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These first photos are of it's first time out of the shop since 1977. Frame, Flathead and drivetrain had previously been rebuilt, and waiting for 13 years to see the light of day!

This car was built as a hot rod in the mid-60s to travel a daily commute between Bellville and Houston. The body was found for $50, at the time it was being used as a chicken coupe. It was fit onto a narrowed & bobbed '51 Lincoln frame with a 406 with 428 crank, Shelby cam & intake, 850 Holley, 406 cast iron headers, backed by a C6 with overdrive and 9" rear.

Car was complete with air conditioning, power steering, power brakes, power windows. The interior featured rolled iridescent green Naugahyde and the green plexiglass roof insert.

It ran my father back and forth, quickly, to work at Joe Meyers Ford on Westheimer for many years, and never got it's fenders. A  few years later, he finally got started on bodywork, and painted the grille shell and hood green. A little later, he was involved in a collision with a car sideways at the bottom of an icy overpass on I-10 in Houston. Luckily it only resulted in serious bruises, a totalled grille and hood, and a bent Lincoln frame. An original replacement grille and hood was procured within a short time after the accident.

Photo below shows original hood section salvaged from wreck, painted in ,
1956 Ford Pineridge Green Iridescent lacquer #56F31D.

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The next weekend, 3-5-05 at the Bellville Car Show,
sporting new coat of primer and some elbow grease. Chelsea is green with envy.

Second major outing Austin County Cruisers Car Show 2006
Full fendered, New bumpers brought out from hiding, are mid 1970's stock, pulled out of original wrappers.

Joe & Dorothy Olson grabbing a bite. Hood and grille ready for paint, sporting all new glass.

Here's the car the next year, sporting steel wheels and a fresher coat of primer.

To go back a few years as to where it all started, find a few pics of my father's first 32, in various stages.
Before the family grew too large to fit in the middle.

I just recently found this photo on a 35mm film negative roll in the back of the shop in a parts bin.
He was always saying about tires, that he'd "drive them 'til the air started showing."

I call this photo, "the flame", early in my parents courtship.

This was taken on one of the road trips to the Indianapolis 500.

Yes, he drove it daily for a long time. This is my older sister helping.