Lee's definitely a great guy. Couldn't have been nicer the few times we crossed paths. His nomad is one of my favorite 2 of all time. LOVE LOVE LOVE the rolled rocker.
Thanks to all for kind coments and interest in my past and future projects. I'm amazed and humbled by it all. The computer is not my friend so bare with me. To answer the questions regarding my old '50 Ford convert; it has an original Hall top on it, the tail lights are Pontiac in 52 Ford housings. I have talked to the current owner about finishing the car for him but nothing is firm at this point. The final wheels on my '65 Buick were Appliance Plating with wire wheel baskets. The last time I saw the car it had 5 spoke Americans on it. In addition to customer cars I am attempting to reproduce my "55 Nomad. The one I bought is a little rougher than I thought so progress is slower than what I would like. I also have a '32 Ford 5 window that has been a 15 year, on and off project. It has a mild chop, channeled the width of the frame, with a four or five inch rear frame kick up, 324 Olds power with a 5 speed. Again, thanks for all the interest, it means alot, Lee
Hey Lee,(this is Sergio in El Paso) glad to see you on here! Cool that you could respond to some questions, take care!
Hi Lee , Glad to see you on here , your tastefull customs have a lot of fans! Hope to see you next time your back in Cali. Ron Brooks
Lee, thank you for adding to this thread.. your cars are an inspiration. do you remember what colors you had on your two tone fast back.. love the color combo...
Here is the side view of the taillights sombody requested. I`ll try and see if I can find the pic`s of the Hall Top that I took a couple years ago. It only shows the bare frame conctruction. Somewhere around here I have a pic of his 41 Buick at the NSRA Nats in Minnisota in 79. Since then, I`ve allways admired your work. Thanks.
I've really enjoyed this thread, seeing Lee's cars and hearing (reading) the stories of the man. Nice to see his post here as well. Lee's cars seem to have a certain recognizible look, but each has a uniqueness, as well. They all share that special restraint, but yet a completeness of re-design. They 'scream' ELEGANCE in a hushed whisper. Thank you, Mr. Pratt for your style and your class, and for setting a standard that we all should strive to reach!
Is this Lee Pratt's '58 or a clone???? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chev...4526823?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item27c556d567
You had to give me a minute...ya know i'd get to the bottom of it...lolol...The guy switched his listing after i called and was questioning him on somethings didnt match up esp being Lee's car.. Lee, your 58 is truely one of the best ever built....your old school buick is what hooked me as a kid to this lifestyle...Thanks for being a huge aspiration!!
Hello guys, we'r watching this thread from Italy for some years allready ... we have the Lee Pratt's cute Buick Le Sabre in our warehouse since we imported it... We just wanted to inform you that the baby is OK, except for the 2 compressors (used for the 2 wheels on the back side of it): we allready have 4 new shock absorbers bought for it... when we'll sell the car, the customer will also have those 4 shock absorbers (if he'll want to mount them). With this bad crisis we aren't selling many American cars; the Buick itself is very strange for all Italians that come to our warehouse.. so strange that they are kinda scared by it: "WTF is this!?????" or "I've never seen this kind of car! OMG it has to have a lotta work here dude!"... Cheers from Italy P.S.: It sounds like Mr. Lee Pratt is coming here in August and he'd like to see "his" car
Hello there, here it is a Customs magazine talking about our Buick Le Sabre (or Lee Pratt's )... it's a famous magazine among the customs fans in Italy. See attachments for the magazine pages.
Those files won't open for me BRM. I'm another one who has been a fan of Lee Pratt cars for a long time.
Lee's work is an inspiration to me. Anybody have pictures of his El Camino? I know that it had a magazine feature back in the day, but I have never relocated it.
I loved the cars he built before I knew who he was. I kept seeing one here and one there, not realizing he did them. The purple '41 Buick was one of my favorites, and still is, the re-do of it makes me very sad. I wish I could buy it and give it the respect it deserves.
I saw that car running around the complex where I have my shop in Fremont, then I saw it running around without a top, then I saw the top dumped in the dirt beside the freeway. he didn't make it a convertible, he just ruined it. where is it now?
Download Winrar for the .zip file. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader http://get.adobe.com/it/reader/ for the PDF inside the 2 .zip files.
Why dont you take a picture in your warehouse? Anyway, how did it get to our shit hole of a country? Why it has those wheels? and wasnt it on hydraulics? Just curious, i dig this car, and the Poncho built to a similar design, althou i doubt i will ever be able to afford it....70k? or more?
I can't tell the difference between Buicks and Tru-Spokes in a photo, but Lee favored Buicks and has used them on several cars. I also think the Nomad was built at a time when you could still find Buick wires in junkyards for fairly reasonable money.
Im pretty sure those arent Trus. Most probably Skylarks or other OEM wires. That Nomad slays btw. So slick.
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