Another great photo from the Wally Welch scrapbook. This time Wally's 1941 Ford with the Louis Chavez created Padded top. I love the simplicity of the 1940's Customs...
Some 1940's Ford mild customs... Most of the cars where customized like this, some great looking aftermarket goodies. And possibly some slight stance adjustments. From ebay... Same car with white walls... and top up. Great looking four door sedan with DeSoto bumpers, ripple disk hubcaps and Spotlights...
I agree Rob, the old primitive and simple environment blended with palms, picket fences, cool people and even cooler customs are my favorites! Ofcourse, photos from nice neighborhoods with art deco buildings looks great as well, but there is something about seeing an old custom in a poor worker suburbia area, it looks so real and unstaged! Here is a photo of a chopped 1936 Ford cabriolet with padded top I recently bought from a collection in Sacramento. A true modest 1940s custom!
Great photo!!. Im sure that the owners wife and kids. He is proud of his car and family and wanted to capture that image.
PERFECTION.... It just blows me away what people do with 41 fords in this day and age compared to this.Just in case it hasnt been said .........Wally Welch was one of the Heaviest of all the Heavy Hitters to ever get behind the steering wheel of a custom.This guy is a fucking LEGEND........... well except for the fact that he changed the first color of his 50merc because his girlfriend didnt like it.It's hard for me to believe that since the guy had the balls to build and crush the streets of Los Angeles driving this diamond right here.That girl really must of had Wally by the short & curlys for him to change his Ayala lime gold paint job,especially being fresh out of the show at the Pan Pacific.So except for that move... Wally Welch is a legend in my mind.
I agree with you 100%! Wally drove some BADASS cars!! They were some of the cleanest, smoothest, and right down gorgeous!! Also how in the hell can so many people get building custom so wrong these day?
Oh god do I want one of these cars now especially seeing how much fun CHris is having with his.... Anybody have one to trade for my 33 3w? That looks like fun for the whole family!
Here are some shots from Northern California in the late 40's and early 50's...... Gene Souza , East Bay 1950's My Dad , Bob Brooks , Oakland 1948 My 40 Chev , Buchanen Airfield, Concord Cal. 1950
Great photos Ron. Your fathers Convertible looks really great. It looks to have only one Spotlight, and its even pointed out forward like a lot of them do in the early days. Was that a Hall top on your fathers car?
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