Featured History during and pre ww2 customs and rods

A dream 4 banger set up with what i can see is Winfield carbs, and a single OHC set up

 

I know a bit diffrent from the customs ive posted but it is in the same pre war category, love this photo border and of course as you can see painted on the back of the sedan "Muroc"

 

This one made my christmas! A knock off home made Type 34 Bugatti!

 

Muroc 1937

 

Another 37 photo (peep that 35 Chevy in the background from the photos i gathered those were pretty common 40s custom cars too but mainly with Pachucos lowering them and rolling flipper bar hubcaps, skirts, se**** blankets, and fox tails hanging from a tall cowl antenna curved along the A pillar)

 

Score, early car club plaque!

 

more so artistic interpretation but i cant do this thread without including one of my role models of what introduced me more into pre war customs and the formation of this thread the artist "Teen Angel"

 

More Teen Angel

 

THIS is incredibly well done--looks as good as ANY autorama presentation!

 

and wouldn't we like to know its whereabouts now!

 

Not being too much into customs I was struck by the fact that they started chopping them in the pre war time frame. I thought that came about in the 50's. I also noticed that there are not many T's or A's like after the war/50's. But that maybe just the selection of photos provided.

Mike

 

cant complete the thread without that killer build I was seeing that the other day every tiny detail is perfect down to the NOS mufflers

 

@PGA STUDIOS going in for paint spring time.

 

as what i can put together Model As as customs phased out after the war alot and they only became rods or show rods now as for Ts they went away for awhile too until coming back with a bang after the kookie kar and tweedy pie debuted in the later 50s and the big T fibergl*** body boom of the 60s and 70s, but this is a generalization as Model As and Ts have always been around in customizing history just their popularity was decreased and increased after a number of years

 

I think it was author Henry Felson who called cars with lots of geegaws bolted on, "gook wagons".

 

Close up on George Barris's 36 Ford during his time at westergards

 

REAL home footage taken circa 1946