In 1962, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth purchased the car for $1,150 and added quad headlights, chrome-reverse wheels and “baby moon” hubcaps. Keeping his car on the leading edge, Bob added a polished Offenhauser intake manifold and six Stromberg carbs to the Corvette V-8 and chromed the rear-axle center section.
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The producers of the TV series 77 Sunset Strip had originally wanted to use Bob’s car, and a contract was even signed, but Bob ultimately could not allow anyone else to drive his beloved creation, paving the way for Norm Grabowski’s ’25 T-roadster to gain national fame. In December that year, it was the Rodding and Restyling cover car. The flathead gave way to a ’57 Corvette-spec 283 with a single four-barrel carburetor prior to September 1959, when the T-Roadster was named “Best Roadster” at the first and only “Disneyland Car Club Day and Autocade” in Anaheim, California. In 1958, Ed Roth added his signature pinstriping. Once the metalwork was complete, over 40 coats of lacquer were applied in Bob’s garage by his nephew Dick, with the custom-mixed purple hue inspired by the packaging of Union 76 Royal Triton motor oil. Johnston, a local aircraft instrument mechanic, fitted the car with remarkably complete instrumentation. The body was widened three inches and channeled four inches over bobbed Deuce frame rails. One of Roth’s contemporaries, Bob Johnston, seized upon the outrageous T-bucket concept even earlier, creating the basis of this car, ultimately known as “Tweedy Pie.” His first show car, “Little Jewel,” was quickly succeeded by the more radical “Outlaw” T-bucket in 1956, which set the tone for many of Roth’s future projects and greatly influenced hot-rod design.
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Air Force, the hot-rodding boom was now in full swing. When Ed Roth returned to Southern California in 1955 after service in the U.S. – Restored to its Ed Roth circa-1962 configuration – Immortalized in over 11 million scale-model kits – An early, show-winning and trendsetting “T-bucket” – First built by Bob Johnston, updated by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth
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Chevrolet V-8 engine with six Stromberg 97 two-barrel carburetors, 1951 Ford truck three-speed manual transmission, 1948 Ford solid front axle with transverse leaf spring, 1948 Ford truck rear-axle assembly, and 1948 Ford truck hydraulic drum brakes. Here’s how Tweedy Pie was described in the RM Auctions catalog ( I’m still not buying that the body was widened 3 inches):Ģ83 cu. If you’re curious why it sold for so much less, and even less than the pre-auction estimated sale price of $200,000 to $250,000, refer to point #5 in my post about the recent sale of Joe Pirronello’s Lively Set T-Bucket. It just sold again at the RM Auctions 2011 Arizona event for $176,000 - slightly more than half what it sold for 4 years ago. By early 2007, when stupid money was bidding up every hot rod of any significance, it sold for $335,500. As noted in our earlier post about Tweedy Pie, this historic T-Bucket was originally sold by it’s builder, Bob Johnston, to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth for $1150.
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