Cover Cars That Made A Difference
We're kind of proud how well our display building at the Grand National Roadster Show turned out. Street Rodder and Rod & Custom shared the gallery building next to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum and filled it with more than 30 hot rods and customs from our combined histories. The Cover Cars That Made A Difference display highlighted everything from the Chuck Price roadster that decorated the first R&C cover in May 1953 to Kookie Car clone that will be appearing on the cover of Street Rodder's May 2010 issue.
George Poteet's Salt Racer...
George Poteet's Salt Racer '34 coupe harkens back to the good days of hot rodding, but was actually just finished by Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop and appearend on the March 2010 cover of SRM.
Jim Jacobs famous '29 Tub...
Jim Jacobs famous '29 Tub appeared on R&C's second "Are Coupes For Chickens" cover in December 1988, before being covered with magazine pages.
Pete Chapouris' '34 coupe...
Pete Chapouris' '34 coupe appeared on R&C's first "Are Coupes For Chickens" cover in November 1973, before becoming known as the California Kid.
The Dick Flint roadster has...
The Dick Flint roadster has been seen everywhere. Don Orosco is the owner of this iconic track-nosed car which was on SRM's cover in August 2000.
It doesn't get more hot rod...
It doesn't get more hot rod than the Bo Jones '27 T-modified, originally built in 1967, restored a decade later and currently the property of Roy Brizio.
Al Kuhn is the owner of the...
Al Kuhn is the owner of the Dick Magoo roadster. The '29 A/V-8 highboy showed up in Street Rodder in the January 1979 issue.
There's more history in the...
There's more history in the Tom McMullen roadster than in ten other cars combined. You may remember it from the cover of Hot Rod in April 1963.
Bud Bryan worked for Rod &...
Bud Bryan worked for Rod & Custom in the early days and his A/V-8 '29 roadster, Project Highboy, showed up in those pages a lot, including the cover in 1969
The first car to grace the...
The first car to grace the cover of Rod & Custom (then Rods and Customs) in May 1953, was Chuck Price's roadster, now part of Richard Munz' collection.
One of the greatest T-buckets...
One of the greatest T-buckets around, Blackie Gejeian's roadster is still an inspiration.
Neal East drove his full-fendered...
Neal East drove his full-fendered '32 to the beach for the August 1961 cover photo for the first full-sized issue of Rod & Custom
Customs are part of the display...
Customs are part of the display too. Larry Watson's Grapevine was carefully cloned as Randy Rhoades' '52 Chevy Gra-Vin Image.
Bobby Alloway's flamed '34...
Bobby Alloway's flamed '34 coupe introduces the past to the present, and made the trip to the GNRS for our gallery.
Frank Currie's '32 was driven...
Frank Currie's '32 was driven to Bonneville, where it turned 205 miles per hour, then driven home. That's a hot rod.
There is no missing Hemrod,...
There is no missing Hemrod, Don Smith's '32 sedan, built by Pinkees Rod Shop. It's on the current April 2010 cover of R&C.
Remember this tub? The super-smooth...
Remember this tub? The super-smooth '32 Ford Phaeton, built by Boyd Coddington, belongs to Bob Kolmos.
Another groundbreaking contemporary-styled...
Another groundbreaking contemporary-styled smoothie is George Lange's '32 roadster. The former AMBR winner appeared in SRM in February 2003.
We end with Ron Kregoski's...
We end with Ron Kregoski's just-finished perfect clone of Norm Grabowski's Kookie Car. Look for it on the cover of Street Rodder's May 2010 issue.