Hot Rods Who Built This Coupe?

I know I already asked this question in another thread but... Does anyone know who built this coupe? The picture was posted in the traditional images thread by @40ragtopdown and it looks like the work of Bill Crowell from San Francisco back in the 50's but on closer inspection the roof line doesn't look like a '32 Ford, it looks more like a '34 chevy. I did a search on Bill Crowell, including the article I posted, but nothing comes up.

 

Paging all HAMB detectives to the front desk. All HAMB detectives to the front desk.

 

I think there was some discussion about this car a few years ago??

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/pokie-the-rear-engine-drag-coupe-from-1960.1121402/

 

Pokie’s roofline looks like a 33-34 5w coupe to me.

 

Yep, 33 Ford.

 

Here are some period newspaper references:

July 25, 1960 issue of The Daily Times (Davenport IA)


July 26, 1960 issue of The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island IL)

August 1, 1960 issue of The Dispatch (Moline IL)


August 2, 1960 issue of The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island IL)

 

Wonder if I’m related to ‘ol Clarence Hay. We are also from Iowa.

 

As I recall, there's always been lots of hay in Iowa/

 

Hay, hay, hay, that’s not nice!

 

We could take a straw pole to get the answer.

 

You guys are soooo punny...

 

Gumby built it for his friend...

 

california

There were 2 coupes built like that in California. From the back, they looked chopped, but from the side they looked sectioned. I saw one of them in the late 1950's in the Bay area.

 

That'd be like looking for a needle in a hay stack

 

Pokie was built in Dubuque, IA by the Slo Pokes Car Club. As I understand it, my uncle even drove Pokie. My uncle was/is not Bob.

I believe it was a club built and owned project, therefore, it was a group effort. Lots of the Hot Rodding community in Dubuque, IA was involved.