Customs Westergard Kustom convertible ID help?

Would anyone be able to ID this old convertible with 'fade away' fenders? I put it on Instagram a while back and it was ID'd as a possible Westergard custom. It was also mentioned that it was possibly Gerald Fassett's Chevy.

Story behind the kustom, it came from a field in Southeast Kansas and was drug out of the field in the early 1970's. It used to have a 'hardtop' next to it (possibly a carson top). It has been stashed since the 1970's and we recently in the past year had to move it.

Thanks,
Chris

 

Post it on the Kustomrama site, also. If you don't know about it, definitely worth checking out.

 

It has all the markings of the Fassett Chev. except later it looked to have frenched headlights and the chromefender guards removed. I'm going off the color photo on Rik's site, assuming it's the same car.
Really needs to be restored, it's a great car.

Mick

 

So, it's nosed and decked, door handles removed, chopped with fade aways. What else has been done to it?

 

Quarter windows, shaved door handles and rear fender “rock guards” don’t match the Fassett car.

 

quarter windows are rolled down, rock guards are covered by the skirts in the BW pic. the car is not fully painted and the handles were done later. 49 Chevrolet license guard up front, most likely had one out back as well.

 

This is a later version of the Fassett Chevy. Seems odd that they someone would change the steering wheel and add the fender guards back in but who knows.

 

Fassett or not, that car is Bitchin and needs to be saved.

 

Almost forgot about this one! Could be really cool

 

Looks as though the Fassett car had frenched headlights, this car does not. But it's certainly possible the car was hit and the front fenders were replaced with stockers.. who knows?

 

The rear fenders appear to be molded on in the maroon Fassett picture. I find it hard to believe anyone would unmold them. I have serious doubts its the Fassett car.

 

Maybe Jimmy Summers???

 

The Summers car has been found and restored -

 

I’d drive it.

 

Not his personal car but maybe one he built. He did the bolt on fad a ways and sold them as well

 

This car appears to have the convertible top frame intact. The Carson style tops only use the header bow. The rest of the frame is not used. Other than the rear bow.

 

There was more than a couple of companies making kits to convert your car to have fade-away fenders.

 

Probably not the Fassett car but certainly is extremely similar and a car well worthy of a restoration or at the very least better storage, shame to have it sit on boards in a dirt floor shed without any wheels on it.

 

Found this while looking for something else. Explains the fender extensions further. Which proves my earlier statement was wrong.

 

Thanks fellas'.

 

I think your gonna have to dig threw the car and turn up some new clues but damn is that a rad kustom!