Features The Ott Family Deuce 5wd Coupe: A Reunion Story

If that don’t beat all!

 

Fargging!!! Cool!!!!!
can’t get better than that!!!

 

Chuck,

This photo choked me up...it is so cool your mom and dad were able to be reunited with their old hot rod!

 

Awesome story! Thanks for sharing!

 

Awesome

 

Here's another photo of the 5wd . . . from page 44 of the 2006 "coffee table" book by Robert Genat, Dan Burger, Dain Gingerelli, & Tom Benford . . . entitled :

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Here's a photo of John @Papa Bee Bade driving the 5wd in a caravan with his fellow DEACONS club members . . . including Jonny Guilmet's RPU (see reflection in the hubcap):

image from the San Diego Deacons' January 13th 2013 Facebook post
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Found a couple pics of the 5wd in Pennsylvania . . . after John @Papa Bee Bade had left San Diego:

image from vintagedame_on_esty's December 27th 2018 Instagram feed


image from vintagedame_on_esty's January 30th 2019 Instagram feed
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Neat story, thanks for taking us along!

 

HAMB Gold, thank you Todd!
Congrats to the Otts for reclaiming a cherished family member.

 

NOTE: In addition to building the Deuce 5wd Coupe in 1957, Charlie Ott has also built a few "Skirtless" Model 40 Fords ... including the aforementioned '33 Vicky Street Rod:

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. . . and a beautifully restored 1933 Victoria:

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Here's Charlie Ott's 1933 "Skirtless" Victoria at the 2013 Early Ford V8 Club Grand Nationals held in Lake Tahoe:

images posted on the by "mercman from oz"
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Terrific road trip and story, I vaguely remember seeing that skirtless Victoria at the Lake Tahoe meet in 2013.

 

Chuck (@Ott's Garage) Ott brought the Ott Family Deuce 5wd Coupe to the 36th West Coast Nationals held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California.

Here's a few of my snapshots from Friday, August 25th:

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Shortly after taking these pics, I introduced myself to Chuck (& his wife Lisa) and mentioned that I noticed the Coupe had already been picked for an award (i.e., there was a yellow GGs sticker on the headlight) . . . Chuck explained that Alex (@axle) Idzardi had just picked the car for the Coolest '50s award . . . and then I explained that every year since my father passed away, I’m tasked with picking a car for the "Deuce Bruce" Olson Memorial Award . . . and that this year I would like to honor my father's memory by picking the Deuce 5wd Coupe that his father (Chuck Ott Sr.) also bought in 1954 (less its engine) and Hot Rodded in the late '50s.*

* NOTE: My dad purchased his Deuce 5wd Coupe (less its engine) in 1954 and Hot Rodded it in the late '50s . . . albeit my dad's coupe was chopped & channeled, fenderless, and ran a 331ci Chrysler HEMI (vice a 303ci Olds) . . . but both coupes still have the black & white tuck 'n roll interiors originally done in 1957 ... and both coupes have interior door handles, 'flipper' window cranks, & escutcheon plates out of a late '40s or early '50s Chrysler​

Stay tuned!

 

Here's a few of my snapshots from Sunday, August 27th:

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Hey Chuck, I’m onboard with everyone who’s already commented. Read this when first you posted it and just killing time while it rains today, found it and reread it. So neat. To find and purchase it is one thing, then driving it home another. But the icing on the cake is having your mom and dad there to be a part of the occasion. You sir are living on lucky street. Blessings to you and your family, Merry Christmas and hope you get the hubcap replaced.

 

This is the best thread I've read in quite a while.
Thanks for taking us along on the driving adventure!

 

Earlier, I mentioned about car with a similar IFS swap but didn't show pictures. Here it is from the Oct. 1964 issue of Popular Hot Rodding. You can see the bulges in the fenders to clear the suspension along with a bit of the splash apron between the front of the fenders like on the Ott car.

 

Great story. Thanks for posting