i got a 41 olds 98 coupe, got skirts for it so far had some nose and deck changed wheel openings gonna put some ambulance tailights on it on sides of fenders tucken roll int want to put working 70 in lakes pipes on it got some stainless ones got a custom tail and rear lites got hagen headlites with fancy lites i really want it to look not much more than a car before 1960 i want this showable, driveable and a fun car got a g body frame and gonna give it a 9 in FD rear to get track width better gonna have a burgandy color paint job a partial stainess firewall on engine side i am looking for classy ideas with out bankruptcy, having 7 cars is killer for money pm me with good ideas or e mail photos mrmuffler@loretel.net i put some pics of it up on my eugenes junk album in my profile got it hidden under a tarp for winter may have to dig it out and cruise it a little someday
Rik, thanks!! I heard parts of this story in other places, but this is the first time the whole story has appeared, at least to my knowledge...makes us appreciate even more the talents of both Jimmy Summers and Chuck Porter...and the first color photo I have seen of Bruce's car
back to the top. This is an outstanding thread. Its too bad that so many pictures have turned into X's...
What tire size would have been appropriate on most of these cars? Am I correct in saying that 7.00 or 7.60-16? BloodyKnuckles
For Ford and Mercs 6.00-6.50 16" would be the correct tire size and most cars would have ran 6.00. Larger cars like caddy's buicks packards would be a bigger tire. Caddy already went to a 15" wheel and tire by 1947.
Man some great Photos !! Oh ya I use a K for " KUSTOM" but C or K is ok in my opinion..,,.. Does anyone no way so many pics are "X" ? Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
A lot of photos posted from the Custom Car Photo Archive are missing due to the fact that the site host is moving their servers from the US to Europe. And their servers are on the boat crossing the Ocean right now. I'm not happy with it.. but there is nothing I can do about it. According the host the photos should be up again in a week or two... three. Lets hope so!
Supposedly Fotki's servers were loaded in a shipping container recently and are due to arrive in Estonia (seriously) on November 15th. Many copies of my own photos posted in forums all over the interweb with links to my Fotki albums also reside in those Estonia-bound servers. Bon voyage little pictures, hope to see you again soon!
AND, one of the biggest reasons is that most of these fantastic pictures are snitched from Riks page. His collection is a treasure for custom lovers all over the globe and we owe him soooo much for this. Thanks, man!!!
Thats Frank Lyoid Wright's car. The Continentals weren't technically kustom though since they were built that way but the '40 and '41's were hand built from the factory
Advice needed. I have a 48 ford convertible sitting in the corner waiting to be built. I am in the planning stages now and want to do a late 40's / early 50's style custom build. Now the question: When did frenching headlights become common? If I do custom grill work, would it be foolish to not French the headlights.
Wow! I love 40s style customs. From what I see they were mostly painted dark color. Was there any pinstriping on 40s customs? I assume maybe simple lines, but not anything as big as 50s pinstriping.
I've never seen any evidence of pinstriping at all on postwar customs or hot rods. Von Dutch started getting press coverage around 1953 or '54, and striping grew in popularity from his early efforts.
I have never seen any hot rod pinstriping on any of these early customs. They had a very clean, "expensive" look.
Agreed. If they had pinstriping it was a minimun amount. Sometimes just a stripe around the steel wheel. Or a single strip on a body reveal. To see what pinstriping was like on hot rods and customs before Von Dutch check out Tommy the Greek. He was the master. Torchie.
Ah yes! Bud Crackbon's T RPU, the AMBR winner in '52, had Tommy the Greek striping details. I'd forgotten about that.
I think Greek's heyday came mainly before the post-war custom boom. His stuff was generally very understated and simple (but had a great look). Not at all like the swirly, ornate stuff that came about soon after. Tuff to find samples of his work
I don't have a photo from 1948 of my 37 Ford , this was when the coupe was customized. It was chopped had hood sides smoothed over without the factory bar louvers , Packard grille replaced stock one, running boards removed an custom rocker panels made , 37 Desoto bumpers installed fender skirts and rear lowered, could barely see w/w tires . Custom filled dash with SW winged gauges and speedometer. Rolled and pleated maroon and cream colored upholstery. Paint was maroon and a full race flathead under the hood. Forgot it had flipper bar wheel covers. Could someone photoshop it to show it as a taildragger with skirts and w/w tires. Thanks for lookin , Hank.
Here's a few more of franco's 35 roadster. Dude. You win....it's perfect. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
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