Showing posts with label Gauges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gauges. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Some unusual rare parts on this roadster.. I was told it's owned by the Lattin family, the Bonneville racers

the red pegasus was the trademark of Exxon Mobil from 1933 to 54.. these headlight eyebrow indicators are the first I've seen



written on the side of the car in the center of the steering wheel... "Hot Rod"

Pierce Arrow speedometer




The Veda Special knock offs? I've never seent hem before, but I speculate that they are from the Orr husband and wife Speed Shop, though a thread on the HAMB talks about Briz Bumpers and Orosco making repops. Veda set the Full Fendered Roadster record at 104.40 mph and later upped that to 114.24 in 1937. She ran 131-plus mph at the wheel of the Taylor-Blair modified and became the first woman to race in the SCTA.

Veda published the SCTA News, and later started her own newsletter as a means of communicating with other racers; however, it wasn't long after its inception that WWII began and many of the racers found themselves in the military and on their way overseas. To keep spirits up, Veda distributed her publication to more than 750 service men all around the world for free and personally corresponded with hundreds as well.

http://www.streetrodderweb.com/features/0802sr_veda_orrs_1932_ford_roadster/index.html

Thursday, November 11, 2010

The Punisher Sunbeam Alpine in the House of Kolor area at SEMA, built by Kal Kustoms


Cool punisher symbol in the pinstriping



Never seen gauges quite like these before



Monday, November 8, 2010

Ed Roth's Mysterion had inherent build quality problem that caused it's scrappage about 1974, but Dave Shuten built a new one!













The second interesting thing about these gauges is that there are two of each, because they are early power boat gauges from a boat with two engines.



That little tv set took a year to find on Ebay, they are very rare, and might be the hardest thing to replace when making one of these "1960's car show crazy kustoms"



Dave might not be familiar by name, but he is by his actions... he restored Orbitron, built Mysterion, and might be the best sole authority on Ed Roth's creations
http://www.theorbitron.com/ in the "crew" tab

Monday, October 4, 2010

Pierce Arrow, bigger than you think, about the size of an Escalade or Expedition





The Startix.... what a great name!


Above the driver, looks like a vent

Elegant and simple design to the gauges




Looks far more comfortable than the modern seat foam material, looks like a comfy old sofa
Just below the pull rope is an interesting piece, looks like a cigarette and lighter holder, or maybe pens and paper, and it has a beautiful clock on the face




Nice handles!


I'm completely amazed at the handcrafted wooden mirror, notice that the above and below photos have the light (beautifuly simple) on the opposite sides of the mirror, these are mirrors are on both sides of the rear window.... each mirror had a different dispenser. One was perfume, I forget what I was told the other had.







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