Pinball Wizard ...Hot rod icon ..

[yellowboy]

Heres two pics of Pinball Wizard approx 30 years apart both taken in Cornwall ...



Outside Penzance sailing club .



30 years later a few miles up the road parked opposite St Michaels mount ...

Phil...

[pb32coupe]

heres another one a few years ago

[randrhotrodimports]

Iconic indeed, and nice to see none of the owners ever sold the plate!!!

[MisteR Tee]

I've copied this thread to Nick Butler, to see if he can forward it on to Mickey's widow, as I know she really wanted to see it at Mickey's funeral. Somewhere I have pics of it with the Boston Strangler when I had it, up at the first Supernats at Knebworth.

[yellowboy]

Just to jog memories Maurice, Hot and Bothered was also parked up at the same time , so I'm assuming they were travelling together ??



Phil...

[Hotrod Rod]

Heres two pics of Pinball Wizard approx 30 years apart both taken in Cornwall ...



Outside Penzance sailing club .



30 years later a few miles up the road parked opposite St Michaels mount ...

Phil...

i'd have to change those wheels, but then it aint my car!! must look mint on the move!!

[Violent Veg]

Some nice shots here (by Ian Shipley), and some more info...

http://www.hotrodshowcase.co.uk/#/hrs011/4531246874

[sbchevy]

why did mickey bray call the car pinball wizard?

[Brizey]

why did mickey bray call the car pinball wizard?

We never really spoke about music, so I don't know if Micky was a big `Who` fan or not, though it`s highly possible. The conversation was normally about cars when he was around.
If he was, that would be the link as `Pinball Wizard` (the song) was released in `69 as part of the rock opera `Tommy` and `Pinball` (the car) was built very early `70s, when it was common to use song names on a rod.
The little caricature`s head on the car is a chrome pinball.
It`s funny, but `till he grew a beard, Micky always struck me as looking a bit like a Pete Townsend lookalike...

[40Stude]

We never really spoke about music, so I don't know if Micky was a big `Who` fan or not, though it`s highly possible. The conversation was normally about cars when he was around.
If he was, that would be the link as `Pinball Wizard` (the song) was released in `69 as part of the rock opera `Tommy` and `Pinball` (the car) was built very early `70s, when it was common to use song names on a rod.
The little caricature`s head on the car is a chrome pinball.
It`s funny, but `till he grew a beard, Micky always struck me as looking a bit like a Pete Townsend lookalike...

Brian, I always wondered if the fact that Mickey sold his T bucket to some bloke called Keith Moon had any influence?

[hershambob]

that first pic is what it looked like when i first saw it drive pass my school,,first rod i ever saw,,did micky paint it like that or peter frampton who owned at the time i first saw it,,wish it still looked like that

[sbchevy]

cheers brian, alan looks like a who link somewhere then.

[Brizey]

Brian, I always wondered if the fact that Mickey sold his T bucket to some bloke called Keith Moon had any influence?

There`s always that possibility Al.

that first pic is what it looked like when i first saw it drive pass my school,,first rod i ever saw,,did micky paint it like that or peter frampton who owned at the time i first saw it,,wish it still looked like that

As far as I know Bob, Micky only had it in the original colour scheme, in Middlechrome yellow and Sunset red, as below. I think there was Murano Pearl on there too which gave it that `glow`, but not sure...

[40Stude]

I have to say that if any car deserves restoring to the original CC feature guise as posted by Brian, then Pinball Wizard is it. No disrespect was meant by that statement to the current owner and it's great to see it out and about and used as I'm sure Mickey would approve of.
Like many iconic American hotrods, Pinball has had a long and varied 'career' and everyone has a distinctive 'version' in mind, Bob has stated the influence on him of the version in the first pic, I prefer the CC paint job but the car has been through so many rebuilds, Paul Hensher ran it as an out and out racecar in Outlaw Anglia prior to running the Gas Attack car and we should celebrate the fact that such an icon has survived in largely unchanged condition.

By the way Bob, do you want to let on about the rear wheels?

[hershambob]

no the rear wheels are a secret,but less than 2 miles from me,
brian what about the red and white paint job,barry douglass has pics

[baldi]

THAT'S RIGHT PHIL, IN FACT THERE WERE THREE OF US ON A LONG WEEKEND AT MICKY'S BROTHERS PLACE, THE THIRD BEING BRIAN GODBER (godbless him) . had a great weekend although the weather was crap !

[Russ]

its been in that current guise for at least 20 years, it was up here for years but never got used much. It was a quick car of the time i saw it at blackbush in 83ish racing, it was still wearing the original wheels at that point but dont think it had the red on it , i would need to look back at old pictures i took.
Russ

[Tiki Des]

its been in that current guise for at least 20 years

last painted by Paul Franklin and i reckon it must be about 24 years ago. i know there was a lot of work went into the body to get it straight.

[Brizey]

last painted by Paul Franklin and i reckon it must be about 24 years ago. i know there was a lot of work went into the body to get it straight.

Too true Des, I remember going over Pauls when he was trying to straighten the `glass flip front!. It all came good in the end though...

[Tiki Des]

Too true Des, I remember going over Pauls when he was trying to straighten the `glass flip front!. It all came good in the end though...

i don't think that was the original front? took Paul ages to get it right......... clever f*****

glad i have Paul's help and advice with my modified!!!