Richard Lacy's 34 roadster

Walt Dupont--Me.

Walt Dupont--Me.

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In the new issue of Street Rodder Nov. 2010 on page 48 top right, there is a pic of a 34 Roadster, belonging to Richard Lacy. Is that the same Richard Lacy on this barn and the old barn? I love vintage style street rods. Walts
 
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Thanks to all who posted nice things. Also thanks to Street Rodder for the excellent coverage of the Pasadena Roadster Club Reliability Run. We are a very small club, so there is alot of work to do and it is nice to have the recognition for our efforts.

Thanks again to Axle (Alex) and The Shifters for having the (courage?) to vote my car the Best of Show award at the Suede Palace. I had told Alex and wife Celeste that I wanted to win WORST of Show (which I think I truly deserved) but they must have misunderstood??? I think "spirits" (not the evil kind, but the liquid kind) may have had something to do with it???

The photos posted above are a few years old; the seats (which EVERYONE gave me a hard time about) have been replaced with genuine jet fighter seats from a Lockheed Shooting Star from the early 50's. The headlights have been changed and the rear lowered about 3 inches. My Avatar is a photo of this same car taken in 1958 in a PIG SHED in Roosevelt Utah. It was "rescued" from there by Lynn Williams (THE original C W Moss) maybe sometime in the 60's/70's? (he is not sure) and brought to Southern Calif. I was able to buy it from the gentleman that Lynn eventually sold it to. It was about a mile from my present shop location, in a building otherwise filled with old hot rods - but this one was an original, numbers-matching that was in the process of being "fixed up". That was in 1981. My father's comment when he saw it (he knew for how much) "Oh Dick (I used to be a Dick) you're kidding..." He obviously lacked vision??? I drove it around the block once and then put it away... then moved it to my current shop in 1985, where it sat until early 2002 when I "sort of" made it run and drive. In 2004 my son Dennis (mostly) and I "did what really needed to be done" to make it run and drive (and STOP) the way it should. We have since done some other stuff along the way, but there have been NO permanent modifications made (except 2 holes for a seatbelt cross-bar to please the wife...) and I still have everything to restore it to original if I should want to... The doors had been re-wooded and put in red primer before I bought it; otherwise they would match the rest of the body - too bad. The paint itself is VERY old "with a brush" and some kind of (Sherwin Williams?) house paint... It will probably stay as it is... "patina is only once..." I do have to occasionally explain to certain people that it is a HOT ROD, not a RAT ROD. Most people know the difference...
 
Richard, I've had the pleasure of seeing your car in 'the metal' and believe me, it was a pleasure.
 
It is indeed a hot rod, and a very fine one. Unfortunately in my neck of the woods, and I have a suspicion it maybe universal, anything with primer, mismatched paint, wire wheels and a flathead is called a rat rod, even by 90% of hot-rodders who should know better.To that group, a hot rod must have a mega buck easter egg paint job, 20" bling wheels with rubber band tires, and a chrome bill to buy a house debt-free. I truly feel sorry for them.
 
FlatheadTed said:
Sorry for busting in on your post Richard with three cars. Ted
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No problem... I would do the same for you... :)

The 34 in your photos is an Aussie body? The doors are short at the bottom; it had a tin spacer between the bottom and the board? Also has wood sills... There was also one of these in the same building, also RHD and an original 4cyl car. I think it was the only other "non-hot-rod" besides mine. The guy who bought it yanked the banger out and had it for sale in the back of his pickup at the next Pomona Swap. I bought it and cleaned it up and stuck it in my son's 32 PU while another motor was being built. It ran really good. Later took it out and it has been sitting in my shop for over 25 years, waiting for another spot in something...
 
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Hey guys, I'm Richard's son, Dennis. My Dad still hasn't figured out the whole picture posting thing, so I thought I'd help out with some very current pictures including the Jet seats we installed back in January. Enjoy!

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Richard I don't think this is a Ausy body ??
Richard (EV8G) said:
No problem... I would do the same for you... :)

The 34 is an Aussie body? The doors are short at the bottom; it had a tin spacer between the bottom and the board? Also has wood sills... There was also one of these in the same building, also RHD and an original 4cyl car. I think it was the only other "non-hot-rod" besides mine. They guy who bought it yanked the banger out and had it for sale in the back of his pickup at the next Pomona Swap. I bought it and cleaned it up and stuck it in my son's 32 PU while another motor was being built. It ran really good. Later took it out and it has been sitting in my shop for over 25 years, waiting for another spot in something...
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Great post! Thanks for the pics. My two all time favorite '34 roadsters belong to Richard Lacy and Rumbleseat.
 
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