Spence Murray had the wreckage trucked back to L.A. as freight. He was not compensated personally for the Dream Truck's loss, and George Barris's $1,000-plus repair estimate left no practical option to stripping and selling an old, badly bent body and frame that nobody expected to see again. The custom made its final magazine appearance in the HOT ROD Mart classifieds in 1959 and was presumed lost for the three decades before freelance photojournalist Michael Lamm spotted it on a Stockton street. Bruce Glasscock tracked the truck down and started a restoration before selling to Kurt McCormick, who completed the job, and still has it. The body retains a surprising percentage of its old steel, including the signature fins that Bob Metz installed (now reattached to replacement fenders).
"First it's tiger stripes, now Dalmatian spots. Why don't they just stick to a nice, simple two-tone?
1957 Ford supercharged country sedan 6 passenger. . body style 79D ……Station Wagon. Willow green and Colonial white. Top line of numbers 3/4’s across the page -Pref F7 FX First F denotes supercharger First 7 for 1957. WHERE ARE YOU TODAY?
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