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\nChristopher Allison Photography
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The Original Black Widow restored by Richard Riddell
\nConstructed in 1952<\/p>\n
\u201cTHE BLACK WIDOW\u201d Builders: Wally Olson (1952), Bill Scott (1954) and Richard Riddell (2005) The garage uncover of the century! How lengthy have you been hot rodding vehicles–given that the 1950\u2019s? Several of us got began in the 50\u2019s and 60\u2019s. (For you true old birds out there that don’t forget hot rodding \u201cT\u201d roadsters with Roto-Faze ignitions, Ruxtell 2-speed rear axles, Riley 2-port heads and Laurel lowering kits, nicely what can we say you\u2019re a generation ahead of us and we take our hats off to you \u2018original\u2019 hot rodders.) BUT for all of us \u201cThe Black Widow\u201d is a serious piece of 1950\u2019s hot rodding annals and a benchmark for the industry! In an article in Hot Rod Deluxe, July 2008 entitled, \u201cTangled Web\u201d the complete-story of Richard Riddell\u2019s quest to restore the original Black Widow had its public debut. Hot Rod Deluxe reported the car\u2019s winning the 2008 Grand National Roadster Show which was a dream come true, taking \u201cBest Early Altered T Roadster\u201d. (See also Rod and Custom, June 2008.) It was also a contender for the Bruce Meyer award at the \u2018Grand Nats.\u2019 Why do guys like Richard Riddell (and the rest of us) commit years (3400 hours in Richard\u2019s case) restoring a car we located in a barn? Answer: \u2018For the enjoy of the sport!\u2019 All of us don’t forget some other vehicles with equivalent names, for instance the \u2018Black Widow\u2019 Monogram model automobile (\u201c1\/24 scale model\/Ford \u2018T\u2019 Pickup Rod\/removable top\u201d by Mattel top quality hobby kits). Also, we remember General Motors\/Chevrolet coming out in 1957 with their initial racing version Chevy known as \u201cThe Black Widow.\u201d But predating each of these historic cars is the \u201cThe Black Widow\u201d constructed by Wally Olson to help maintain his kids out of problems in 1952 and first d\u00e9buted in Hot Rod magazine, September 1954 in an article entitled, \u201cLil\u2019 Beau T\u201d, which read, \u201cWally Olson, Fresno, California, automotive machinist, is the fortunate owner and builder. Duane Taylor was named in for the physique function.\u201d It added as to why he built the car, \u201cWhat with so much current upheaval in the teen-age ranks, Wally figured that a positive-fire way to eradicate those totally free-time, nothing-to-do troubles would be to interest them (his 9 and 12 year old sons) in a rod. So far the idea has worked like a charm.\u201d In time the household moved on to other projects and Bill Scott purchased the car and redid it with fenders, headlights and all the stuff to make it \u2018street legal\u2019\u2014as we utilised to contact it! The 1st documentation of the auto being known as \u201cBlack Widow\u201d is discovered in the magazine Rodding and Re-styling, August 1957 issue. That post reported Bill Scott\u2019s modifications to Wally Olson\u2019s car, \u201cThe front finish was revised to incorporate a tubular axle and tube shocks. The new owners also equipped the car with a new power plant. The original mill is a \u201941 Merc bored out .100 inch over stock, ported and relieved\u2026includes eight.5-to-1 Offenhauser heads, a Weber complete-race cam, and an Evans 3-caberator manifold.\u201d [Note: The numerous engines that have been housed in this car later varied see final Merc build particulars beneath.] Don\u2019t you really like the sound of that \u201cported and relieved\u201d and \u201cfull-race cam\u201d\u2014when\u2019s the final time you used those terms? By the time the 1959 Hot Rod Annual was published the automobile-title stuck for all time \u201cThe Black Widow.\u201d Riddell\u2019s two-Year Renovation! According to long time race auto builder Richard Riddell\u2019s log he states, \u201cSometime in 1955 Wally sold his roadster to Bill Scott. Bill again named on Duane Taylor to turn the auto into a bonified street rod. With the additional of windshield, head lights, tail lings, and fenders it was lastly in a position to jump into his little Hot Rod and go crusin\u2019. The pin stripping was done by none other than Dean Jefferies with the familiar cobweb and spider on the turtle deck.