1952 Ford - Jay Skow

ay Skow bought his first car, a used ’52 Ford Victoria, when he was still in high school. Using the money he saved delivering newspapers before dawn, mowing lawns in the summer, and shoveling snow during the winter, Jay bought his first car with help from his dad who haggled the price $50 below the asking price. By today’s standards, $50 isn’t a significant sum but it was huge back in 1957 and even bigger when you think about the number of lawns that have to be mowed in order to earn $50.

After a few years of ownership, Jay had his Victoria painted in colors copied from a 1959 – 1960 Rambler — Aquamist and Frost White. Jay later joined the navy and his custom Ford Victoria was put into storage. It was only after Jay’s 45th high school reunion the car came out of storage for a complete body-off restoration.



Now that the Ford Victoria is shinier than a new penny, a friend convinced Jay to enter is Ford Victoria into car shows. Jay’s first show and his first award was the Historic 25th Street show in Ogden, Utah where over 200 cars competed. That was just a warm up to Jay’s next award, the Cool Custom award at the Goodguys West Coast Nationals show where over 2,600 custom rods and cars competed in Pleasanton, California.