Old Canadian kustoms

Its friggin cold here.. And Snow.. ..

 

Here is a wild shoebox from Victoria, BC. This is late fifties early sixties. Car was apparently lost in a fire. Pat

 

Another shoebox from the Vancouver, BC area. Built in the 50's-60's. Quad headlites, chopped and hardtopped.



I think this is the same car in a different color. Same bumpers, chopped and hardtopped.

 

Milt Goodman's 55 Chev in the sixties. Don't know where this one is now. I think Milt died a few years back.

 

Gary Joe's shoebox ragtop from Vancouver. Gary is still around but the car has gone underground and missing at this point. Quad headlites were quite popular in the Vancouver area in the late fifties, early sixties. Pat.

 

Bruce Smith's sectioned shoebox in the early 70's. I think it was originally built in the late fifties, early sixties. The car was sold by Bruce in the late 90's. Don't know where it got to. Pat.

 

Harvey Funk from the Vancouver area built this 41 chevy custom in the late fifties, early sixties. The car disappeared, then surfaced as a shell and was resurrected. I don't have a pic of the rebuild, but this pic is from the 50's. Pat.

 

Unknown 40 from the Vancouver area. Pat.

 

Unknown shoebox from the Vancouver area in the 50's. Vancouver, BC and the lower mainland area was a hotbed of hotrodding and customs all thru the 50's. Pat.

 

Another unknown shoebox. This time a Vicky. It was possibly a Meteor, because it has a Meteor grille. Again, quad headlites are used. This was in the 50's in the Vancouver area. Pat.

 

Something a little different. A 40 with quad headlites. Don't know the owner or where the car got to, but the fenders have been found. I guess someone didn't like them. Pat.

 

Geeeeze, don't stop now Pat. You have the greatest photo collection of cars from this area.

 

Chopped shoebox ford from Vancouver built in the 50's by an icon of Vancouver hot rodding, Jack Williams. He chopped his mom's 4-door and added a 51 Meteor grille. All work done in lead. The car still exists in Victoria. Jack still exists in the Vancouver area too. Pat.

 

Thanks Brian, I didn't take all these pics, but I have collected them thru the years to document the Vancouver area rods and customs. This next pic is of Cort Elliot's chevy custom followed by Cliff Rich's T coupe. There was a pic of Cort's car earlier in this thread. Terry Kong saved this car when no-one else wanted it. It is now in primer, but exists because Terry loved it enuff to save. Bodywork is all in lead and was done by Jack Williams in 59 or 60. Won Car Craft magazines top ten customs in 64 or 65. Pat.

 

One of my favorites. Ted Baxter's 4-door shoebox from the Vancouver area. Built in the fifties, it was sectioned and chopped. Pretty wild bodywork. I don't know who did it. The car supposedly exists somewhere hidden, but Ted is no longer with us. I would sure like to find this one. Pat.

 

Hey Pat i sat behind Jack at a BCHRA meeting last week brought back a lot of memories. Cool guy and still going strong.

 

Another shoebox that was built in the Vancouver area in the fifties and was still around in the 80's. Haven't seen it recently. Pat.

 

A little of topic Brian, but here is a picture of Jack's hemi powered dragster, the Syndicate Scuderia, that he has had for eons and still owns. This was taken at the 40th anniversary Vancouver car show at the Exhibition grounds. Jack is pushing 80 I think. Pat.

 

Paul Davis's Candy Apple. This was taken at Chilliwack fairgrounds at the rod run in the mid 80's. Paul had not seen the car for 20 years since he had sold it. The guy he sold it to died and it showed up with a new owner. Paul built it in the late fifties, early sixties. He was blown away. It looked the same as when he had sold it. Even had the candy apple show prop from the car shows displayed. Paul is standing beside the car. Pat.

 

That is it for now. I have lots more pics, but would have to transfer them to my photobucket account and I have tons more that need to be scanned. Got to do that one of these days. Pat.

 

Great photos, would love to see more.

 

Thanks for these, great stuff. If i remember right, that Candy Apple then belonged to a native guy named Earl from the local area.

 

You are right Brian. I can't remember Earl's last name, but he was the chief of the reserve on Vedder Road in Sardis. I found some more pics of your old cars Brian. Got to fix my scanner. Pat.

 

WOW, some great stuff, and the history, too! Thank you very much.-MIKE

 

Some photos scanned from the Larry McBride collection. Larry celebrated his 80th birthday not too long ago. He figures losing his license for a while helped keep him alive. Of course, he raced stock cars at Digney Speedway in the early 1950s to work off his need for speed.

 

That looks like an old PISRA Family Affair rod run.

 

Great pics! Thanks to all that have posted. Lets keep it going...

 

Simply amazing Pat. Good to see that someone kept the "history".

 

here's a couple more shots of Terry Kong's chev in Green and Marroon ~ (my favorite color) plus a couple more recent shots

 

So in between clubbing seals and building igloos when do you guys have time to build customs?