JOANNES DREAM Looks like I’m the proud new Caretakerz/Custodian of the JOANNES DREAM CUSTOM BUILDER Tom Archer The customization of this original vehicle included the following: This highly styled Dream Car began life as a 1954 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday Coupe (54-3637D). It was used as a daily driver until 1960-1961 when Tom & Joanne Archer began building a truly unique one-off radical custom show car. MAGAZINES Popular Customs Winter issue 1963 vol 1 no4 Popular hot rodding December 1963 TKustoms Illustrated, Issue 21, Spring 2009 CAR SHOWS 1963 National Custom Auto Fair Car Show - Indianapolis 1963 aurora illinois out door car show 2009 World of wheels Chicago 2024 Custom Car Revival 2025 61ST ANNUAL DARRYL STARBIRD'S ROD & CUSTOM CAR PAINT 1.Magenta 2.Purple ? 3.Blue? 4.Magenta CUSTOM TOUCHES Corvette styled coves behind the wheel wells Hand made El-Camino styled rear bed area 1959 Plymouth Belvedere Stainless Side Trim 1960-1961 Chevrolet Corvair Rear Air Duct (see rear roof photo) Chrome Reverse Wheels with Caps and Spinners 1954 Oldsmobile Front Chrome Bumper 1955 Desoto Grille with 9 teeth 1955 Oldsmobile Rear Chrome Bumper 1957 Plymouth Dual Headlights integrated into the original Oldsmobile fenders Rocket 88 Engine: modified 371 with many racing features Dual Carburetor Setup with Weiand Intake Offenhauser Valve Covers Chrome Engine Trim Sun Tachometer and Transmitter 1963 Mercury Comet Tail Light Bezels used for surrounds on the side stacks 1958-1960 Chevrolet Corvette Tail Lights 1963 Chevrolet Impala Tail Lights 6 Exhausts: 2 Sides, 2 Stacks, and 2 Rear 1962-1963 Impala Bucket Seats Center Console with shift control Louvered Original Oldsmobile Hood Chopped Roof Line from original vehicle Custom Rear Bed with red oak wood and white vinyl cover and more! Well documented restoration as seen on National Geographic Channel's Car Czar TV Series. this rare one-off custom was brought back to its original glory by the expert team at Marquis Auto Restorations. Many historical photos and documents were acquired during the restoration process. A one hour DVD of the entire process is available to the winner along with photographs and other documentation which are considered to be priceless in keeping the history of this important custom vehicle. Researched worldwide. nbsp;we thank those that sent documentation that allowed Marquis Auto the opportunity to bring 'Joanne' back to life knowing what an important piece of Custom Show Car history this car truly is. According to historians and experts. nbsp;this car was awarded the Most Radical Custom and other noted awards at some of the biggest events in the 1960's. It was followed by many in the custom car culture to see how many awards it could accumulate! Recent awards at events it has been invited to include the Chicago World of Wheels - Top 20. Most Radical Custom. George Barris Exclusive 'D'Elegance' Award. and many others. Cool old thread. About a decade ago I had a neighbor (Tom Archer and his wife Joanne) on the next block who had a Model A he was building. He stopped into my sign shop frequently to talk cars. One day he mentioned that he had built an award-winning show car back in the '60's that had made it into a few magazines. He said it was an Olds that he had converted into a pickup. I didn't remember it at all. A few years later he passed away after a very short illness. A couple of years after that I was re-reading some "little books" and found several pics of his Olds. I finally got to see it at the Chicago World of Wheels (shown above in magenta). Glad to see it's still around.
that thing is cool, it had a six figure resto not long ago, looks great. It sold ridiculously embarrassingly cheap no reserve last year at Mecums Indy sale.....
Congrats! I've always thought that Olds was super cool and I was excited to finally get to see it in person last year at the Custom Car Revival.
Congratulations, Glad it found a kool care taker. I got to see it in person at the Starbird show in Tulsa. This one you have to see in person to appreciate all of the work involved. She is purrdy.
As an old friend would say to describe something really cool “ that is tighter than a mini-bike chain”. Whatever the color is, I love it.
"That's a superfine machine! It might even be better than Daryl Starbird's superfleck moonbird. It *is* better than Daryl Starbird's superfleck moonbird!"
I love this car. I also remember when it got auctioned off a year or so ago and I was shocked at the sale price, especially after the top-notch restoration it had recently received. The headlights are 57-58 Chrysler or Desoto, not Plymouth though.
Congratulations! I got to see it in person at the Daryl Starbird show when it was there. Very nice car!
very nice car. Everything flows well and is not shocking, but still very unique without leaning towards ugly. Looks like the restoration was nicely executed
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