Tom Nielsen, Author at Custom Car Chronicle

Hometown Custom

HOMETOWN CUSTOM It is unusual now as well as back in the fifties for a custom car to

FORDS MODEL-40 CUSTOMIZED Today almost all of the modified ’33 and ’34 Fords are done up as street rods or

HOW TO BUILD A CUSTOM The Japan The Barris built 1952 Mercury hardtop known as The JAPAN was

ANTENNAS on CUSTOMS When building a custom car the radio antenna is a feature that sometimes received “special

CURB PARKED As a young “car crazy kid” growing up in the 1950’s, I always kept an eye

RE-CREATING THAT SPECIAL CAR Lots of car fans have fond memories of the First Car or a Special

VICTORIA CUSTOM STORIES The stories that go along with the old pictures of early custom cars are sometimes

WHAT’S IN A NAME? The trend originated from Motor Boats and WWII airplanes found its way into the Custom Car

LOW PROFILE DEUCE Thirty-two Fords have always been at the forefront of the “hotrod movement” which began in

CANTED QUAD LIGHTS Canted Quad Headlights on Customs, a trend started in 1957 highlighted in the early 1960’s. By