Dale's Duece, trailer option not available

Cool pieces around the gauges, pedals and pinstripping on the trans tunnel
The blisters on the sides of the firewalls are vents


Hadees heater



Interesting story on the permanent license plates... no registration stickers

Hinkles Gold Rush revisited, photos from Goodguys Del Mar

for the full galery of it at the Grand National Roadster show decked out in full car show display: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/hinkles-gold-rush.html

here's another eye magnet roadster from the Del Mar Goodguys

Right about here you see it has Elco Twin two spark plugs per cylinder heads, which were flathead trick pieces. The distributors for these were possibly gotten from early Nash or Cord v16 engines, I recall hearing something like that a couple years ago.

Notice the rare Veda Spec knock offs, probably the reporductions.

Beautiful wood work in the back deck, and laced up boots around the shifter and pedals

Duece of Spades movie review

It's a good movie, and incredible that it's the first for the (writer, director, producer, set director, music, editor) do it all - Faith Granger

I'd give it a 2 stars out of 4, editing and storyline could have been improved and cut down a bit. Remember, it's a good movie, and I'm not a professional movie critic, I do this for free.

The sets, costumes, cars, realistic dialog, and humor are beyond reproach. In fact, compliments on the dialog not being censored, actually... kudos to Faith fro not censoring any damn thing. You can tell I mean it, I swore. No ratings board bullshit, just real people talking like we do.

Serious praise for the sets, 1950s without error, nothing distracting or out of place, so if you'd like a look at the way it was, bingo, she nailed it. The production value is high, terrific

Funniest scene, the main character is determined to convince his love interest that she should get in his car, and tries every single day to give her a ride to school (they are both teens, it's cool) and without any dialog it's damn funny, this has to be directed to the actors and directors credit. Like Pixar, a short or scene does not rely on dialog to keep the audience riveted.

Hinkle's Gold Rush

Terrific display, simple, direct, and sharp

The stands bolted to the lugs bolts are superb, great way to let people view the bellypan

Best cause for donating parts and time? Making a 32 roadster to tour, raise awareness, and auction to provide scholarships to kids of fallen soldiers

The IronMen Foundation has pledged its efforts to raise funds for these scholarships. Their first effort is to build a hot rod and auction it. They call it the Metal of Honor.

The IronMen Foundation http://ironmenfoundation.org/ was founded in 2007 to Provide Scholarships to the Children of Slain and Disabled Soldiers. We are simply a group of American Patriots, from all walks of life, doing something significant to support American Heroes' Families.

"We invited businesses in the Hot Rod industry to partner with us to build an automobile in which we could:
1.Capture the Attention of the American People;
2.Dramatize the Educational Dilemma of the Children of our American Heroes;
3.Tour a Car made from the Excellent Products of our Donor Partners—the Manufacturers who make the best products in the Hot Rod industry;
4.Create a desire to own this car;
5.Raise as Much Money for Scholarships as Possible in an Auction.

Our Board of Directors all serve voluntarily. We invite our friends, fellow church members, acquaintances, hot rod lovers, business owners, civic leaders, military personnel, government officials and celebrities to join us in this cause.

http://ironmenfoundation.org/ has this 1932 Ford Roadster, honoring our Fallen Heroes, is being built by The IronMen Foundation. It will tour America throughout 2011 on its way to the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ in January 2012. All proceeds from the auction will fund scholarships for the children of slain and disabled soldiers.

Built from brand new parts generously donated by American companies, it is being built in Island Lake, IL totally by the hands of IronMen Foundation volunteers. Stunning, in shades of green, the car honors the men and women who have stood in harm’s way to defend our freedoms. It will be on tour throughout 2011 at car shows, civic events and military installations. You will be able to follow the tour’s progress by visiting our Tour Schedule page. Details will be posted as the schedule dates are finalized "

Valspar paint is lobbying Ford to get the duece into the Ford exhibit area at SEMA in 2011. Damn good idea, lets hope the Ford honchos make it happen.

Thanks to Chuck Caswell for telling me about this noble cause! It's what is great about SEMA, you meet such great people!

World Premier of a hot rod movie, Deuce of Spades, Sun Nov 14th, Fillmore in Ventura county

http://www.deuceofspadesmovie.com/

Bringing the 50's back for a huge 50's bash to celebrate the world premiere of the highly anticipated hot rod period film "Deuce of Spades"
Featuring guest stars Gene Winfield and Bill Hines

Event includes: hot rod run to the event location - red carpet world premiere held at the oldest running theater int he country

Hot rods and classic cars show in main street in front of the theater

Meal served on authentic 1950 train (depicted in the film) at historical train station

Bands from the film performing doo-wop, 50's rock and rockabilly

Swing dancing demonstrations by world top dancers - open swing dancing for all

World renowned hot rod artist Tom Fritz painting exhibit - and more

All this in a setting right out of the fifties!

All participants to dress fifties style that day please. Event starts at non and ends at 8pm. Location: historic downtown Fillmore in Ventura County

Ticket price of only $35 dollars includes everything!! Get VIP parking for your car for an additional $15

Tickets go on sale 10/28 and will sell out very fast.

Keep a close eye on the website where they will become available for purchase
http://www.deuceofspadesmovie.com/

Rare duece type 18 with a custom coach-built cabriolet body

The car varies from the American-made convertible sedan styles; the top has no side rails to slide on.

The car was originally purchased by a high-profile German official. In 1938 or 1939, the car was hidden, actually walled up in a basement in Austria, to prevent military confiscation. In 1947, the car was shipped to England. It arrived stateside in 1964, as the possession of a Wisconsin antique dealer. From there, it was sold to the current owner in Jacksonville.

The bodywork is from Deutsch of Koln, the chassis assembled by the Ford Werks A.G. Koln. Unusual features abound such as an underhood siren, dual flag shafts, a Bosch driving light and spotlight, and trafficators. This is the only known example by this coachbuilder and one of five German-built convertibles known.

Former Staff Car for the Third Reich. Owner was a non-Nazi and hid the car from confiscation by the German Army.

The car has all of its original parts, with the exception of the engine (now correct) that was lost during long ago restoration. There are currently only seven of this body type known in the World.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=397594&page=61

The variety of cool things that caught my eye at Goodguys

If there is a race for barstools (I remember seeing one somewhere) it's going to be won by this 302 cu in driven stool... must be a life changing experience to go wide open throttle!

I dig the chopped Mercury lettering, I've never seen anyone do that before