Episode 13 – Piero De Luca’s Tweedy Pie Clone

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 by John Morehead

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Show Notes for Episode 13- Piero De Luca’s Tweedy Pie

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Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Bob Johnston in his original flathead powered Tweedy Pie

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Tweedy Pie with its new small block Chevy powerplant

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Bob Johnston’s Tweedy Pie with single quad carb on SBC

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Tweedy Pie after Bob Johnston added 6 deuces and “For Sale” at the 1961 L.A. Roadsters show at the Hollywood Bowl

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Tweedy with chrome reverse wheels, probably added by Ed Roth, but still the original Bob Johnston deep-dish Ford steering wheel and conventional headlights, as well as original white interior

The reverse of the Tweedy Pie trading card image shown above it. Note ’51 Ford steering wheel and white interior.

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Ed Roth hamming it up in Tweedy for a Rod & Custom photo shoot before Ed changed interior and added quad headlights

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Tweedy Pie shown by Ed Roth with six deuces and quad headlights and chrome reverse wheels and new interior

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Now Ed Roth’s Tweedy Pie with the Roth-style rear nerf bar

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — So much nicer in color

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Ed Roth’s Tweedy in glorious color

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Tweedy with Roth’s interior and steering wheel change along with beer tap handle shift knob

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — The Tweedy Pie profile that says it all

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Ed Roth lists Tweedy Pie for sale at an eye-popping price today. But really, who cares that it does 92 mph at the strip?

Tweedy Pie Johnston Roth Piero Deluca — Tweedy Pie with changes after the sale that led Ed Roth to say, “If ya’ wanna’ car to get changed (yech) and hidden in a garage – sell to a private dude.”

Piero De Luca’s “Live Wire” Model A

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Piero De Luca Bob Johnston Ed Roth — Piero’s donor body and future vision

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Piero De Luca Bob Johnston Ed Roth — The deuce rails necessary for a true Tweedy recreation

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Piero De Luca Bob Johnston Ed Roth — Seeing how it’ll all come together

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Piero De Luca Bob Johnston Ed Roth — Piero doing necessary hands-on research at Galpin Ford

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Piero De Luca Bob Johnston Ed Roth — Putting that research to work, 1/25 scale

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Piero De Luca Bob Johnston Ed Roth — Some added Von Franco Tweedy Pie inspiration

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Piero De Luca Bob Johnston Ed Roth — Interviewing Bob Johnston’s stepson, Eric Johnston, for the Tweedy Pie documentary video

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Piero De Luca Bob Johnston Ed Roth — Chris Lavoy’s changes to Tweedy Pie

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Piero De Luca Bob Johnston Ed Roth — Norm’s Kookie Kar, Tweedy Pie, and Roth’s Outlaw at the Disneyland outdoor car show

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Piero De Luca Bob Johnston Ed Roth — Piero hisself

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1 thought on “Episode 13 – Piero De Luca’s Tweedy Pie Clone”

Bill R

July 23, 2020 at 10:15 pm

this was a great one and hope for an update on piero’s progress.
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