Wild Old Shoebox Custom.....

[MrGasser]

This showed up at the Ford & Mercury Restorers Club Swap Meet this weekend...

[MrGasser]

...I found this thing 10-12 years ago sitting on a trailer in some guy's driveway, next to a job we were doing...

Chopped sedan, roof moved forward, slanted posts, sectioned, roundy-rounder front clip, Chevelle rear suspension, front fenders were split and pulled out to cover the wide front track,...

It changed hands several times before I spotted it again in a junk yard a few years later, then, disappeared again...

[MrGasser]

I had the chance to buy it for $300 while it was at the junk yard, but passed...it is REALLY rough! The whole car was tack-welded together, with an arc welder!...fenders, hood, trunk, all tacked shut.

[Django]

So, you've decided to buy it and need to sell that '38 to me to help finance it right?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[MrGasser]

The right rear quarter panel taillight section had a '53-'54 Olds qtr. section tacked on, but, the left side was still original Ford,...here you see where someone slapped another Ford section back on the right rear...

[MrGasser]

I dunno Chad, this thing is pretty roached! When I saw it originally on the trailer, there was a '46-'47 Olds grille, and a pair of wild bubble skirts inside,...that's all long gone.

The guy who has it now says he realized it's "a little more work than he's capable of"!...didn't really have a price for it, I think he was fishin'.

Here's the front suspension set-up: