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2015 New Blood Award People’s Choice Voting

It’s time to start the voting for the 2015 New Blood Award People’s Choice!

This year we didn’t have as many contestants as last year, bummer but hey we do have 3!

Here’s how it works, below I’ll list the entrants and show a photo of their ride, in the comments at the bottom of the page you simply comment the name of your choice for the People’s Choice winner. Voting is open until July 20th.

 

Contestant #1

Gus Mircos

1957 Olds Feista Wagon Kustom . 350/350 motor/tranny swap, flat white with orange flaked roof andorange  flaked scallops. Fender skirts, air bags, and fresh interior. Father son build and owned and driven for the last 10 years, owned and sat behind the barn for the last 15…

 

Contestant #2

Shawn O’Brien

1959 chevy wagon.  We will be attending the Leadsled Spectacular at the tail end of a 11k mile, 50 day cross country road trip.  Check out our wagon and trip here:  http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/going-for-broke-50-day-cross-country-road-trip-family-style.974548/

 

 

Contestant #3

Jerome & Kari Zimmerman

I purchased the 1927 Ford Model T touring body for my wife Kari in 2010. It was just a rusted body with no frame. The touring portion of the body was long gone with just the back door hinges indicating what it once was. Originally the idea was to bring the car back as a roadster pickup. But we wanted to build an iconic vehicle with character and to demonstrate what I can do as a sheet metal fabricator. I was influenced by not only custom builders from the 50’s-60’s, but also the radical concept cars of the period. I hand formed the rest of the body from flat 18-gauge sheet metal. The enclosed trunk will give us plenty of room on long road trips.  I manufactured the tailgate with hidden hinges to mimic a station wagon swing open tailgate. The main body and trunk seam are leaded as well as the fins and other high-stress areas. The fabricated grill features a perforated aluminum insert.
I found two 1927 Ford Model T frames, which I split and boxed together.  The bone yard also yielded a ’31 Ford front axle and trail arms and ’36 rear trail arms. A 1951 Kaiser Deluxe donated a Dana 41 rear end, which I rebuilt, and 15-inch rims. I used quarter elliptical springs on each corner with a high-boy raked stance completed by bias ply whitewall bigs and littles. I found a mildly built ’57-’66 Chevy 283 V8  with ’62-’65 power pack 327 heads, which I freshened with new rings and gaskets.  The parts pickup also gave up a Munci SM420 4-speed transmission.
We thought about the loud metal flake creations of the ‘60s show cars but it seemed to be too over the top.  Instead we decided on a Winfield fade with ‘60s Cadillac colors. We went with a fuchsia and silver sparkle vinyl interior to add a bit of garishness to represent the era. We had some issues with powder coat on the frame which has delayed us getting finished pictures but we will be in Salina with a driving, painted traditional show rod.

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