History "Turn left, Mort, there's a bump in this street."

That was the****le, I believe, of a humorous article that appeared in one of the little books in the '50s. I think it was Honk! or its successor Car Craft, and I'm guessing that it was pre-1956. The point of the article was to poke fun at too-low customs, and the impracticality of driving them. If I'm mistaken about the****le, that line appeared within the article -- perhaps as the opening sentence.

I'd like to re-read this article. Anybody recall when/where it appeared? Rikster? Lurker Mick?

 

I dont recal this particular article... but then I dont have every Honk issue in my collection.

But there is some fun reading about low cars in this article as well. Right column.

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Thanks, Rik. I remember the Jacques Ford; very atypical style from Valley Custom (so low, I mean).

 

Tony, I have every Honk issue and it was not in any of them that I could see.

Sorry, I'll look in some other****les.

Mick

 

Thanks for the effort, Mick. I recall that it had a cartoon illustration with it; not Medley, too early for Carl Kohler or Pete Millar -- can't remember who did it.

 

I still haven't found the article I was looking for, but I did find some stuff in Honk! that was almost certainly done by the same illustrator, Marv Rubin.

See here:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5309929#post5309929