Features Coachbuilt early Fords

http://www.carstyling.ru/de/car/1963_ford_cougar_ii/images/18019/

".......................... an early production Cobra, was shipped to Ford Styling in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford Styling sent the car to Dearborn Steel Tubing (DST Industries) where the aluminum skin and supporting structure were removed and replaced with a tubular racing frame and distinctive fiberglass fastback body, with a rear window reminiscent of the Corvette Stingray. ........................"

Continue reading on Examiner.com Cougar II on display in Detroit Histotical Museum - Milwaukee Classic cars | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/classic-car...splay-detroit-histotical-museum#ixzz1S2gYj1l1



http://vintageplasticmodelkits.com/Products-ConceptShow.html

 

This '35 Ford is in the upcoming Mecum Monterey Auction but there is no information about the car on there website.

 

Re #215

1935 Ford has a body by Glaser of Dresden. (Glaser built cabriolet bodies for Ford [and other brands] in Germany up to the 1950's.



http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=CA0811-113464&entryRow=363&lottype=

Glaser also built Ford 4-door cabriolet bodies:



http://www.opelparty.com/Berichte/b96.htm


another Glaser bodied 2-door in the US:

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/01/12/coachbuilt-fords-spotted-at-hershey/

 

FORDILLAC (Bill Frick):







http://crudmudgeon.tumblr.com/post/3022764684/1949-fordillac-this-is-a-custom-bodied

 

Austrian Gräfford "luxury convertible to Vienna taste"


I'm afraid there is no survivor, correct?


BTW: There will be another '36 Gläser bodied V8 at Pebble Beach this year, she has just undergone a complete concours restoration.

 

The five Apollos started life as production Thunderbird Hardtops, with production scheduled for November 4, 1966. VIN numbers were 7Y81Q122570, 7Y81Q122571, 7Y81Z122572, 7Y81Q122573, and 7Y81Q122574, all were later converted to Landaus by Detroit Steel Tubing Company, and all had the 428 V-8 engine, except for 7Y81Z122572, which was equipped with the standard 390 V-8. These cars were designed from day one to be fully operational, and saleable to the public after their show duties were complete. Detroit Steel Tubing Company was owned by Andy Hotten, and specialized in custom versions of production cars. During the seventies, Andy Hotten would customize Lincolns into mini-limousines and turn Mercury Colony Park Station Wagons into Lincoln Continental Station Wagons"
http://automotivemileposts.com/tbird1967apollo.html

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57462288@N06/5438169090/in/set-72157625903985209

 

Danish '37 Ford coachbuilt in the 1930's for Robert Nelleman.

 

http://www.megamachine.info/2010_08_01_archive.html

 

Worth a look:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiefordadverts/sets/72157625554969627/detail/

 

1935 Tangalakis inter-city bus on Ford chassis. Image kindly provided by Mr. Konstantinos Tangalakis (it can be reproduced, please cite Wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tangalakis_Ford_1935.jpg

 

http://www.leftcoastclassics.com/1911-ford-jitney-bus/

 

This Ford Model TT was the original courtesy bus for QANTAS Airlines of Australia at their headquarters in Longreach.

http://www.oldwoodies.com/gallery-bus.htm

 

A Ford bus used to carry visitors from the jetty to Woorim.

http://maps.bonzle.com/pictures-ove...ribie-island/bribie-island-passenger-bus-1925

 

Another Jensen (good shot of bodywork and top in place) -



http://www.vaultcars.com/?page_id=1553

 

Ford with Drauz body:




http://www.powalski.com/treffen/2004/Halle2003.php



http://www.stadtgeschichte-heilbronn.de/index.php?id=karosserie_drauz

 

more.....please.
Such a great thread.

 

The red Drauz bus is for sale, together with another COE Cologne Ford bus:


more sophisticated are the NWF buses on Cologne rear engined Ford chassis:

 

Hallo Thielo, is das die Sammlung von A. Zech ?
Gott hab ihn selig.

 

http://www.fomcc.de/fordsetzung/03_2/03_2_7.htm

 

Story:
http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/?p=12439

Some others:

http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/?p=12989

 

Spohn:

Some Spohn vehicles were built on Ford chassis -







Built on Ford chassis.

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=3955.0

http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Spohn_Coachworks





1957 Spohn Cruiser built on a Ford chassis.

http://www.dezercollection.com/1957-spohn-cruiser-1-of-1-built,[pav.]-c-49.htm

 

http://www.streetlegaltv.com/forum/case-mondays-did-ford-build-65-a-5708.html



http://www.muscularmustangs.com/database/stangprotowagon.php

 

http://www.intermeccanica.org/vehicles/murena/murena.htm

 

http://www.militariarg.com/medical-corps-field-hospitals-first-aid-ambulances.html

 

This is deeply weird

This link posted by MrFire above pretty much defines the point where custom and coachbuilt meet. I'm always interested in those sorts of crossovers.

I wonder, did the old custom builders go for the now-classic de-chromed look because they lacked the techniques for making large pieces of brightwork from scratch, or did the aesthetics dictate? It is clear that one-off bumpers, heavy grille brightwork, etc. were part of the capabilities of coachbuilders like Spohn. A lot of the coachbuilt stuff of that era was also ugly as hell, while many early customs were seriously understated and elegant.

 

Yes - and we did save some of his trucks, the Danish one will be back on the road soon (with a body by Fleischer in Gera!), powered either by a French flathead or one of the few super-rare Ford AD6 blower Diesel engines.

This Bauer bodied Ford FK3500 from his collection was saved by another enthusiast as well.

 

And... this is what you see in Websters when you look up Fugly. Gary

 

Ford Comete -

"......................... . The bodywork was by Facel, ........................"

http://www.philseed.com/fordcomt.html