\u201d He reports that the car\u2019s 1st win was \u201c\u2026a 5 foot trophy at the Sacramento AutoRama in 1957 for \u2018Best Roadster\u2019. Yes, Bill\u2019s automobile was possessing the time of its life getting 1 of the very best seeking early California street roadsters of all time.\u201d Richard states, \u201cBill Scott died about 1987…for several years the vehicle languished\u2026getting worse and worse\u2026as is so often the case for old Hot Rods.\u201d The garage discover in 2005 notes, \u201cAt a glance the roadster didn\u2019t appear that negative.\u201d But the Naugahyde and carpet were shot, fenders, original wheels and hub caps to name a couple of difficulties for the yet to begin restoration. Riddell notes, \u201cUnder a somewhat decent physique and paint job lurked a mess that went beyond your worst nightmare.\u201d He adds, \u201cI started questioning how I could salvage this little beauty in the rough. Not that numerous men and women have restored an old Hot Rod but, those who have know what I\u2019m speaking about. It\u2019s significantly tougher than building a rod from scratch. But the roadster was begging to be restored and I\u2019m glad that I was chosen to do it.\u201dand#9472Richard died shortly right after finishing the project but happily he was able to see \u201cThe Black Widow\u201d win the \u2018Grand Nats\u2019 and have a feature center-spread post in Hot Rod Deluxe. Here are a couple of of the Riddell-engineered refinements to this original automobile. and#61692 Recessed pockets had to be constructed in the frame rails to accept the front motor mounts which double as water pumps. and#61692 New front radius rods had been constructed out of heavy wall chrome-moly tubing. The original ones have been so poorly produced that they have been unsafe. and#61692 The right master cylinder banjo fitting was not accessible so, he fabricated a new 1 from scratch. and#61692 The tooling mandral had to be CNC machined to facilitate metal spinning new brass tail pipe finish bells. Hey would you agree? Hot rodding is an art form and some Hot Rod Artists have mastered the craft and Richard Riddell is one of them!!! Reconstruction points of interest: and#61656 Original steel body and doors welded shut and#61656 \u201842 Merc 274 c.i flathead (present engine) and#61656 \u201939 Lincoln-Zephyr tranny and#61656 \u201934 Ford rear with Halibrand rapid-modify center and enclosed drive shaft and#61656 \u201939 Ford hydraulic brakes all about and wide \u201c5\u201d 16-iunch wheels and caps and#61656 \u201937 Ford tube axle and#61656 Engine by RPM Machine and#61656 Chrome by Ace Plating and#61656 Frame completed by Capps Powder Coat and#61656 Physique\/paint by Showtime Customs and#61656 Upholstery by Brents Why is the automobile becoming sold? To quote his wife Pat, \u201cUnfortunately, Richard passed away on March 18, 2008 and will not get to take pleasure in seeing the new owner drive away with a piece of automotive history.\u201d Richard\u2019s loyal wife Pat grew up around racing given that she was 9 years old. Her maiden name was Rodriguez. If you grew up at Lion\u2019s Dragstrip, as she did, you may possibly remember her father\u2019s rail? He and his brother ran an old leading alky rail below the name \u201cRodriguez Brothers\u201d. Pat said, \u2018As I was expanding up I frequently wondered how I would ever meet somebody to marry, given that all that our household ever did was go to the drags. Then one particular day Richard came along and met me at the Winternationals.\u2019 Effectively the rest is history. For Pat following Richard\u2019s death there are just as well numerous memories attached to all the memorabilia, race automobiles and hot rods in their storage\u2014she would like to sell \u201cThe Black Widow\u201d to some deserving hot rodder. Terms of sale: five,000.00. Please contact Don Burdge at DreamRodLocator or call him at 619.804.8033. You should contact me just before Leno does! We have hundreds of added photographs and many 50\u2019s and present magazine articles offered to seriously interested buyers.<\/p>\n
