1949 Second Annual Hot Rod Exposition

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The second annual Hot Rod Exposition was held January 21-30, 1949. The second show was also held at the National Guard Armory in Los Angeles, California. Following the success from the prvious year, and due to the fact that some visitors had to be turned away for safety reasons, the show was extended in to a 9 days event. To better the previous years accomplishment and with a whole 6 days more to fill it was decided to build not one but two 1932 Ford roadsters during the show. Each roadster had its own team of reconstructors. One of the teams were lead by Lou Baney. Lou's team consisted of Lou Baney, Frank Breene and Newell Durling. The other team was led by Bill Burke. Bill's team consisted of Harvey Haller, Rulon McGregor and Bill Burke. The roadsters were once again dis-assembled, repaired, painted and re-assembled as traditional 1932 Ford roadsters. The roadster that the Bill Burke team built was equipped with Kinmont disc brakes, a converted Kurten or Spaulding Lincoln Zephyr distributor, high compression heads and a trick dual manifold. Bill's roadster was painted "Burple", a blue purple cross color mixed by Bill, while the other one received an orange color. The Burple roadster was won by Mrs. F.C. Bailey of Long Beach, California.

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The second annual Hot Rod Exposition was held January 21-30, 1949. The second show was also held at the National Guard Armory in Los Angeles, California. Following the success from the prvious year, and due to the fact that some visitors had to be turned away for safety reasons, the show was extended in to a 9 days event. To better the previous years accomplishment and with a whole 6 days more to fill it was decided to build not one but two 1932 Ford roadsters during the show. Each roadster had its own team of reconstructors. One of the teams were lead by Lou Baney. Lou's team consisted of Lou Baney, Frank Breene and Newell Durling. The other team was led by Bill Burke. Bill's team consisted of Harvey Haller, Rulon McGregor and Bill Burke. The roadsters were once again dis-assembled, repaired, painted and re-assembled as traditional 1932 Ford roadsters. The roadster that the Bill Burke team built was equipped with Kinmont disc brakes, a converted Kurten or Spaulding Lincoln Zephyr distributor, high compression heads and a trick dual manifold. Bill's roadster was painted "Burple", a blue purple cross color mixed by Bill, while the other one received an orange color. The Burple roadster was won by Mrs. F.C. Bailey of Long Beach, California.

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Subject ID: 53005