Ford 1952 - 1954 custom & mild custom

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Bien cool celle ci...
superbes teintes, de beaux details
la calandre de Desoto'54 ...cool

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Cette '54 me fait sauter au plafond      

Ouais, elle est vraiment chouette .  

Sublime
http://www.ebaymotorsblog.com/goodguys-cool-custom-1952-ford-victoria/1952-ford-victoria-2/

Ah oui magnifique, j’adore  au point que je vais récupérer toute les photos pour les poster ici  

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.

It has been chopped, shaved and frenched in Cadillac tail lights.
This cool car has been my fun project for some time, it still has the original 6 cylinder and automatic transmission. It is a slow and low cruiser. I had a lot of plans for this car such as a V8 conversion and transmission, shave the dash, etc....

1954 Ford Body Only choptop this car is in fair condition very good car to be restored.This is a PROJECT car

52 Ford Convertible owned and restyled by Sam Barris of Barris Kustoms. Sam built the car for his family's use. The car was fit with a hand made chrome grille that gave the car a T-Bird feeling. The grille consisted of two 1953 Ford upper bars frenched-in with one upright and the other inverted. 1955 Ford Fairlane headlight rings were used in front. The rings were paired with Buick lower rings. The hood was shaved and rounded. The stock bumper was kept in the rear. The bumper was modified by adapting a 1955 Pontiac license guard onto it and the exhaust was routed through the bumper. The character line above the rear wheel-well was lengthened into extensions housing frenched 1955 Lincoln taillights. The taillights were frenched with round rod. Reversed 1955 Pontiac side trim pieces were used to separate the two-tone Abstract Blue and Metallic Blue Mist paint job. The rear fender trim consisted of teeth from a 1953 Mercury Monterrey. Deep-flared skirts enhanced the low look of the car. It was also fitted with dual spotlights, and Dodge Lancer wheel discs. The wheel discs were modified with Eastern Auto Bullets. During the build, Sam chopped Dick Jackson's 1954 Mercury. Sam told Dick he could chop the top on his Mercury in exchange for after-hours labor on the Ford.[2]


Sam Barris' convertible was later known as the Practical Ford as it was featured on the cover of the Rod & Custom December 1955 issue with that title. In the official program for the 1955 Motorama, the car is also called "Mom's Dream Car". The car featured a full padded safety interior that was done at the family shop. It had 5 impact safety belts, baby bottle warmer on the dash, diaper bag dispenser behind the front seat. The car had also Bendix power brakes installed, double safety pushbutton doors operated only from the driver's side, and absence of external protrusions.[3]


Magazine Features

Rod & Custom December 1955
Car Craft April 1956
Trend Book 133 Custom Cars 1957 Annual
Custom Cars March 1958
Custom Cars July 1958
Custom Cars August 1958
Trend Book 197 Custom Cars 1961 Annual
Rod Action September 1975



lien de référence: http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Sam_Barris%27_1952_Ford

1953 Ford Custom
Brand new wide white wall tires
All emblems shaved + door handles
Frenched headlights and 55 Oldsmobile taillights
351 ci Ford Windsor with new Edelbrock 4 barrel carburetor
Ford C4 transmission and 8 inch rear end