History Pictures from Frank Mack's cigar box, 1950's Detroit

What great photos. Thanks. Slim

 

Awesome photos,Thanks for posting!!

 

Any more photos or info on this 36,anyone?

 

Thanks Dennis. Those are some great pics.

 

priceless...thank you

 

Thanks very much.

 

Frank Mack = Ruler of Rulers..

 

Ah-Hum "Kiss'in Cousins" Just put me in the WAY BACK MACHINE. Slim

 

Dennis, I stumbled across this picture recently. The picture looks like it has been thru a war but the shine looks pretty good thru all of the aging. This is the 36 Sportsman Frank did for my dad as I referred to in an earlier post. Somewhere I have some slides of the car but no other pics-pitiful. Frank did a superb job in this car and it won a number of awards in the late fifties. The car scored quite high at ACD meets and I am sure the door handle not being vertical is only a glitch. This pic is just outside my grandfathers collection-those cars would belong to two of the mechanics-not sure of the year of the pic but I would guess 1957ish-Jim

 

Thanks again guys. Great stories and photos. I tried a little photoshop to bring out a little more detail. Slim

 

I just happen to know a little about that car,......

It was built by Frank Taubitz of Dearborn and won 3rd place at the first Detroit Autorama, first had a flatty followed by a 303 Olds in 53, a guy named Doug Stetterhome (sp?) then bought it. had it for a while and he sold it to a guy named Harry Vogal in 56. the story falls apart there as Harry died in the stands at a race track in 1957 (so I am told) .
It's a 1936 Ford 5/W coupe, Chopped, quarter windows filled, filled trunk lid, rounded door corners, solid hood sides, frenched fenders to 1940 Buick rockers, front fender seams filled, cowl vent filled, bull nose, shaved, 49 Ply. bumpers., appeltons. This car was painted Olds Green with a green and white tuck & roll interior, single bar flipper caps.





It needs a full restoration, but it's sleeping in the back of the barn now,....

 

Wow!

 

x2!!!Some folks have all the luck... Congrats!!

 

Nice pics. Do you have any of the Clarkaiser 53 Ford at the Rotunda? Thanks,Rick