Saturday, January 16, 2021

Ran’s Auto Work's custom model A at Southern Speedway in 1938, tow car for his midget racer


-’32 Ford front bumper

-’37 California license plate

-’38 Willys front fenders, complete with headlights

-The grille may have ’38 Chevy origins (note the four thinner bars between each set of thicker bars)

-Now, about that nose. Is it a modified piece from an Oliver tractor? Or is it homemade? Either way, it’s nicely formed, very round and compliments the grille

-’28-’29 Model A hood top and sides

-Skirts on all four corners, trim could be from the Airflow family, or maybe something French

-Chopped and split windshield, ’32 Chrysler style. Note the mid-’30s Gilmore lion decal on the left side

-No running boards—frame rail covers retained

-Bulbous rear fenders of late-’30s vintage

-’32 Ford rear bumper



October, 1937 AUTOBODY TRIMMER AND PAINTER magazine



in the January 1951 of Ford Times magazine in their ‘Custom Conversion” section. The owner and builder is Ran Wilbur of Los Angeles.

2 comments:

  1. A pre war custom. That is not something, I would think, was a common sight. I know there were a few folks doing custom coach work on cars, but the custom craze didn't really get going till after the second world war as far as I know. I could be wrong.

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  2. The fender skirts and trim remind me of Figoni et Falaschi designs.

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