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At some point it became clear to Kingston that it would be easier to remanufacture than to restore. Besides, then he could turn out two or three...
http://www.coachbuilt.com/des/d/duvall/duvall.htm lots of history, I remember the names but it's been tooo many years
A large part of So. California Plating’s business was constructing and plating midget racecar grills and accessories. To advertise the business...
[IMG]The one car that, in my eyes, was the real start of the Custom Car movement as we know it. The So-California Plating Co. 1935 Ford designed...
No it's out on old hwy 50 west of Austin Nevada
I've been trying to ID it since last year. Long hood and "B" pillar leans foward. Found it behind old hwy 50 NDOT maintenance building out on the...
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Chad Schults was the original owner, started from scratch and sold it to Bill Honda about 1966 when he was 65 Chad worked for the big repair shop...
california metal shaping
now you can see the engineering with a v-drive behind the axle
searching for more info about CMS, California Metal Shaping
Hello Jimmy Berger: I'm Ken Hausman grandson of Chad Schultz and my Mom is Elinor daughter of Chad. I new Leo and Stanley, Red and Bill the old...
About 70 miles east of Gardnerville
This car is stored on it's tires for the last ten years 90's retro to a 318 engine and 727 trans, fresh paint and tires then. Sitting in a...
California Metal Shaping in it's prime. 1940's
Pete Brock's special project to create the Cobra Daytona Coupe at California Metal Shaping
MY first car, MOM's really, we had the slant ?? 4, left half of 326, block cut and 1/8" plate sealed up. 164 hp, 164 tq, 4 barrel and a rear...
My Dad worked for Holman and Moody and Stropp, after Shelby American was shut down.I heard stories usually at dinner about shop life, one was...
CMS had a contract of many during the war, one was the torpedo testing site a Morrison reservior up in san Gabriel mountains. It must still be...
Red held on to my dads wrist when he cut off first digit of left pointing finder at the punchpress. Talked to my mom this morning, and told me the...
A quick story for all. I use to explore the rural property next door to grandpa place, under the big oak trees next to the creek bed I found 2...
chopped 31 pic of hammer in there
Here are some shop pics, see how it goes
I have a handfull of pics my mom brought over today, I will scan and file and post soon. Auburns, Hupmobile,Pierce-Arrow. in the shop or in the...
Yeh you can see the freeway about 100 yds north, to the south was L.A. Pie company, grandpa would spoil me and buy a complete pie for me to eat in...
I have more info, Foreman was Stanley Taylor, 1950's thru 1770's I found a great article from a book called The best of OLD CARS, from best of old...
my dad ran a sweeco or seco stamp, drop hammer type unit, several tons of lead and threw dense rubber into the corners to properly streach the...
I rembered being told that a goverment contract was shipped a couple days early, during WW2 and the shop was burnt to the ground, grandpa kept all...
Yeh now that I think about it I remember that they kept the shop doors closed during the Watts riots in 64?? my dad thalked about a sniper in the...
California Metal Shaping granson here, Ken Hausman, looking for same. Raised in the shop from 1955 to 1966, the grandpa Chad Schultz retired and...
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