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Offline JakesBackyard

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« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2008 3:19 pm »
Great coverage Pete.  That '39 stock car reminds me of going to the races when I lived in Cali. in 71-72.  That's what all the cars in the races looked like.  I don't remember if it was a special class or what, but that's  the way they looked.

And the red A roadster is really nice.  Good stuff.
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« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2008 4:23 pm »
Looks like a ton of fun....thanks for the pics!
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« Reply #17 on: June 02, 2008 7:41 pm »
The '40 was pretty standard and stock with single carb, save for the frankland quickchange and Iron bumpers. Hyde was the guy who built and raced it and eventually was crewchief for Tim Richmond in the '80s. These vintage stock car guys are trying to find people to build period correct stock cars so they can get to be an actual "group" instead of simply an exhibition race during the lunch intermission.
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« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2008 2:53 am »
Went to a car show on WEDNESDAY night. Man this state kicks ass. Called the Cappucino Cruise-in or something like that. It's on Folsom blvd in Sac. Highlights for me was the craftsmanship on a model A coupe and a transplant from Iowa who has a car shop in California now that chopped a '50 ford. Beautiful job on both counts. '64 Thunderbird wraparound seats are awesome in the back of the '50 ford.
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« Reply #19 on: June 08, 2008 2:57 am »
More detail shots. Though not neccesarily my style, the craftsmanship was excellent. Unique leather inserts on the interior done by the owner, and i think he made the no-grille-shell thing look all right. WHat do you think?
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« Reply #20 on: June 08, 2008 3:05 am »
Strombergs97 from the HAMB drove us there in his '35 ford tudor sedan powered by a beautiful 241 red ram. He rebuilds strombergs and builds progressive linkages and thats it. Knows what he's doing. Geardrive ( think thats his HAMB handle) in Minneapolis builds hemi 6x2 log intakes for him. The Red Ram runs perfect. Perfect. Among his intake and stromberg collection, he also has the same 4x2 edelbrock for Olds 324 as I do so we're going to build a linkage for me too. Sweet!! I'm going to try to buy the 6X2 324 olds intake he has for the engine that I haven't started on or bought yet.  :roll:

I thought someone might like the eyeball pinstriping. I like the fade. The T pickup was someones. Had unique windshield posts fabricated into spiderwebs.
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« Reply #21 on: June 08, 2008 3:17 am »
Today I went to a pre-fathers day show in Elk Grove CA. Met a couple old flathead guys that have been running them since the '50s. Neat. One of them (name was dick, with the '50 convertable) had the ignition points closing on him to the point that it was running rough (missing), so I helped him readjust them (he had trouble physically), matchbook cover and all. No feelers around! It was surreal! Tom shea is the guy with the mercury. He runs 6V still and he told me about a guy who rebuilds those WWII looking sun tachs for electric only (6V even) so theres no box for it. $300 sounds cheap. Someone built that funky sun shield for it too out of a beer can. The funky hood thing is interesting. Tom collects fenton speed parts and finned 6v coils. Said the guy probably took the Y block intake I had off because 97s don't have ported vacuum for the stock vacuum advance distributor. Interesting. The tall air filters are oil filters for a late 70's omni. I just thought the NOS fenton heads and exhaust were awesome. This guy was the real thing.
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« Reply #22 on: June 08, 2008 3:19 am »
I thought the Hudson with a 392 was interesting too. Stock appearing A V8's are always cool, and I don't know what a golden hawk is supposed to look like, but I thought it was neat.
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« Reply #23 on: June 08, 2008 3:31 am »
I thought Ryan would like the hawk and Dallas would like the caddy's

I don't know if you guys care about some of these cars, they're just random. I don't really know how unique they are because I don't get to many shows in Minnesota, but. . . speak up if you want. Otherwise I'll keep posting neat pics of things I think are unusual or cool.

I don't know if anybody remembers when Ford came out with that new Mercury Marauder a few years ago, but Ford did a photo shoot with an original black on black '64 390ci/4speed powered 2 door Maurader and a new black one. He didn't have any of the factory pics at the show, but I learned this was that car from the owner when talking to him. Besides the fact that its pretty rare, this car was interesting because since the guy worked at the dealership when he ordered it new, he also bought the factory cast iron headers and installed them. They're about $1500 a pair now. The car piqued my interest because Holman Moody used them for stock cars and I thought something was peculiar besides the fact that it was obviously all original so I talked to him for an hour or two about stuff. It was like talking to my 55 year old self. Forgot to get a pic, but google it if you care. This car show shit is fun.
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« Reply #24 on: June 08, 2008 3:32 am »
Great stuff Pete.  You must be having a blast!

My eye was caught by the '57 Nomad made into an El Camino behind the suede shoe box. My brother did that to a '55 Nomad in the late '60s! And then traded a pure '33 Ford three window coupe to have a guy finish the body work and paint. Hind sight is always 20/20.
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« Reply #25 on: June 08, 2008 3:44 am »
Holy cow, no doubt. The nomad/el camino was cool. Very well done too. You know how you see some cars that grab your attention on your way to do something else and you forget to come back and look it over better/take a picture? Yep.

I am having a blast. Tomorrow I'm either going to Modesto to an American Grafitti round up or to the Yolo County Fairgrounds in Woodland for another show suggested by one of the Poor Boys (for got Bruce's handle). All the originals will be at the American Grafitti show, i guess. Woodland, however, is 60 miles closer. Gas is $4.45/gal here. hmmm.
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« Reply #26 on: June 16, 2008 12:51 pm »
Went to the road zombies bbq this weekend. Wow. Met all sorts of fun people. I had talked to Alex Gambino on Gambino Customs before the show (he and his club were hosting it), so I met up with him. Just a great guy. Went out of his way to show me around, buy me a corona, had me sign his car and his HAMB banner that he's brought to every car show hes been to (from the Messaround to the Lone Star Revival and everywhere in CA), then had me follow him first to his shop ot give me a tour, then brought me to the after party. His whole family drives Gambino custom cars and they were all at the show. The orange coupe is a customer car that is in "phase 1" i guess. Everything is mechanical (except the airbags) including the floor starter. It'll get a carson top eventually, and a few other things. I'm sure you'll read about it in the mags if you get them all.
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« Reply #27 on: June 16, 2008 12:57 pm »
more random pics. Instead of most of the other car shows I've been to where it was relatively easy to pick the cars to take pictures of, this was harder because 95% of them were f'n awesome kustoms or rods. I turned to alcohol to sort out this problem.  :D
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« Reply #28 on: June 16, 2008 1:07 pm »
I think the highlight was seeing Pat's 28 roadster that appeared in Rodders Journal. Another super nice guy. I tripped out when I saw it, seriously. Its been an inspiration. The craftsmanship is as nice in person as it looks in the mag. I think hes added a "floor", a firewall, radiator shroud, and some other aluminum stuff since the feature. Phenominal car.
I also talked to Dave from the lucky bastards about his 28 roadster. It was a coupe until about a week ago. Not a clean part on the car. I loved it. My two favorite cars of the meet. My two favorite roadsters anyway (how do you pick?) You just know I now have a whole album consisting of just these two cars.
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« Reply #29 on: June 16, 2008 1:16 pm »
Random's. It was hard taking good pics of some of the cars. The show was in the backyard of an Elks Lodge so the cars were packed in pretty tight. It was nice and cozy in a nice setting, surrounded by a 10 fool wall of flowers and plants.
I have more pics of the '32 including many of the top for Tim, more caddy pics for Dallas, and more of everything for anybody who has a request. I'll be setting up a photobucket.
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