Robert Anderson’s 1936 Pontiac was awarded the 2018 BASF America’s Most Beautiful Street Rod award at the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association’s recent 32nd West Coast Nationals in Pleasanton, California.
Built by Legends Hot Rod Shop in Martin, Tennessee, Anderson’s Pontiac, named “Pindian,” was a Great 8 finalist for the Ridler Award at the 2018 Detroit Autorama and made the Top Five for Goodguys Street Rod of the Year last month in Columbus, Ohio.
“The radical sedan has been stretched, chopped, stylized and refined into a sleek modern masterpiece,” the Goodguys said in the announcement.
“It rides on a custom Roadster Shop chassis with a supercharged (Chevrolet) LT4 engine and beautiful one-off wheels from Evod Industries. The custom interior is highlighted by an incredible globe-shaped instrument cluster built by Dakota Digital.”
The five finalists for the award included a diverse array of pre-’49 American vehicles. In addition to Anderson’s Pontiac, there was Pete Aardema’s ’34 Ford, powered by a big-block Chevy engine with Porsche heads; Jim Bridgewater’s ’37 Ford, built by All Ways Hot Rods and debuting at the event; Oksana Hansen’s ’32 Ford Fordor built by Tim Strange; and Greg Meyer’s ’33 Chevy roadster from A&M Deluxe Customs.
Most beautiful? No way. Ugly front end among other things. 32 Ford or 37 Chevy beats this big time.