" look and hope that it is classic and timeless, although baby moon caps on steel wheels takes me back to good memories of the '50s even though modern mag wheels are almost standard. So "the look" is subjective, but the three examples of the Speedway Loboy show that you can goof it up if you are not careful. Maybe the side shot of the Shell roadster would look better from a higher angle? As it is the shot is too low and again we may overlook the skill of car photographers in making pleasing layouts for magazine features.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder