John Wards looks like such a mellow and cool guy plus his stuff is art work and his attention to detail is perfect. Everything he gets it bigger and badder brakes,engine,exhaust.
Jonathan: Yes you know us we like to age certain things to match the original patina Adam: Yes it looks just WOW WOW WOW Small annoying guy: Are those custom rims? Adam: So Jonathan, tell me what else you've done here.
I'm 70, born 1944, you spent a lot on the wheels, which to me look silly as hell and not in keeping with the rest of the car which looks authentic, why not semi real looking wheels and tires ??????? I realize it's not a restoration but those goofy wheels probably cost enough to do a restore, so it's an object of art, okay, the GM designers beat you with their wheels and caps (your hubcaps were nice, awful expensive though)..........
Hello Eddy, I'm Mike, born '62 - nice to be the young bloke again. The object is not to restore a '40s car so it looks like it did when new. The object is to take an old car and lift all the old paint and rust and charm and character that it's built up, and slip a new car underneath, that performs and brakes and handles like a modern sportscar - and goes pretty fast too - and then slip that old paint and rust down over it. The original hotrod boys put new engines in old cars to get performance. These boys are sort of doing the same, but they also want to keep the style and appearance of the old car. If you put wheels and tyres on it that looked even half authentic, then it wouldn't grip or corner or handle anything like a modern sporty car. And you couldn't fit modern disk brakes of a large enough size. The sort of person who would pick something wasn't 'right' about the wheels and tyres, are probably the people who are going to be most impressed by it. They're car people.
"The original hotrod boys put new engines in old cars to get the performance" that, I will stipulate. However I will argue, the original hotrod boys did not, purchase a ready built faux patina'ed car with custom one-off made, pseudo period rims to hide modern equipment. This is a millionaires club, not that millionaires are bad, but don't pretend that you scraped up the money and this was all you could afford, forgoing paint for performance. It's a slap in the face to all the blue collar hotrod guys who spend every extra dollar to build there dream car. And get rid of that god awful lizard on your cars, it's not cute.
grey man Yeah, I hear you. The one & only car that I have hot rodded was a $2,000 car that I spent about another $3,000 on. That's all I had. It had a certain amount of patina that I actually tried to hide - cheap cans of spray paint that didn't work terribly well... LOL. It was a 20 year old bucket of bolts, but It went a whole lot faster than the original stocker, and it handled like a gokart. It rode a bit like a gokart too...
A artist is Jonathan…. I love to see his creations. He makes dreams come true. The mind is the tool truly.
John Wards looks like such a mellow and cool guy plus his stuff is art work and his attention to detail is perfect. Everything he gets it bigger and badder brakes,engine,exhaust.
It's about time you took us for a ride... do this more often!
Great job by Mr Ward and he is the coolest most humble guy cheers from Costa Rica
I Hope that ride alongs become a regular to this show! It would be the icing on the cake after showing the cool cars.
What a beast! I always look forward to episodes with Jonathan Ward. I could never afford a ride like this but ... one can always dream.
ALL HAIL JONATHAN WARD!!!!!!!!
I agree more drives would be nice
Nice piece (both the car and the video). I agree with Jonathan, a driving segment is a GREAT finale.
Love this car, and I like how you guys took it for a spin.
I’ve caught 3-4 videos featuring this dereliction of a car and can surely see just how much fun it would be to own and drive. So very cool.
FUCK YEA you went for a drive in the car!! Now do that with every car!
As soon as I saw that they took the car out for a drive in my head I thought "they fucked up, now they have to drive all the cars" xD
That puts a smile on my face.
No seat belts, no air bags, no padded dash just an ear to ear grin. FU officer, it was built in the 40's!
Wowee- this car is so cool and I love seeing this guys passion
Jonathon Ward is a genius, no other way to describe the man!
I just saw this car at SEMA this past week. It is a great looking car and deserves all the attention it gets.
That thing is freakin awesome...nice work.
I agree with Jonathan! More drives!!!! Get it on guys!!!
The picture showing this video shows the hood latch at back of hood, there eas one on each dide for easy acess or release both for hood removal
Omg this is sooo great .
So Badass. Love this car.
INCREDIBLE!!
Must.Have.One.
That exhaust is audio pornography.
The best!!
Matt!!! Foxbody Build?
excellent !!
Nice sleeper, but isn't it to low? Looks like it will scrape the speed bumps.
cool car
It's been awhile but at one point didn't they drive the cars?
Fucking incredible car.
Holy sh.. that would be fun to pull up next to some young kid in their muscle car!
Or better yet, a ricer!
Fuck Ferrari etc !!!! I want this car !!!
Bad ass!
Jonathan: Yes you know us we like to age certain things to match the original patina
Adam: Yes it looks just WOW WOW WOW
Small annoying guy: Are those custom rims?
Adam: So Jonathan, tell me what else you've done here.
This is my dream car, I'd have this one over any Lambo or Ferrari
That is soooo cool! But it kinda piss's me off, I got cars like that but they are just JUNK! Excellent vid!
should have made it Buick powered, not LS...
other then that, it is very nice
Hilarious. The visual doesn't compute with what you hear and the motion. Sleight O' Hand. All you guys needed was the fedoras and the White Owl's.
But he does like the lime light lol does he donate to Wounded worriers
I'd like a shabby interior - even if it was faked.
Rich guy fetish work, but I love it. So SoCal.
Keep drivin
.. beads before pigs......
zoolander car?
I'm 70, born 1944, you spent a lot on the wheels, which to me look silly as hell and not in keeping with the rest of the car which looks authentic, why not semi real looking wheels and tires ??????? I realize it's not a restoration but those goofy wheels probably cost enough to do a restore, so it's an object of art, okay, the GM designers beat you with their wheels and caps (your hubcaps were nice, awful expensive though)..........
Hello Eddy, I'm Mike, born '62 - nice to be the young bloke again. The object is not to restore a '40s car so it looks like it did when new. The object is to take an old car and lift all the old paint and rust and charm and character that it's built up, and slip a new car underneath, that performs and brakes and handles like a modern sportscar - and goes pretty fast too - and then slip that old paint and rust down over it. The original hotrod boys put new engines in old cars to get performance. These boys are sort of doing the same, but they also want to keep the style and appearance of the old car. If you put wheels and tyres on it that looked even half authentic, then it wouldn't grip or corner or handle anything like a modern sporty car. And you couldn't fit modern disk brakes of a large enough size. The sort of person who would pick something wasn't 'right' about the wheels and tyres, are probably the people who are going to be most impressed by it. They're car people.
"The original hotrod boys put new engines in old cars to get the performance" that, I will stipulate. However I will argue, the original hotrod boys did not, purchase a ready built faux patina'ed car with custom one-off made, pseudo period rims to hide modern equipment. This is a millionaires club, not that millionaires are bad, but don't pretend that you scraped up the money and this was all you could afford, forgoing paint for performance. It's a slap in the face to all the blue collar hotrod guys who spend every extra dollar to build there dream car. And get rid of that god awful lizard on your cars, it's not cute.
grey man Yeah, I hear you. The one & only car that I have hot rodded was a $2,000 car that I spent about another $3,000 on. That's all I had. It had a certain amount of patina that I actually tried to hide - cheap cans of spray paint that didn't work terribly well... LOL. It was a 20 year old bucket of bolts, but It went a whole lot faster than the original stocker, and it handled like a gokart. It rode a bit like a gokart too...
I will never understand why people think patina is so cool. I hate patina, and will never go this way. Polished paint, and lots of chrome!