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Was talking to a friend in California this morning and he said he saw a 1933 Chevrolet touring at the Pomona fairgrounds GNRS = GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW.

Well found a picture of the car online and its actually a 1935 standard series American body lines phaeton. burgundy and black.

Apparently this car was designed by the world famous CHIP FOOSE and **built by** TROY TREPANIER. I do not know if this is a brand new 2013-2014 build or an older one, appears brand new build.

Apparently this vehicle was built for Bob and Wes RYDELL, took me a while to figure it out....they are the GM Chevrolet dealer in the Midwest who had Chip build them the a car called THE GRAND MASTER , a 1935 Chevrolet Master series 2 door sedan, which won every award imaginable . He turned an ugly duckling car into a gloriously beautiful swan.

Anybody going to the show to take pictures, would like to see this one ( 35 chev touring ) amongst all the "you know whats " .

A NON FORD has never won this show and trophy since its inception in 1950 . I think this one is going to.

mike lynch

Really nice rod... too bad they had to build it out of such a rare car. At least it is very tasteful.



Also noticed this little gem in the roadster show photos...

Brewster, if they made it out of a Canadian built car, that would be the only one of 3 in 1935 that was produced for domestic use.

They most likely built it out of one of 217 USA produced as it has the USA body lines on it.

I have seen Troy Trepanies work before and it appears its a winner. Looks like this Chevrolet is going to be the first AMBR winner that isn't a ford.? Find out late sunday.

Thanks for posting the picture, I could not figure out how I found it the first time and my attempt at copying it did not work.

The only other time I have seen 34-35 USA stamped std phaetons made into street rods, was in rodders digest magazine January 83 , a red one.. There are a few holden AUZZIE bodied ones around down under.

mike

There is an orange one that pops up on ebay every couple years with an outrageous price. Not sure if it sells or is re-listed, but it is butchered enough that it has to be worth less than a correctly restored one. Hopefully this AMBR contender was built out of it... that way at least it is partly saved and there aren't two cut up cars!

https://www.hotrodhotline.com/content/1935-chevy-touring-phaeton#.UuMypOD0D-k

Brewster..............that car is owned by mark taylor in Queensland Australia, a friend of mine for 10 years. The original body was made by HOLDEN GM.

The car sheet metal is not cut up , modified in any way. You could take the body parts off the chassis and put it back onto an original chassis and driveline, repaint the car stock colours and its almost restored except one would have to find original gauges to go into the dash and some other pieces. Oh and convert the car from left hand drive back to right hand drive.

There is no butchery involved. A black 35 Chevrolet phaeton has just completed a 30 year build into a street rod down under. You would swear it was stock, it sure looks it until you pop the hood open.

The car , 1935 Chevrolet phaeton, competing for the AMBR , is the same. It could be returned to stock same way.

mike

I see...

I've always thought it would be ideal to build a car that you could undo the body mount bolts, roll the frame out, roll a street rod frame under and attend a rod show later in the day, and convert it back by bedtime! Enjoy the best of both worlds. Too bad that both the factory frames on those two cars are long gone... and the six power plant.

If you could do that in a day, I will buy you a SUPER MAN TEE SHIRT. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

maybe time wise, more like 2-3 days with help .

I have an original RHD 35 chev std chassis with front & rear end,wheels tires brakes, no motor or trans , they were 33 master units. You interested ????, you can put it under the orange tub and return it too stock.

Where did you pull up that older ad for the orange 35 tub, must be a computer genie. When I click on it, the link, pictures will not come up.

mike

I just googled "1935 Chevrolet Phaeton" and that's what popped up. Google is your friend!

If a team of guys can assemble a Model T in 15 minutes or less then changing a '35 phaeton body should be a breeze. As they say all it takes is practice, practice, practice and a few of your closest friends.

Well Chipper , that would be a big task, a 35 tub is a lot bigger and better built car than any model t.

You might get one good close friend to help you remove the 35 tub from the frame, an army of 4-6 friends is harder to assemble. Like I said earlier it would also require the removal of new dash instruments and steering column.

Correction, only modification I see to the body of the 35 phaeton is the outside door handles have been removed and the holes filled.

mike lynch
building SHAZZBOTT a 1935 Chevrolet roadster

I sorta agree but remember we have one day to recruit the friends or bums off the street and get the job done.

Re: GNRS 2014 - OMG put your glasses on man! Is that the correct hood ornament??? Is that the original motor? For Chips sake I hope so. :) I guess it's OK when you are Chip Foose.

============================================================ Yup that's the correct radiator ornament the 1935 Chevrolet STANDARD SERIES radiator cap/ornament/mascot. Its exactly like the one you now have on your 35 coupe unless its out getting re-plated. ? Right click on the posted picture , put it into your computers picture files, then use your ZOOOOOOOM feature to see it.

