Working on getting more pics? ... or working on getting the car in your garage? If it's the latter, then I suggest building a new nerf bar with a "C" (for Cochran): ... or maybe "business expense" the purchase and fabricate a new nerf bar with an "A" (for Atomic Industry) :
Subscribed. Was Paul Ellis the builder? Would be fantastic to find a late 40's - early 50's Texas built rod... The plate in the pic looks to be either a 1950 or 1952 Texas plate...
Here's some more recent pics of the car in Simard's garage: all images by Chuck Vranas (from the January 2021 issue of MODERN RODDING magazine)