Black Widow – Christopher Allison Photography -1<\/strong> The Original Black Widow restored by Richard Riddell \u201cTHE BLACK WIDOW\u201d Builders: Wally Olson (1952), Bill Scott (1954) and Richard Riddell (2005) The garage find of the century! How lengthy have you been hot rodding automobiles–given that the 1950\u2019s? A lot of of us got began in the 50\u2019s and 60\u2019s. (For you actual old birds out there that bear in mind hot rodding \u201cT\u201d roadsters with Roto-Faze ignitions, Ruxtell two-speed rear axles, Riley two-port heads and Laurel lowering kits, effectively what can we say you are a generation ahead of us and we take our hats off to you \u2018original\u2019 hot rodders.) BUT for all of us \u201cThe Black Widow\u201d is a significant piece of 1950\u2019s hot rodding annals and a benchmark for the sector! In an post in Hot Rod Deluxe, July 2008 entitled, \u201cTangled Web\u201d the full-story of Richard Riddell\u2019s quest to restore the original Black Widow had its public debut. Hot Rod Deluxe reported the car\u2019s winning the 2008 Grand National Roadster Show which was a dream come accurate, taking \u201cBest Early Altered T Roadster\u201d. (See also Rod and Custom, June 2008.) It was also a contender for the Bruce Meyer award at the \u2018Grand Nats.\u2019 Why do guys like Richard Riddell (and the rest of us) spend years (3400 hours in Richard\u2019s case) restoring a car we discovered in a barn? Answer: \u2018For the adore of the sport!\u2019 All of us keep in mind some other automobiles with equivalent names, for instance the \u2018Black Widow\u2019 Monogram model automobile (\u201c1\/24 scale model\/Ford \u2018T\u2019 Pickup Rod\/removable top\u201d by Mattel top quality hobby kits). Also, we bear in mind General Motors\/Chevrolet coming out in 1957 with their very first racing version Chevy referred to as \u201cThe Black Widow.\u201d But predating each of these historic automobiles is the \u201cThe Black Widow\u201d constructed by Wally Olson to support keep his children out of trouble in 1952 and 1st d\u00e9buted in Hot Rod magazine, September 1954 in an article entitled, \u201cLil\u2019 Beau T\u201d, which read, \u201cWally Olson, Fresno, California, automotive machinist, is the fortunate owner and builder. Duane Taylor was named in for the physique perform.\u201d It added as to why he built the auto, \u201cWhat with so significantly existing upheaval in the teen-age ranks, Wally figured that a positive-fire way to eliminate these cost-free-time, practically nothing-to-do troubles would be to interest them (his 9 and 12 year old sons) in a rod. So far the concept has worked like a charm.\u201d In time the family moved on to other projects and Bill Scott bought the vehicle and redid it with fenders, headlights and all the stuff to make it \u2018street legal\u2019\u2014as we utilized to call it! The first documentation of the car getting named \u201cBlack Widow\u201d is found in the magazine Rodding and Re-styling, August 1957 problem. That post reported Bill Scott\u2019s adjustments to Wally Olson\u2019s automobile, \u201cThe front finish was revised to incorporate a tubular axle and tube shocks. The new owners also equipped the automobile with a new power plant. The original mill is a \u201941 Merc bored out .one hundred inch more than stock, ported and relieved\u2026includes eight.five-to-1 Offenhauser heads, a Weber complete-race cam, and an Evans three-caberator manifold.\u201d [Note: The many engines that were housed in this automobile later varied see final Merc construct specifics below.] Don\u2019t you love the sound of that \u201cported and relieved\u201d and \u201cfull-race cam\u201d\u2014when\u2019s the final time you used these terms? By the time the 1959 Hot Rod Annual was published the auto-title stuck for all time \u201cThe Black Widow.\u201d Riddell\u2019s 2-Year Renovation! According to extended time race vehicle builder Richard Riddell\u2019s log he states, \u201cSometime in 1955 Wally sold his roadster to Bill Scott. Bill once more referred to as on Duane Taylor to turn the auto into a bonified street rod. With the extra of windshield, head lights, tail lings, and fenders it was finally in a position to jump into his small Hot Rod and go crusin\u2019. The pin stripping was completed by none other than Dean Jefferies with the familiar cobweb and spider on the turtle deck.\u201d He reports that the car\u2019s first win was \u201c\u2026a 5 foot trophy at the Sacramento AutoRama in 1957 for \u2018Best Roadster\u2019. Yes, Bill\u2019s vehicle was possessing the time of its life becoming a single of the ideal looking early California street roadsters of all time.\u201d Richard states, \u201cBill Scott died around 1987…for several years the vehicle languished\u2026getting worse and worse\u2026as is so often the case for old Hot Rods.\u201d The garage uncover in 2005 notes, \u201cAt a glance the roadster didn\u2019t appear that bad.