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America’s Most Beautiful Roadster" or (AMBR) is an award presented annually at the Grand National Roadster Show. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was created by promoter Al Slonaker to recognize the best roadster in-show.
Ala Kart is a custom car, a customized 1929 Ford Model A roadster pickup, built by George Barris, Richard Peters, and Mike "Blackie" Gejeian in 1957. [1] Originally owned by Peters, it is a two-time winner of the Grand National Roadster Show "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" (AMBR) trophy (1958 and 1959) and Hot Rod cover car in October 1958. [2]
Since the show's inception in 1950, the grand prize has been the "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" or AMBR award. [1] [16] It is a 9-foot "megatrophy" with the names of past winners engraved on its base. [17] [18] From 1957 until 1971, there was also a separate "America's Best Competition Car Award" presented at the show. [19]
The car's undercarriage was the first to be entirely chrome-plated. [8] He also started the tradition of placing a mirror beneath the car when showcased. [2] [8] The car earned the title "Best of Show" at Gene Winfield's show. In 1955, it was named World's Most Beautiful Roadster by the Oakland Grand National Roadster Show. [5] [7]
One of the most coveted awards for American customizers is the AMBR (America's Most Beautiful Roadster) trophy, presented annually at the Grand National Roadster Show since 1948 (also known within the customizer community as the Oakland Roadster Show until it was moved to Southern California in 2003). This competition has produced famous and ...
Coddington's creations have won the Grand National Roadster Show's "America's Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR)" award seven times and the Daimler-Chrysler Design Excellence award twice, and earned him entry into the Grand National Roadster Show Hall of Fame, the SEMA Hall of Fame, the Route 66 Hall of Fame, and the National Rod & Custom Museum ...
Megugorac built "some of rodding's most prominent hot rods", [1] including a number of entries for the Grand National Roadster Show at Oakland, among them the winning car of the 1979 America's Most Beautiful Roadster trophy. Known as Deucari, and built for Brian Burnett, this was a highboy Deuce powered by a Ferrari V-12, and is still running.
George Poteet (February 22, 1948 – July 16, 2024 [1]) was an American Memphis-based [2] [3] land speed racer and winner of the 1996 Ridler Award. Poteet's 1937 Ford roadster (built by Don Pilkenton) [4] won the 1996 Ridler Award. [5] [6] [7] This car would go on to take "America's Most Beautiful Roadster", top prize at the Oakland Roadster ...