Glasscock Speedster/Thompson Special

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 03/31/2016 at 11:32 • Filed to: None

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A version of this picture appeared in slipperysally’s post earlier, but I’m dragging it out into the light because it’s extra neat. It is: a 1929 Packard with coachbuilt bodywork that !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Dem Woodlites...

RallyWrench > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/31/2016 at 12:05

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If I had such an unfortunate last name, I’d want to drive the coolest car on the planet too. That thing is impressive. I think I’d have finished the chassis irons in a contrasting color though, and lose the bumpers.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyWrench 03/31/2016 at 12:15

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-PACKA…

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mishmash of Deuce parts and custom chassis rails

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way too much time in the sheet metal shop

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slipperysallylikespenguins > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/31/2016 at 12:15

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I don’t think I’ve ever lusted more for a pre-war car.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyWrench 03/31/2016 at 12:19

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Best source on chassis might be modding the rails from a Ford AA truck. They’re apparently really easy to find.

RallyWrench > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/31/2016 at 12:33

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Goddammit. I’m pretty sure I know where to find one 20 minutes away. Dude I know has heaps of pre & postwar old trucks just sitting on his property. I’m also browsing Craigslist way too early in the day... seems a complete AA is well under $10k.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyWrench 03/31/2016 at 12:35

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I really need to go ahead and become independently wealthy so I can stop being a dickbag coming up with really enticing and practical ideas I’m not committing to or funding.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/31/2016 at 13:05

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There is like no room for the driver. It’s like that Jay Leno’s Garage episode where he gets in a pre war car by stepping in, sitting in the passenger side and then sliding over into the driver side. There is a lot of fucking car there, can’t they give him more than six inches between his face and the wheel? His arm has to go outside bent.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/31/2016 at 13:06

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I have always wanted to build a pre war car like the guys that show up at Leno’s, all wood and a massive engine.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 03/31/2016 at 13:07

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It’s so there’s a minimal distance to lift his hands to rub them in glee in front of his face. But no, I see what you mean. I’ll put that down as something to be fixed if TFritch and I ever make an homage car.

RallyWrench > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/31/2016 at 15:06

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Yeah, I’ve been trying to do that myself, but it turns out I picked the wrong industry. All these kickass ideas, just waiting for funding.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyWrench 03/31/2016 at 15:11

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Not even that much funding, either.

That's gonna leave a mark! > RallyWrench 03/31/2016 at 16:28

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I knew a man who had the last name Glasscock. After years of teasing he finally gave it up (in his 30's) and changed it to Evans. I always wondered what took him so long.