\u201d But the Naugahyde and carpet have been shot, fenders, original wheels and hub caps to name a few troubles for the yet to begin restoration. Riddell notes, \u201cUnder a somewhat decent physique and paint job lurked a mess that went beyond your worst nightmare.\u201d He adds, \u201cI began wondering how I could salvage this small beauty in the rough. Not that several folks have restored an old Hot Rod but, these who have know what I\u2019m speaking about. It\u2019s a lot tougher than creating a rod from scratch. But the roadster was begging to be restored and I\u2019m glad that I was chosen to do it.\u201dand#9472Richard died shortly right after finishing the project but happily he was in a position to see \u201cThe Black Widow\u201d win the \u2018Grand Nats\u2019 and have a feature center-spread write-up in Hot Rod Deluxe. Here are a handful of of the Riddell-engineered refinements to this original car. and#61692 Recessed pockets had to be constructed in the frame rails to accept the front motor mounts which double as water pumps. and#61692 New front radius rods were constructed out of heavy wall chrome-moly tubing. The original ones have been so poorly produced that they were unsafe. and#61692 The correct master cylinder banjo fitting was not available so, he fabricated a new one from scratch. and#61692 The tooling mandral had to be CNC machined to facilitate metal spinning new brass tail pipe finish bells. Hey would you agree? Hot rodding is an art kind and some Hot Rod Artists have mastered the craft and Richard Riddell is 1 of them!!! Reconstruction points of interest: and#61656 Original steel body and doors welded shut and#61656 \u201842 Merc 274 c.i flathead (current engine) and#61656 \u201939 Lincoln-Zephyr tranny and#61656 \u201934 Ford rear with Halibrand rapid-modify center and enclosed drive shaft and#61656 \u201939 Ford hydraulic brakes all around and wide \u201c5\u201d 16-iunch wheels and caps and#61656 \u201937 Ford tube axle and#61656 Engine by RPM Machine and#61656 Chrome by Ace Plating and#61656 Frame carried out by Capps Powder Coat and#61656 Body\/paint by Showtime Customs and#61656 Upholstery by Brents Why is the vehicle being sold? To quote his wife Pat, \u201cUnfortunately, Richard passed away on March 18, 2008 and will not get to appreciate seeing the new owner drive away with a piece of automotive history.\u201d Richard\u2019s loyal wife Pat grew up about racing considering that she was 9 years old. Her maiden name was Rodriguez. If you grew up at Lion\u2019s Dragstrip, as she did, you could don’t forget her father\u2019s rail? He and his brother ran an old top alky rail beneath the name \u201cRodriguez Brothers\u201d. Pat said, \u2018As I was increasing up I frequently wondered how I would ever meet an individual to marry, because all that our family members ever did was go to the drags. Then 1 day Richard came along and met me at the Winternationals.\u2019 Effectively the rest is history. For Pat right after Richard\u2019s death there are just too numerous memories attached to all the memorabilia, race cars and hot rods in their storage\u2014she would like to sell \u201cThe Black Widow\u201d to some deserving hot rodder. Terms of sale: 5,000.00. Please contact Don Burdge at DreamRodLocator or contact him at 619.804.8033. You ought to contact me ahead of Leno does! We have hundreds of extra photographs and several 50\u2019s and present magazine articles accessible to seriously interested buyers.<\/p>\n 9-axis CNC turning\/milling machine<\/strong> Some cool cnc milling turning images: Black Widow – Christopher Allison Photography – Image by christopherallisonphotography.com Christopher Allison Photography 619-368-2202 ALL Photos ARE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED & Offered FOR Acquire OR LICENCING The Original Black Widow restored by Richard Riddell Constructed in 1952 \u201cTHE BLACK WIDOW\u201d Builders: Wally Olson (1952), Bill Scott (1954) and Richard Riddell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[437,472,24,18],"class_list":["post-2420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-machining","tag-cool","tag-images","tag-milling","tag-turning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nChristopher Allison Photography
\n619-368-2202
\nALL Photos ARE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED & Accessible FOR Purchase OR LICENCING <\/p>\n
\nConstructed in 1952<\/p>\n
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