2007 Grand National Roadster Show - Sunday Coverage

The Frank Currie Roadster was built from a new steel body created by Marcel Delay, and packed with an electronic fuel injected 705ci Boss 429. The doors were stretched two inches, the hood three. In addition to Bonneville, the 200mph roadster covered ground on Americruise and appeared in Rod & Custom's March '88 issue.

The tradtional rodders of today are on ground already covered by Pete Eastwood and Rick Barakat 25 years ago. The Eastwood Barakat tudor was built from a $300 body, painted with red oxide, and powered by a Chevy small-block with a 4-barrel Holley. It ran 11.50 on the strip and showed up on the cover of Hot Rod in 1982.

The famous Doyle Gammell coupe, which you saw in R&C in 1963, is now part of the Bruce Meyer collection. It was chopped when Gammell bought the car in 1963. It received a Cordovan brown paint, and eventually, some Ed Roth pinstriping. After Gammell sold it, it went through some design changes, appearing in R&C again with purple paint and flames. It has been restored to it's early '60s condition.

The Boyce Asquith roadster was a challenger in nostalgia drag racing and was also regularly driven on the street. Race car components include a tubular Pro Stock rear chassis and cage, and time slips boasting e.t.s in the low 8. Engines included a 460 big-block and later, a blown 495ci Ray Zeller motor. Current owners Dave and Linda Allen brought it to Pomona.

Bob Tindle got this sedan in 1959, chopped the top, and molded the rear fenders. The flip-up body opens opposite the hood and grille, and retains functional doors. Rolling on a tubular frame, the car ended up with a 417ci Olds with a Potvin blower and Hilborn injector. In addition to success at the drags, the Orange Crate enjoyed success at car shows, and has been owned by Ted Gord for several decades.

It was a five-window coupe before it was the Jerry Kugel roadster, a common sight at the lakes and drag strips as well as on the salt at Bonneville, running faster than 200 mph with a 427 Ford engine with Hilborn injection. Eventually the roadster was sold, and now belongs to Phil Duarte, who raced it before storing it for many years.

With a Z'ed frame and chopped and channeled coupe body, the Andy Kassa three-window sits close to the ground. The New Jersey-based rod was well-known in the '50s and is identified with the look of East Coast coupes of the period. It ran a Merc flattie with four carbs. One West Coast addition was the custom grille, added by George Barris in California. It came out of storage more than a decade ago, and is now the property of Gary Mekita.

Fred Steele's channeled purple, roadster is another classic East Coast hot rod. Fred was a member of the TyRods club and the owner of a large corral of hot rods, including the flathead-powered ragtop that looks the same today as it did in the 50s. The car is now owned by 3 Dog Garage.

Custom legend George Barris had his famous Batmobile and Monkeemobile on display in the main building, and still enjoyed talking to exhibitors and spectators.

Pinstriper Dennis Ricklefs, designer Steve Stanford, and 'striper Ron Myers hang out at the Grand National Roadster Show to discuss cutting edge automotive design. Here they are figuring out who's paying for lunch.