A question out of curiosity while researching pre war customs and hot rods, is A. How to tell a difference from a real DuVall windsheild compared to a handmade or repop one (if such markings exist) and B. When where DuVall windsheilds first repopped since so many exist now?
Here is some of the history: Get the R&C Magazine article referenced in it for more. Doane Spencer reportedly had to modify what were pretty rough castings for his highboy. http://www.coachbuilt.com/des/d/duvall/duvall.htm
Julian Doty and I we’re good friends. We met when I joined the Sidewinders. He worked all the SCTA meets at El Mirage giving us our timing slips. He asked me once about my last name mentioning a redheaded J.I. Tone he once knew in Glendale Ca.who worked at the Western Auto and had a hopped up black 29 roadster with a Crager overhead in the late 30’s. I told him he was my father. We remained friends until he p***ed. We talked many times about his cousin George.
The research I did its very hard to determan, with that said the original Duvalle had a longer center beak it almost met the center hood trim.
Flying V's article in rod and custom August 1990, only snap shot i could find online but its another stepping stone
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