Or are you still hostile that I asked you why you had a 33 chev rad ornament on your 35 coupe and you insisted that it the 33 was the correct one, then bought the correct 35 std one. Its past history, nobody was trying to upset you !

I take it the motor is a SBC probably a 350 with some kind of induction system on it, will have to find coverage online of the show with pictures.

Chip Foose designed the paint scheme and most likely the wheels to look like wire wheels. Car , by way it sits obviously is equipped with some hind of air bag system ?

The actual build of the car apparently was done by RAD RIDES BY TROY ..=== TROY TREPANIER

mike ...

Hostile, no. All in fun.

Some more pictures are showing up online of the coverage of the GNRS show. It shows the top 10 selection that will duke it out for the giant trophy...6 foot I believe.

One of the top 10 contenders with a gold 32 ford roadster had a gas pedal linkage failure and ran over the show chairman and chief judge, sending him to the hospital, he's going to be okay. The car smashed into a glass door system and was pretty well wrecked.

Re induction system......apparently its an early gm corvette fuel injection unit that has been converted over to electronic fuel injection.

mike

FWIW
I agree it was too rare a car to alter.

However, one fact cannot be ignored, whether we like it or not. Most any tastefully modernized antique (don't cut 'em up!) will sell for a lot more than most any "original" antique.

My problem is that I like 'em both ways (if tastefully done but, don't cut 'em up!).

"To each his own".

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Score is........2 usa 35 Chevrolet tubs made into hot rods, 2 auzzie Holden bodied made into street rods, all looking bone stock except for the orange one with blue flames in AU. The others are traditional RESTO RODS........looking stock with late model driveline, started in early 70's.

If one was to follow the thinking and the T SHIRT available from Ken Fenical Jr, proprietor of posies horseless carriage shoppe in PA........to quote the T shirt

" ANYBODY CAN RESTORE A CAR, ITS TAKES A REAL MAN TO CUT ONE UP " ..........his words on his t shirt. Don't shoot me I am just the messenger who read the t shirt.

mike

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Did not really look at it the first time,the 2nd picture, the black 53 corvette, as just another early vette........and just now focused on it. Its a vette nomad, looks like the one they built for the waldorf Astoria hotel show, back in the day.

Fairly famous modification and new car show "what if we offered this " concept car.

nice to see one.

A friend of mine bought a 68 corvette station wagon around 1970 from Michigan. no idea where it is today, have never seen it again since he sold it, mid 70's.

mike

The '35 Phaeton won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award at the National Roadster Show. The first time the award has been presented to a Non-Ford build. Way to go Chevy!!

Well, certainly a loooonnngg time coming; however, it's nice to see a non-ford win for a change. Maybe the start of a new & different trend? About time to start thinking outside the box on the judging side of things??? Obviously the craftsmanship & build quality were apparent on this unique Chevy.

WOW , that is indeed setting a new record....the Americas Most Beautiful Roadster award = AMBR , at the Grand national Roadster Show = GNRS in Pomona is over, and goes to the fist time ever in 65 years , to a Chevrolet.

The winner wes rydell spent reputedly on the 35 master sedan called the grand master back in 2002 million and a half. That was an extremely modified restyling of an ugly duckling car.

The 35 phaeton should have cost considerably less due to restoring the metal body as opposed restyling it. I would still think it cost $1 million to do all the intense finishing on it. Love to get a look under it. maybe it will make it to megaspeed show in march after it does Detroit, but cannot compete for the famous RIDDLER award .first time shown.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOB AND WES RYDELL !!! GM dealer from ND.

mike ford lovers

absolutely a stunning car!!
My only question is when did a 4 door phaeton become a roadster???

Under the posted rules of the Grand National Roadster Show ( GNRS )for the AMBR award = Americas Most beautiful Roadster, Roadsters, Touring /phaetons, Roadster Pickups, built prior to 1937 and built in the USA qualify.

roadster pickups 6 have won..: 1958, 1959 ala kart, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977.

Phaeton / touring cars 4 have won in : 1974, 1976, 1985, 2014

custom bodied roadsters 4 have won : 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969

mike lynch

I found out some more interesting info about the Wes Rydell 1935 phaeton resto rod

Apparently they stretched the chassis from 107 " too 110 " wheelbase. Looking at the pictues of the body its really hard to try to pick out exactly where they made the car 3" longer. Too me it appears the panel between the front and rear doors might be longer ?

A yellow 35 American body phaeton appeared on ebay this morning. For the purist its got wrong headlights on it , plus wrong year rad ornament . This car has been on ebay a couple of times before and is located in Montgomery NY .

Car seems priced right, must be something wrong for it not to have sold before other than $$$$ asked ?

mike lynch..........

I know where there is another one for sale in Albuquerque. Price is about the same, beautiful car!