As always, thanks for the pics. You wrote..."This appears to be one rare piece. It had a price tag of $240,000." It appears to have wide five wheels, like the 39-41 3/4-tons used. I wonder if it is a 42 3/4-ton that used carryover parts? Neat stuff. Neal
Neal, I believe that is a Morman-Herrington 4wd conversion. Pretty rare bird. Woodie prices continue to go nowhere but up.
Cool picture of some cool cars, as usual. I recognized the wood grain work on the tailgate of a shoebox Ford at the top of page 7. http://drd57.hypermart.net/Wavecrest/Page07.html It was done by a friend of mine here in Long Beach. He's been in the business over 40 years and I've seen him wood grain everything from Packard dash boards to entire Chevy Suburbans, to Nokia cell phones and sun gl***es.If you need his service let me know and I'll get his # to ya. (No I'm not his agent, just a friend...)
[ QUOTE ] But DrJ The HAMB already got a woodgrain guy Jdee [/ QUOTE ] Yea, I know, but the two of you are about as far apart as you can get and still both be in the USA!
I was just goofing around. Hey did you see the Thing in Oct. R&C "WOOD NOT" It shows some good stuff.... Just about everything we do here It was about some people we trained in the old art of Woodgraining. Jdee
$240,000?? Just goes to prove you can ASK anything you want for a car. Whether you get it is another story.
DRD, who was the show overall. As a Woodie freak I consider it the MECCA of woodie gatherings (for shear size and diversity) but not as laid back at Woodies on the Wharf... DrJ, curious as to the name of your friend, I got a chance to met a really talented guy a few yrs ago down that way but lost touch.. He had a beautiful 49 or 50 chevy wagon... As for the wagon being rear, it is very rear.. I believe the wood may have been done by a guy in Conn.. First being a 42 is rare but a 4x4 is even rarer.. If it is the car I think it is, it was very nicely detailed with some super wood...
It's C.D. Hall, who does the wood graining, paint, custom work, you name it, he used to be partners with Richard Graves back in the 60's. He has an ad in Hemmings for wood graining I believe. I don't remember him having a Chevy himself, He has a '59 T-bird and a Seville. If you're taking about a chopped black chevy with wood graining, that's a guy named John who bought the car after seeing it in a magazine. I think it was built in Kansas.
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