This month we are in Ray
Roberts garage in Colorado with his former Racing SS complete with Ford
V8 60. He is doing a restoration back to its racing form.
He is using the "manual" VC lift method to reinstall the body. |
Helping
is
Joe Borgering, Tom Botkin's grandson Daniel, Blake
Philpot, Jurgen Steinert, myself, and not shown but directing or
taking pictures, Tom Botkin and Pat Riley.
Here is a shot of the body before the lifting started. |
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Here are some of the
Hotshots and Super Sports that were shown the last time the VC was the
Spot Light class back in 2000. At that point in time, it was
probably safe to say that there was never more VCs in one place before,
even at the factory.
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Here are a couple of more views - Front and Rear Drive |
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Paul Gorrell's Hotshot #1, the prototype that all future VCs were derived
from, had
the #1 spot in the Spotlight class for 2011. He tried for many
years to buy this Hotshot, it was at the Crosley dealer in his
hometown of Burlington, IA. He watched it go from a car that was
being driven around town, till it was sinking into the ground with a
block wall laying on top of it when the wall gave way.
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The dealer
would not sell it, Paul finally bought it at the estate auction after
he died. Since there was nothing left he could restore, all that
would be left if he tried would be the serial number plate, he strapped
it to a trailer and painted signs on it to point out the differences
from production.
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Since
I mentioned last month about the other interesting thing Paul Gorrell
brought to the 2011 Nationals I decided to do back to back Paul since
it was a close decision last month which to show first and the Hotshot
#1 won out since VC was the spotlight class for 2011. So here is
his other display, Paul got this sign in very bad shape many
years ago and tucked it away.
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The dealer made it from a sedan that was badly damaged that they parted out. It originally just had tires hanging out the bottom for the illusion of a car. Paul got the idea of making it drivable some years back and started looking for parts that would fit in the 8" cavity he had to fit everything into. He finally found the last few parts and now he has "Skinny". Here is a rear shot and a YouTube video. |
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Many
Crosley collectors like to keep a low profile, not draw to much
attention, well Jak Phillips of New York is not in than group.
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He
pulled into the Nationals this year with his H-Mod, or as he calls it
PH-Mod, pulled by his custom camper van. Jak tells me he draws a bit of
attention where every he goes. A mighty Phine setup, as Jak would
say.
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