American Sports activities Customs. Not a class of automobile most of us hear usually, however one which positively will get our consideration as anytime a automobile man sees a machine like these featured on this video we are able to’t assist however take a better look. Fortunate for us, Tommy Lee Byrd, the Sizzling Rod Hoarder, was readily available on the Chattanooga Motorcar Pageant and received some nice video of those machines. Whereas their seems usually make it laborious to guess their yr, additionally they evoke a sure elegant automobile tradition from the previous that simply makes you smile. When driving was a purposeful act that individuals prepped and deliberate for. I dig them, and I do know you’ll too.
Right here’s all types of nice information on every one from Tommy, and the video is beneath.
Video Description:
When manufacturing numbers are in single digits, you’re coping with extraordinarily uncommon vehicles. That’s what was on show on the Chattanooga Motorcar Pageant within the particular American Sport Customized division. Six excellent examples wowed the group with wild hand-built our bodies (most of them fiberglass), with chassis and engines from American producers. These hand constructed scorching rods have been designed to go quick and look cool, however the actuality is that only a few of them really made it into service.
The vehicles featured are as follows:
1947 Jewell Particular Roadster – One-off customized construct by Harry Jewell, completed in 1948 and featured in Highway and Monitor Journal in 1951. Initially powered by a Buick Straight 8 reduce all the way down to 4 cylinders with supercharger, now powered by Ford Flathead V8. Present in nice situation and restored to perfection.
1954 Victress S4 Restomod – This automobile was purchased at a Mecum Public sale as a prototype, and was later discovered to be a really uncommon Victress. Then, the fiberglass physique was modified with ’39 Ford headlights, VW taillights, customized break up bumpers, flush match glass and a small block Chevy engine. Like it or hate it, the automobile is effectively executed.
1953 Maverick Sportster – Arguably the biggest fiberglass sport customized ever constructed, this 16-foot lengthy boat tail roadster is a magnificence. Solely 6 of them have been constructed, they usually characteristic a 1940 LaSalle grille, and full early ’50s Cadillac chassis and V8 engine. This one is restored superbly.
1955 Debonnaire by Replac. Phillip Egan, a member of the Tucker design workforce is answerable for the design of this physique and Replac constructed it out of fiberglass. Beneath is a 1949 to 1951 Ford chassis with a Ford Flathead V8 for energy. Lengthy and low, these vehicles provide a wild model that’s unmatched by any sport customized or boulevard cruiser.
1956 Almquist Sabre – It is a light-weight sports activities automobile with a fiberglass physique and customized chassis. It might’ve initially had a Crosley or different compact automobile chassis, however now has a spherical tube chassis and Ford V8-60 Flathead engine. The deep blue paint is slick and reveals off the personalized physique traces properly.
1958 Victress C3 Coupe – Certainly one of only a few dozen produced, this fiberglass C3 coupe options wonderful physique traces with an extended nostril and sloping roof line. Beneath is a 1960 Corvette with a 283ci small block with 2 4’s and a 4 velocity transmission.
