Chopped 1949 – 51 Mercury Convertibles
CHOPPED 49-51 MERCURY Convertibles A trip in time back to the late 1940s and early 1950s when the first of the 1949 – 51 Mercury Convertibles were Customized with chopped padded tops. The 1949-51 Mercury has made a huge mark on the Custom Car scene ever since the first model rolled out of […]
Road Trip Custom Sightings
ROAD TRIP CUSTOM SIGHTINGS David Conrad shared some neat pictures he took in the 60s and 70s. Interesting and sometimes abandoned Custom Cars he came across while on the road. In July 2018 I shared a photo of an early 1940’s restyled 1940 Mercury ones owned by the mr. Williams and later owned […]
1945 San Francisco Customs
1945 SAN FRANCISCO CUSTOMS Northern California had a very active Custom Car Scene back in the 1940s. Bruce Heather shared some photos of unequally Restyled Nor-Cal Customs from 1945 with us. Bruce Heather shared some really interesting pictures of Early Customs from his Collection with us. The photos was all taken around 1945 […]
Joe Hocker 1936 Ford
JOE HOCKER 1936 FORD The Hocker brothers Joe and Tom from Oakland California were both into Custom Car. Tom had the famous Barris Restyled 1940 Ford, and Joe a DuVall windshield 1936 Ford Phaeton. Of the two Hocker Brothers Joe (Joseph) and Tom we are most familiar with Tom’s 1940 Ford restyled by […]
Light Color Early Customs
LIGHT COLOR EARLY CUSTOMS Most of the time we think of dark painted cars when we think Early Style Custom Cars. But there were actually quite a few light color Early Customs. Lets take a closer look. I guess that when somebody asks you to visualize an early Custom, from the late 30’s […]
Chopped 1949 – 51 Mercury Convertibles
Thom Metz 1933 Ford Cabriolet
1947-48 Buick Gaylord Tops
