History Ron Gersners 34 Ford Altered

In the 60s Ron Gerstner had a 34 Ford that was raced and showed. Unfortunately in the 70s in was redone but not as beautiful as in the 60s. The pictures below the original are how we have seen the car today. The motor is long gone although it has a 383. My question is, Can this be the same car? It is all steel and lead, no fibergl***. In the 70s, Helt did the paint on this car.

 

Not sure what you are asking. The body, ch***is, or whole car?

Gerstner's coupe is chopped....

 

does not appear to be the same car
his version was chopped, the bottom section of the body is different, as the cowl and front clip.
The body also tilted back like a funny car, and last I heard I thought he still had the car in Buffalo NY..could be wrong

 

the original appears to have only 2 door hinges , the later one has three

but both have the same treatment of the hinges

 

Gerstner's coupe was a single seat in the center with center steering.

 

Photo from Kustomrama


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like he said chopped and not...

 

I agree with what you guys are seeing, not the same car. Maybe someone saw his at a show and built their own. It has a plate on the dash for the 1981 NSRA show in Columbus

 

The body does not lift and is not pretty. 9 inch rear with ladders and coils. Not the show quality work but would race for sure

 

Thank you all for the comments.