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There are still 9 of the 75 Significant Hot Rods MISSING ... so we need your HELP in finding them so we can all enjoy them at the Deuce celebration in January... Take a look through the list and if you have any information on any of these cars please contact us at Deuce@Hotrodhotline.com or call 877-700-2468. We would also like to have any pictures and/or stories you would like to share about these great old cars ....


  Two of the missing 9 cars are cars which we believe still exist but we just don’t know who the current owners are .... The Bill Desatoff Tudor and the Wayne Henderson Vicky are high on the list of cars we still think we can find.... below that are the remaining 7 and a few of those are thought to be “gone” but if you know anything.... even if it’s just a “clue” or info about it’s whereabouts in the past... it could be helpful information so send it along and we’ll add it to the description so we can track some of these cars down before January.....  Here we go......

Bill Desatoff Tudor
 Mid-‘70s, handmade IFS, fabulous details throughout, Borrani wires, Weber carbs. Where is it now?
This is the information we have on the Bill Desatoff Tudor. - John Corno bought the Tudor from Desatoff and - Corno sold it to a gentleman in Portland. - He sold it to another person in that area who still has it (Doesn’t drive it, has a big block and different wheels). If you have any further information give us a call. 877-700-2468

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Wayne Henderson Vicky
Built in 1973. Perfect, black restro look with Ford Cleveland motor, polished Halibrands and checkerboard firewall. HRM Sept., ’74, R&C, Aug. 92, and SRM cover
If you have any info about this car and it’s whereabouts anytime since 1992 please give us a call at 877-700-2468 or email us.

 

Balchowsky /Vogel

Roadster – Hop Up cover car. Body work by Jimmy Summers. Began road racing in ’52, competing against European sports cars. Channeled with v-windshield, modified grille. Ran LaSalle flathead, Olds, Cad & Buick engines.

Banker Bros

3-window – Featured in ’61 HRM. Full-fendered.

Roy Desbrow Pickup

This is the pickup as it appeared on the cover of HotRod Magazine in 1952

Herbert/ Gaskin Fordor

First famous as Herbert’s 12-port Jimmy on propane, then as Gaskin’s Flathead V-8. Chopped, channeled, highboy, Dynoflow trans with hand controls (because Herbert had polio), Von Dutch striped “gremlins.”

Dave Marquez Roadster

Hot Rod Magazine cover car. First lift-off body. Day-glow scallops, all chrome, well-detailed. Ardun-powered. “Best Appearing” at ’55 NHRA Nats. Motor Monarchs club.

AK Miller Roadster

This Hot Rod Pioneer was run by AK Miller with IFS 

Veda Orr Roadster

Veda Orr was an early member of the SCTA. Here she is, racing her '32 roadster at Rosamond Dry Lake. She was also arguably the first hot rod journalist. She began the SCTA newsletter before WWII, and it became a vital lifeline for the lakes racers who were serving overseas.

Don Van Hoff 5 Window

Cover of Hot Rod Magazine in April, 1956, it packed a big 314-cid, four-carb flathead with a 3-7/16ths bore and a 4-1/4-inch stroke. Van Hoff was a California high school kid who spent a then impressive sum of $950 to build his deep purple chopped coupe while a student at Manual Arts High School..

Lynn Yakel 5 Window

Very Low .... It featured a three-piece hood and solid side panels, and was built by the legendary Whitey Clayton. Lynn's bright green beauty turned a respectable 128 at Bonneville in 1950.

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  It would be so great to have ALL of these cars at the Grand National Roadster Show for the Anniversary of the Deuce !  While that may not be possible because some of them are certainly just gone ..... we’d like to ask your help in finding as many of these as possible. If you know anything about any of the owners of these cars over the years....  like you know someone who used to own the Henderson car ... let us know and we’ll get on the trail.... Hotrodhotline.com visitors have already found MANY of these cars and we’d like to add a few more to the list..... You can call us at 877-700-2468 or email Maryann@hotrodhotline.com


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