the Nick Cozzitorto pickup is a good example for you Nate....first customised by Winfield in '52 with barely a 100 miles on it's odo...then re-done again by Winfield a few years later. first version had skirts and louvers....second version; skirts are gone ,more radical bodywork ,updated bumpers and entirely new (even for then) grille.
Bill Block's '36 from Hot Rod Magazine, December 1958. White interior, white 'boards, and lakes plugs through the front fenders. Paint is gold.
1940 Ford convertible built by Elza Phelps from Car Craft November '62. 1958 Chevy headlights, '59 dash, a 348 and red and white interior with "breakfast nook" seating!
I guess everyone else gave up. Here's another one; from the April '59 Hot Rod. White interior, spare cover and running boards. Like AtomicKustom said, I think the lakes pipes, bright red paint, lack of skirts, hub caps, etc. were updated from a previous version judging by the grill.
In the late seventies, at an antique car dealer near here, I saw a pretty amazing fat fender custom from the early sixties. It was a mega rare 1940 Mercury convertible sedan or 4 door convertible. The front fenders were built up to take canted 61 Chrysler quad headlights. It had some kind of custom grille. The back fenders were built up into tail fins with big tail lights. It had Dodge Lancer hub caps and the whole car was painted blue and gold. The paint was faded, the bondo was peeling out of the bodywork in spots and the top was shabby. But they didn't want very much for it, probably about $2000. For some reason I turned it down. Kind of sorry I didn't buy it or at least get a picture.
Doug Rice's is one of my alltime favorites. 60's style customs haven't quite come back around yet. I think in the next 2 -3 years there will be an explosion of that style. You are starting to see it in the emmergence of the early 60's show rod style. The customs won't be far behind. Fryguy
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