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Something's Odd about this Roadster...

Posted By: MuuMuu101

Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/21/14 04:06 AM

Went to a car cruise today and saw another 30's Ford... However, this one struck me as being quite peculiar. It wasn't powered by a 350 Chevy or a Flathead... Someone put this strange engine in it with these odd looking intake on it...

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Posted By: poorboy

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/21/14 04:09 AM

How do they park them on their sides like that, and then get the people to lay on their sides as well?

Bet that is fun to drive! Gene
Posted By: MuuMuu101

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/21/14 04:10 AM

Pictures have been giving me trouble...

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Posted By: poorboy

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/21/14 04:11 AM

Posted By: MuuMuu101

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/21/14 04:11 AM

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Posted By: MuuMuu101

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/21/14 04:14 AM

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How do they park them on their sides like that, and then get the people to lay on their sides as well?

Bet that is fun to drive! Gene



I don't know why, sometimes when I take pictures on my phone and throw them on my computer they come out sideways on my desktop. Usually I just fix it by rotating the picture again, but that particular picture doesn't want to cooperate.
Posted By: ex_cuda_guy

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/21/14 09:14 AM

wayyy cool!
Posted By: MuuMuu101

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/21/14 06:06 PM

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wayyy cool!



Yeah, when me and my buddy were talking by our cars and I noticed a huge crowd around it so I decided to walk over. When I looked at the intake I couldn't believe my eyes. Usually at our local cruise, there are no more than 3-4 mopars out of about 50 cars. I went back to my buddy and said, "Hey, there's a guy over there with a 30's Ford Roadster and a long or short ram intake." We walked over, but since we don't know big blocks to well, we were trying to find clues to validate there was a mopar engine in a Ford. I kind of new it was a because of the distributor. The owner said it was a 440 but wasn't really sure as he just bought it, really doesn't know mopars, and that's what he was told. Then one of the older guys with a stroked '65 Satellite walks down and we ask him and he confirms it and said, "On the stamping at the top of the block it should read 413 or 440." I checked, as I have the better eye sight than anyone there , and 440...

I liked the look of it. You rarely see that intake anymore. Then throwing it on a car that was "built" 30 years before that. Definitely a cool hot rod.
Posted By: Dan Halen

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/22/14 01:23 AM

Very cool and that's a long ram intake.
Posted By: Hemi Allstate

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/23/14 02:46 AM


IMO That really adds to the looks of that rod.
I like it.
Posted By: SNK-EYZ

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 03/27/14 11:04 PM

Long rams on a street rod, that's cool!
Posted By: rrbrucea

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/01/14 03:14 PM

Mmmmm, Packard grille, Long Ram Mopar power. Did it really have a Ford body? I dig the suicide front end too. Nice engineering on this rod. Got any more pics?
Posted By: MuuMuu101

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/01/14 07:02 PM

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Mmmmm, Packard grille, Long Ram Mopar power. Did it really have a Ford body? I dig the suicide front end too. Nice engineering on this rod. Got any more pics?



Just one of the interior...

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Posted By: rrbrucea

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/01/14 07:19 PM

That thing just oozes cool… thanks for posting!
Posted By: Mopar Ron

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/01/14 11:32 PM

I got these 2 pictures of that car at the March meet last year


very cool car




Posted By: dogdays

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/02/14 06:15 PM

Is that a Packard grille shell?

R.
Posted By: rrbrucea

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/02/14 06:36 PM

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Is that a Packard grille shell?

R.




Sure looks like one to me--embellished with a couple extra "scoops" on top.
Posted By: 80arrow

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/03/14 02:47 AM

What year Packard is the grill shell from?
Posted By: rrbrucea

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/03/14 02:52 PM

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What year Packard is the grill shell from?




I can't say specifically, but I'd guess it in the '30s--'33 to '36 or thereabouts.
Posted By: dogdays

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/03/14 05:30 PM

I'd go '37. Maybe I have to find out now!
R.
Posted By: rrbrucea

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/03/14 07:15 PM

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I'd go '37. Maybe I have to find out now!
R.



Yep, probably so, '37s do have a similar shaped painted shell.

Well, I DID say "thereabouts".
Posted By: fstfish66

Re: Something's Odd about this Roadster... - 04/06/14 09:48 AM

very kool
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