Posted by Ryan on April 20, 2022 and filed under: News
Crazy week. So much going on. So much work to do. So many items on the to-do list. And so many random thoughts to get out of my head that I decided to just create a post to dump it all… Enjoy it or ignore it.
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Admittedly, this is out of character for me. I don’t know Paul Le Mat or CR Cochrane (the gentleman hosting this drive), but felt compelled to feature this anyway.
Apparently, Paul Le Mat has been ill and retired to a condo in the San Fernando Valley. However, the owner of the condo has sold the joint and Paul is being evicted. It sounds like a pretty rough deal all around.
To help alleviate some of Paul’s financial stress, CR has started a gofundme on his behalf. Details here.
And if you are wondering, I did some checking around and this fund raiser is legit as are the reasons for it.
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In other news, the Round Up is here. If you are anywhere near Austin this weekend, you know what to do. Details here.
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Also, random thought of the day… We need more ’37-40 Ford 4-door sedans running around. They are cheap, relatively plentiful, and how cool is Doug Hartelt’s push car?
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Has anyone in the history of hot rodding built a more perfect ’34 roadster than Mike Tomforde’s?
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The first mention of “racing” in the Library Of Congress is actually a horse racing illustration from Dan Rice done in 1828. The term “hot rod” isn’t used in the library until 1954 when they accepted a “Pogo” comic strip titled, “Them li’l’ hot rods!”
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Two random cars from my life. The first is a ’32 Ford frame that I started assembling while I was in college. I have no idea what happened to it… I gave up on the project and decided to focus on my ’38 instead.
The second is a ’29 sedan that Kevin Lee and I picked up outside of Kansas City. It was in horrible shape and chopped severely… I don’t really remember what we did with that one either.
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I took this photo at the third Round Up. I haven’t seen this Stude wagon since… What happens to cars like this?
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At one point, pre-war, speed looked like this:
It took a long time for it to look like that again…
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The day I did the Ferrari photoshoot with Steve, I also shot one roll of color film for the owner of the Ferrari. I opened the back of my camera pre-maturely and ruined all of the shots except for one…
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A day doesn’t go by that I don’t think about Gary Howard. He was special. When I kneeled down to take this photo, he chuckled cuz he could see my ass.
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Color photo of Paul Schiefer’s T? Yes please!
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Speaking of T’s, is there a better proportioned T-Roadster than the old Frank Rose car? The belly pan does it…
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I found this in my archives and I’m not sure what the hell it is? A Stude? An Olds perhaps? I just dunno… A lot of work in that one – that much is certain. I think it was featured in a small book, but I don’t remember which.
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Speaking of Studebakers. Jim Lynch. That dude knew how to create and maintain a line. I need to do a feature on this one.
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Why didn’t GM make this thing?
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Speaking of concept cars… Which do you think was the most radical in idea?
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And that’s all I got right now folks. Brain dumped. See you at the Round Up!
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