Pick Your Phaeton

I love Richie Willett's phaeton. It's been for sale for awhile...

 

Ok, not a phaeton, but my favorite touring car is this one:



I would also love to build an A inspired by the Walt Disney cartoon Make Mine Music.

 

Yes I liked bruces 36 phaeton well enough to buy it.

 

Hands down this----

 

Would you believe, that is the first coffin-nose Cord I've ever liked.

 

And then there's this....

 

Damn, I remember when phaetons were the car to have! (late seventies) A couple of years ago my buddy Ron Olmstead asked if I would co-pilot his '35 over to LARS. Being a veteran of many years of this 110 degree roast fest in any roadster, I of couse said yes and then prepared for the worst. How frickin' nice is a big phaeton with the top up? Damn nice! We arrived at LARS with out a hair out of place!!! It's happily roaming around New Zeland these days.

 

And John Siroonian may have had a lot to do with that....

 

1926 Stude


1935 Duesey

 

Absolutely! And my buddy Ron from above. His Fat Jack built '34 was everywhere and won everything from about '78 - '80.

 

Whoa.

That Duvall Phaeton is, hands down, the best-looking Kustom I've ever seen. What a piece of work. Sounds like it disappeared in the '50s? Anybody know what happened to it?

more pics here: http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Southern_California_Plating_Company's_1935_Ford

 

4 door no waiting
love em
tk

 

Ive always liked this one myself

 

I can't pick just one... I love 'em all so DAMN MUCH!

Jake's tub was the first one I REALLY noticed.

The Santa Ana Spl changed EVEYONE'S notion of what a touring car could be.

Russ Freund's A and subsequent T nailed an era and attitude. LOVE these cars!

The drag A pictured is a big influence on where I'll be *someday* taking my own '34.

 

My friend and fellow Emperor John's 32 Aussie tub. Won best import at a local show last weekend

 

That's a handsome little bastard. Reminds me of my pit bull/chocolate lab mix for some reason.

 

Did Ford make a 2-door Touring or Phaeton?... or are the 2-door "Tubs" that are being posted all sedans with the roof cut off?

I actually like the 2-door Tubs more, especially Jake's old red one!

 

In '30 or '31 there was a two-door Deluxe Phaeton. And before '26 all the US-built touring cars had a faux driver's door.

 

I like the 39/40 Fords and Mercs myself, even if convertible sedans don't really count. Here are some from Rikster's site including Brewsir's 4 door sedan conversion.

 

one of my favorites.
Al.

 

My favorite too.

 

restored a 1929 stutz dual cowl phaeton, about 23 years ago, really loved that car and can still remember how smooth and powerful the dual plug per cylinder, 3 speed cruiser could pull you up to 60mph with ease.

 

Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't a phaeton have side curtains and if it has wind up windows it is a convertible sedan?

 

Late 70's will put a smile on your face for sure.

 

You are correct, at least as Ford called them.

 

I remember posting about this 5 odd years ago when I saw this on ebay, it is a 1937 Dodge Country Tourer

 

Phaetons are the red headed step child in the roadster family.. Glad some others love them too..

 

The DuVall Phaeton, IMO, is simply one of the best looking cars ever made.

According to Kustomrama the last known image of it was taken in 1944 and the site claims it's been gone for decades. What a shame

 

Although a Tourer not a Phaeton, I dig the subtlety of this V8 and juice brake equipped early T.

 

I'd love to post a picture of my '32 Ford phaeton I just got finished, but I can't figure out how. (We went from PC to Mac awhile back and now I can't figure out much of anything!) Any help?