'LEG SHOW' T A FAMOUS and HISTORIC RARE '09 T- ROADSTER
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My name is Bobby Nunes. I owned Pristine Auto Body in San Luis Obispo for 40 years. I duplicated "Leg Show" T in 1994. The original "Leg Show" T was sold in the mid '70's, ended up in Illinois and was parted out. I wonder who got the parts?

HISTORIC HOT ROD. I was a SAN LUIS ROADSTER member and went on invitation-only events to Pismo Beach and other areas. The car participated in and I rode with-- LA ROADSTERS, SAN JOSE' ROADSTERS, BAY AREA ROADSTERS, and EARLY TIMES CAR CLUB through the late '60's and into the '70's. The car has been in storage since 1979. Car has won many awards including best engineered, best paint, and best upholstery through the years. I drove car 'til 1978.


FAMOUS CAR. I AM AN ARTIST, CRAFTSMAN, AND A FABRICATOR. This car was the first car to have an independent front and rear on a T-bucket. In 1969, SAM FOOSE appraised this car at my shop. It is featured in POPULAR HOT RODDING, June 1975-- centerfold, 3 page, color, BEST ENGINEERED CAR. POPULAR HOT RODDING SAID THE CAR WAS THE BEST RIDING AND BEST HANDLING ROADSTER THEY'VE EVER DRIVEN.!! { words in magazine.}

TRADITIONAL. There's nothing more traditional than a BEAUTIFUL fully polished Jag rear-end, twisting and shimmering in the wind from the '60's and 70's. There were only a handful in the '60's. The cornerstone has always been buggy springs-- Model A and Model T. They didn't ride well or work well. I built this car to be driven and to be the best I've ever seen. IT IS LIGHTYEARS AHEAD OF ITS TIME. People still don't understand what they're looking at from an engineering point of view.

FAMOUS SHOW WINNER. It won every show I entered in CA, but more importantly, the car was driven as a SAN LUIS ROADSTER member and won prestigious PEOPLE'S CHOICE awards in VISALIA, LODI, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SANTA MARIA, LA, and EARLY TIMES PICNIC. Also, in more than 15 different magazines.

It was scheduled to go to Oakland in 1994 and was in promoter's brochure for AMERICA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADSTER award. I decided not to go and the car looked just as shown. Danny's "LEG SHOW" T was featured in ROD AND CUSTOM, COVER CAR, January 1971.

IT HASN'T BEEN SEEN OR SHOWN SINCE THE 70's. I have owned the car for 45 years. I was friends with the members of EARLY TIMES CLUB, JIM BABBS, DANNY EICHSTEDT, and DAN WOODS. If you're a car builder, you will remember this car. If not, (you didn't make it to Woodstock!!)

LIKE A VERY EXPENSIVE MOTORCYCLE, everything is either polished stainless steel, aluminium, chrome, or brass--every bolt, nut, and washer. Every part underneath car is esquisiantly detailed to absolute perfection. Like a piece of fine art painting, or a PICASSO. Words cannot describe the elegance and masterful craftsmanship, precision machine work-- which was done by myself and [ MACHINISTS ] who helped on the construction of DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. Words simply cannot describe this car. I've also had '32's and '34's. This is the car I've chosen to keep throughout my life. It's uniquely different, far-out and wild!!.

MY GOOD FRIEND TOM SEWELL DID THE UPHOLSTERY IN 1994 IN DARK CHAMPAGNE MOHAIR , THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN. This stuff wears like steel. He also redid the top in Mercedes material. The original top was by KENNY FOSTER, Action Interior. Cut glass on windshield, floral design, one-of-a-kind. I bought a new 327 Corvette engine, 375 horse. I added polished aluminium heads. I polished and ground smooth the block. CANDY-APPLE PURPLE PAINT BY BOBBY NUNES!!, Same as the body and frame, rear- end center section ground smooth candy paint also, 2-speed B and M power glide polished transmission. Rear-end Jag mark 10-- completely chromed and polished. Also, quick change center section, custom Buick wire wheels, rear 12-inch, front-end torsion bar, machined fabricated Morse Minor, all front suspension, including frame, parts of jag rear, headlight brackets, radius rods, steering arm, washer and bolts, handmade stainless steel steering wheel, all machined and custom made. Original '09 headlights and taillight. { '09 BODY IS A WORK OF ART. } Brass battery box and 6 1/2 inch brass radiator. Air scoop, mirrors, and gas tank--- all OCTAGON, --- all brass by my dear friend, JIM BABBS--- ONE-OF-A-KIND ART AND CANNOT BE DUPLICATED.

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HOT RODS, CARS, AND MUSIC OF THE '60's AND '70's, simply speaks to us on a deeper level. The need to move from a point in time; that is to say it is NOSTALGIA? THE LONGING, OR NEED, TO RETURN TO A TIME, THAT IS SIMPLER.

SIMPLY PUT--- THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST ROADSTERS EVER BUILT. It has not been run since 1994 and is in MY heated and insulated ART STUDIO. ONE-OF-A- KIND HOTRODS ARE NOW IN THE SMITHSONIAN. THIS IS TO SAY, CARS THAT CANNOT BE DUPLICATED--- ARTISANS ARE SIMPLY NO MORE, AN ORIGINAL PIECE OF ARTWORK. Complicated, yet simple.

"LIKE FINE WINE, IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER WITH AGE." Artist, Bobby Nunes. For information on buying this car, my e-mail is: bob@nunespristine.com

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