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.

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