Bill Eaton's (427TJ's) Newest Ride!

[JJEH]

cool.... congrats too

[427TJ]

Gotta' be every car guy's dream to have his car in a magazine. Thanks for the kudos guys and thanks for posting that Bruce!

[ORIGLS6]

Bill. I grab that magazine fairly often myself. I'll have to go lookin' this afternoon.

[427TJ]

At the Hotrod-A-Rama show I parked next to the Bill Marshall '32 Ford roadster, under new ownership up here in the PacNW. I felt that it was fitting that my CA black-plate "60s street machine" '55 was next to the time-capsule CA black plate Marshall '32. The new owner of the '32 gave my '55 a good going over an is a car guy who "gets it."



These two photos were displayed along the left running board:



Actually the above photo is probably '63-'64 (not '60) since the black license plates are '63-issue.



Great then-and-now photos huh! Same parking location too. I think that was in Vacaville, between the Bay Area and Sacramento. Bill Marshall fell ill a few years ago and the '32 showed up on eBay and then made its way up to Washington.

Here's a pic I took of the two cars parked together:





Now this is a chrome reversed wheel:

[mockingbird812]

Very !!

[Xplantdad]

I concur!

[427TJ]

Removed the rear wheels and tires and replaced them with new Radir cheaters and original/restored American TT 15x8's. Now it has real TTs all around. I love the sidewall bulge of the Radirs and the mags have a deeper look to their dish even though they are the same backspace as the Appliance TT copies that were on there. The Radirs are an all-new tire, not a recap like the Hursts, and thus are a lot lighter. Thinner base of the wheel, the mounting flange, required new open-end lug nuts which make it more "drag-racy."







Here it is the next day at Tacoma's wonderful "Hotrod-A-Rama" show. Yes, the ONE rainy day of the whole G-D summer. Yes, it was fun driving home on wet pavement...



Oh, and I had the original '63 black plates restored and I put the rear plate on the car with original 1964 and '65 reg stickers (eBay). The Enoch frame came from a Y-net member whose name escapes me at the moment. My '55 came from Long Beach (built at LOS) and got the plates in '63. Now if there was just a place where American Graffitti was still happening.