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’40 Ford

Featured Cars Featured Custom Cars 

Chuck Layman 40 Ford

October 28, 2016November 22, 2016 Rik Hoving 7 Comments '40 Ford, Art Meyers, Chuck Layman, Jamco, KI, Pittsburgh, Rocky Leonhardt

  CHUCK LAYMAN 40 FORD   Chuck Layman buys a 40 Ford Coupe in 1977. He rebuilds the car into a

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Coachcraft custom cars 

Coachcraft 1940 Ford

October 12, 2016October 20, 2016 Rik Hoving 4 Comments '40 Ford, Clarence Salomon, Coachcraft, Jamco, James Wong Howe

  COACHCRAFT 1940 FORD   In 1940 Coachcraft LTD created what must be one of the first full custom 1940

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Featured Cars Featured Custom Cars 

Donn Lowe 1940 Ford

April 20, 2016April 28, 2016 Rik Hoving 6 Comments '40 Ford, Bob Belozer, Dave Baham, Donn Lowe, Doug Beattie, Eric Black, Eric Johnson, Futurama, Mickey McVay

  DONN LOWE 1940 FORD   Donn Lowe reshaped the 1940 Ford coupe into a perfectly balanced piece of automotive art.

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DIGITAL RESTYLING Steve Stanford 

Digital Restyling ’40 Ford Pick-Up

June 25, 2014July 10, 2017 Rik Hoving 7 Comments '40 Ford, 1940 Ford, DIGITAL RESTYLING, KI, KKB, Steve Stanford, Streamliner Pick-Up

  RESTYLING ’40 FORD PICK-UP   In the 1980’s Automotive Illustrator Steve Stanford created one of my all time favorite

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custom cars DIGITAL RESTYLING 

Restyling the 1940 Ford Coupe

February 21, 2014June 25, 2015 Rik Hoving 10 Comments '40 Ford, 1940 Ford, DIGITAL RESTYLING, Ford, KI, ljb, Rik Hoving Kustoms

RESTYLING THE 1940 FORD COUPE Turning a “tall top” 1940 Ford coupe into a streamlined tail dragging Custom Car. The

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Coachcraft custom cars Early Custom Cars 

Coachcraft Ford forgotten years

November 13, 2013August 28, 2016 Rik Hoving 3 Comments '40 Ford, Clarence Salomon, Coachcraft, Ford, James Wong Howe, Joseph P. DeMaggio

  BEING 17 YEARS AND DRIVE LIKE THE KING OF THE ROAD   In 1940 Clarence Solomon commissioned Coachcraft Ltd.

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Custom Car Chronicle: THE BEAUTY OF CUSTOMIZING Custom Car Chronicle is a online magazine and forum, for custom car and hot rod people who are looking for inspiration, historical knowledge, and a place were their passion can be shared. CCC is created by a small, international group of custom car, hot rod, model car, art, design-, photography-, and architecture enthusiasts. Editor in chief is custom car historian- Rik Hoving. For centuries people are inspired to built beautiful cars. CCC focuses on everything that ignites that special inspiration: design, history, technology, perfect proportions, the right feeling, and amazing personal stories. PRIVACY POLICY.
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