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    Rust, Tatts, and Straight Pipes: Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009!

    DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod

    Street Legal Cheetah Replicas To Hunt Cobras
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    Image of JesusHChrysler JesusHChrysler
    09/20/09

    In reply to Rust, Tatts, and Straight Pipes: Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009!
    okay number 12 in the second set has me baffled. what kind of motor (or aftermarket head)is that? that carb placement is odd for an inliner.
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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    09/20/09

    @JesusHChrysler: I was wondering the same thing... do they have intake & exhaust reversed on a couple of the cylinders?

    And that ClusterTruck... I think I need to have that, or one like it. That thing is all kinds of awesome! I'd probably need to lose the license plate tho.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/21/09

    @JesusHChrysler: I s'pose if you've got the gear you can grind your cams however you want 'em. You want that cylinder inhaling through the breather vent? Uh, okay. Then you just weld up whatever crazy-ass plenums you need.
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    Image of Buickboy92 Buickboy92
    09/20/09

    In reply to Rust, Tatts, and Straight Pipes: Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009!
    I like that slammed Rolls-Royce. Never seen one like that. Very cool.
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    Image of 900pilot 900pilot
    09/20/09

    @Buickboy92: Agreed. That thing is teh straight-up biz-NASS.

    Typically, I'm not one for modded Rollers. I feel that Rolls-Royce (particularly 45+ years ago) had it right straight from the factory. This thing, however, transcends to a whole new level of sickness.

    I'm trying to imagine what the interior looks like. Do I want it to be flawless Corinthian leather, but with no door panels and Vice-Grip window cranks? Or perhaps it should be a 100-hour example of expert duct tape hand-craftsmanship? Murilee, please tell me you have some more shots of this, my new symbol of jalop lust.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/21/09

    @900pilot: The owner of the car is a friend of a friend, so I'm going to see about doing another photo shoot, this time with all the info. I know it has a modern Ford Modular engine.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/20/09

    In reply to Rust, Tatts, and Straight Pipes: Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009!
    I want to hear that V8 with the literally over-the-top exhaust. Also the profile of the Riviera is great--so easy to recognize but what simple, elegant design--even after all these years.
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    Image of tankman tankman
    09/20/09

    In reply to Rust, Tatts, and Straight Pipes: Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009!
    How did that Fury (#11) get in if the rules are '64 or older? That's a '67 or '68.
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    Novaload promoted this comment tankman was starred tankman was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/20/09

    @tankman: MoPars never follow rules.
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    Image of Theimbellis Theimbellis
    09/20/09

    In reply to Rust, Tatts, and Straight Pipes: Billetproof Nor-Cal 2009!
    What? Jalopnik, you disappoint us; there's only 2-3 European cars for us to check out.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/21/09

    @Theimbellis: Supposedly there was a Model T with an Alfa turbo V6 there, but I couldn't find it.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    02/15/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod
    I don't think it's a Chevy or a Ford. The shape of the cowl isn't the same as either one. I'm guessing it's a bit more obscure.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/15/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod
    No matter what parts it is constructed from, someone needs to explain to its owner, that you should never, never paint the grille. Chrome, sure. Blacked out also ok. Half-assed bodypaint, no no no.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    02/15/09

    @DoctorNine: The hood pins are also pretty bad.
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    Image of junkman junkman
    02/15/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod
    I don't care what its origins are and how poorly it's done, I could only dream about something like this being on the streets of Akron this time of year.
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    02/15/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod


    Some weird tricked out Franklin with different hinged doors?

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    Image of junkman junkman
    02/15/09

    @JCWhitless - Honda killed the S2000 to afford to advertise ...: Definitely not a Franklin. As conservative as they were, Franklin had some of the era's great designers working for them.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    02/15/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod
    The grille shell is from a '32 Ford, but the body looks like that of a slightly modified (no cowl-mounted gas tank, for one thing) Model A Tudor. The frame and rear-mounted gas tank also point to Deuce origins, but I'd say that this Mystery Rod was most likely put together with reproduction '32 frame rails under a fiberglass body. The 'glass body would also help explain the oval rear window, which I don't recall seeing on any American car of this vintage.
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    02/15/09

    @Armand Bengle: See my comment above, and WheatKing's. It's probably a Chevy, as evidenced by the parallel leaf springs in the front.
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    02/15/09

    @discontinuuity: Sorry, that comment was directed at Armand. Damn this new comment system. Change is bad.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    02/15/09

    @discontinuuity: You're absolutely right about the parallel leaf springs in front-- all those old Fords had a single transverse leaf. I hadn't though about the front suspension. The fuel tank is still bothering me, though-- I can't think of any cars other than the Deuce with that oddly shaped rear-mounted tank.

    The more I look at the car, the more I think it was put together not from a single old car but with a bunch of reproduction parts from various catalogs. I still admire that it's parked on the San Francisco street, though.
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    02/15/09

    @Armand Bengle: You're probably right. It could be a deuce frame and fuel tank. I've seen some good pieced together hot rods, but this ain't one of them.
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    02/15/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod
    My first thought was Model A, but I'm also not so sure about the oval rear window. Mostly it looks like an early Ford (Model A on a '32 frame, with some kind of early Ford front axle), but it could be some kind of fiberglass Frankenstein.
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    02/15/09

    @discontinuuity: Nevermind, that's got parallel leaf springs in the front. It's some kind of Chevy or something. Well, at least it was this turd that got "polished", not a nice '32.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/15/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod
    Paging Mr. Barrow. Your getaway can be picked up from the valet station now.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/15/09

    @Van Sarockin: Clyde was a Ford fan, right? He wrote Henry a fan letter, I believe.
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    Image of WheatKing WheatKing
    02/15/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod
    1930 Chevy Sedan. a really crappy 30's chev.


    Here's a good one..



    The oval window is an oddity
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/15/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod
    Well, duh, that is the front clip anyway. Is this what they aimed for?


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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/15/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Mystery Rod
    My first thought was 32 Ford but of course not the three window.

    Hello, Internetz? This thing is what?
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