Featured History during and pre ww2 customs and rods

The best info is of course told from mouth whenever photos are hard to come by

https://www.customcarchronicle.com/memo-ortega-files/memo-ortega-stories-part-two/

https://www.customcarchronicle.com/memo-ortega-files/memo-ortega-stories-part-three/

https://www.customcarchronicle.com/memo-ortega-files/memo-ortega-stories-part-four/

 

One of my other favorite early custom categorys: Custom front ends on early 30s to mimick later 30s and 40s

 

Neil Emory,of Valley Custom Shop, Dodge

 

Very unique kustom. Can’t say that I’ve ever seen anything like it.

 

might as well pick up the thread with some more smaller details and misc stuff relating to 40s customs

 

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1938 Ford tub with black Carson Top

 

No way of knowing,, but AH'M -a- gonna guess
Something more than a picture taking going on here

 

Wow what a great innovative time. I think my Dad and his brothers had Pontiacs but I never had any pictures p***ed down.

 

Early Eddie Meyer water heated 2x2.

 

Step1: Win the lotto

 

excerts from Pat Ganhals Book "The American Custom"















(Link to full copy available on the internet archive:
https://archive.org/details/americancustomca0000gana )

 

(Source : https://archive.org/details/hotrodscoolcusto0000gana )