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  • #73770
    Michu
    Participant

    ā€¦in between iā€˜ve found it out, the hood sides are from a 34 Pontiac:

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    #73784
    kristopher hop
    Participant

    A few early Customs I pulled from eBay some time ago. No info on the cars. B3A385B3-DA7A-4C85-AEA9-278B09154AD2B00301FE-0A1A-4A52-9112-990EC625A383AC203FCB-A57E-4FF1-818C-81C4A15F38D159418166-5A66-49D2-A029-09B39502DCFF

     

    Is that a Buick grill on the 46-48?

    #73787
    Tinwolf
    Participant

    Its a -47-48 Buick grill , -42 and -46 Buick grilles included the top piece that fits in the grove of the hoodĀ  !

    #73788
    Mild Mitch
    Participant

    Yup, Buick as Timwolf says. I have one if anyone needs it.

    #73838
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    Nice chopped sedan, Don Berg collection. (Bia Facebook)

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    #73858
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    A couple 1946-47 high school yearbook photos shared by @46to64 (Ross R) on Instagram.

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    #73887
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    David Sorenson shared this one on Facebook.

    ā€œThis is one of several photos of the cars that famed Pasadena, California photographer J. Allen Hawkins built. The ’27 Chevy touring has a ’34 Ford grille shell, custom sheet metal and headlights. He also timed the car at Muroc in the late ’30s or early ’40s. Hawkins partnered with another legendary Pasadena hot rodder, Blackie Gold, to run a motor shop that did hot rod work (before they were called hot rods). Later that shop became Dave Mitchell’s first muffler shop. J. Allen’s daughter has posted these photos on another side and was kind enough to send them to me via email. Thanks, Cherie Hawkins, this is a great tribute to one of Southern California’s most famous photographers.ā€œ

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    #73983
    Michu
    Participant

    Recently iā€™ve found this nice snapshot of an 35 Ford on ebay, the seller is from New York but i guess the photo is taken in California, sadly the license plate is not seen. And it seems to be pre 1950.

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    #74156
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    Craig Thorson
    Shared this nice story on Facebook in the 1935-1936 Ford Group.

    “I had a nice online chat with our Group FB host, Arturo, the other night and felt encouraged to post this.
    My late father lived in Alhambra, California and likely bought his Washington Blue beauty around 1940/41. On December 7, 1943 he became a Naval Aviation Cadet and left the car in charge of his younger brother Ralph.

    Dad bounced around the country completing various pilot training requirements and arrived in the South Pacific as a Marine aviator in April 1945. When WWII ended he was a junior 2nd Lieutenant and as such, didnā€™t return home to Alhambra until April 1946.

    Meanwhile, his brother made some changes to the ā€˜36 Cabriolet. Suffice to say that being located in Alhambra, a suburb of greater Los Angeles and a hotbed of early hot rodding, the changes were cool!
    Ralph had the windshield chopped and a Carson top added. I recall Dad saying that his brother also had it converted into a club cab by the addition of a rear seat. Looking at the extended rear roofline Iā€™d guess it was possible but, Iā€™m imagining leg and head room were a challenge!

    The spare tire was removed, taillights removed from the rear fenders and replaced by ā€˜39 teardrops on either side of the newly recessed license plate. This was topped off with 1941 Ford bumpers and flipper hub caps.

    I can only speculate that Ralph likely had the customization accomplished at Jarrettā€™s Auto Works and the Carson Top Shop right next door on South Vermont in nearby Los Angeles.

    Dad didnā€™t keep the ā€˜36 very long and soon traded it in on a brand new 1946 Buick Super convertible.
    After being recalled for Korea, Dad went to work in the die casting business in Los Angeles. In the mid 1970ā€™s he started Vintique Inc. as a side business with his friend Harold Looney of Vintage Auto Parts in Orange, California. Their first product? The 1936 Ford V8 hood ornament!

    My Uncle Ralph stayed close to automobiles as well owning a Rambler/AMC dealership before opening Thorson GMC Buick in Pasadena, California.

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    #74157
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    Recently iā€™ve found this nice snapshot of an 35 Ford on ebay, the seller is from New York but i guess the photo is taken in California, sadly the license plate is not seen. And it seems to be pre 1950. BB567E20-261F-4E36-ACEF-0C48D5765DB2

    That is a very sweet ’35 Ford with all the right touches. Love it.

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    #74159
    Mild Mitch
    Participant

    Great cars!

    #74163
    Craig Thorson
    Participant

    Thank you, Rick, for sharing the brief story of my Dadā€™s ā€˜36. Hereā€™s the link to about 45 seconds of it in glorious 8mm color film:

    Iā€™m guessing the film was taken on the day my Dad returned from the South Pacific in April 1946 as heā€™s still in uniform and appears to be having a first look at his now custom cabriolet. One thing I noticed in the still photograph of the rear is that it has a 1941 California plate with the 1942 topper. In the film, as the car is backing out the driveway, the license is a 1945 California plate. This makes me believe that my Uncle could have had the car customized as early as 1944.

    Oh, the questions I wish I had asked of both my dad and my uncle!

    #74164
    Mild Mitch
    Participant

    Wow, that is some real history. Very cool, thank you for sharing. What a Bitchin Custom!

    MM

    #74170
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    That short movie clip is just so fantastic. So unique to see these moving images.. and in color as well.

    Thank you.

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    #74173
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    Some very mild cars from the Jimmy Barter Collection.

    I love these old snapshots…

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