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Thanks.  I did email the SCTA website with pics and info, as well as AHRF and many other sites...something should pop up...

ROB

Seen this on a few other boards...Superb fabrication and clean work!

ROB

Hey no problem with some old fashioned ribbing here...

I just hate the usual drama that happens on so many boards....

I'm looking forward to learning here.



Also, here is a picture of my newest project; a '29 Ford roadster on original '32 rails that have been boxed with a Model A front crossmember, split '40 wishbones and a dropped axle, and tube crossmembers.  I had been collecting everything to build a very hardcore, period-correct 1940s '32 Ford truck, but just recently traded the cab and shortened '32 bed and some other goodies for this real '29 roadster body.  It needs some work, and my '50 will be finished first, but I have everything for this: '46 59AB flathead, '42 Ford truck trans. (open drive), '47 Ford truck rearend (open drive with 4:11), '34 Ford passenger car column and box and wheel, '35 Ford 16" wires on Firestone blackwalls, original '32 car grill shell...

I'll keep you all up to date...

ROB

'49-'50 Ford taillights

louvered hood with 4" louvers...

front:

this is a late '32/early '33...note the shape of the firewall is like a '33-'34 Ford truck...

And here is the truck I am trying to find any sort of history on- a '32 Ford truck that a friend of mine just bought down in San Diego.  It was built in the early-mid '50s and owned by a man named * Miller...

Supposedly, * Miller died at El Mirage while racing, and we believe he flipped his '32 roadster and died then, or maybe another accident...(not sure)

I just thought maybe you, or anybody you know, might have some kind of information on this truck.


I attached some pictures for reference, and here is the information:

-Owned by * Miller and used to tow his '32 Ford roadster to El Mirage.  
-'32 Ford truck
-full fendered
-full length bed with '49-'50 Ford passenger car taillights
-chopped 3"-3.5" with the rear glass brought down (instead of mailslotted)
-louvered hoodsides with 2 rows, and the bottom row being longer
-had a tonneau cover at one time (the snaps are still there)
-chrome dropped axle
-truck was painted yellow with black pinstriping
-the dash has 3 Stewart Warner gauges inside
-had chrome headlights and chromed headlight bar
-chromed towhitch for his roadster
-Columbia 2 speed rear axle


The truck originally had a built flathead, then a Caddy and it is still set up for the Caddy motor but has no motor in it.  It is also missing the grill shell.

The driver's doorjamb has a Texaco sticker on it dated 7/14/56

Truck was featured in 2 magazines in the 1950s, but we are not sure which ones...

THERE HAS TO BE SOME HISTORY ON THIS TRUCK OUT THERE SOMEWHERE!!!

Or at least on * MILLER...

Thank you very much for your time and please email me at chopt50@msn.com with even the slightest bit of info...

Rob Radcliffe
Temecula, CA

A while ago before I molded in the '50 Merc grill shell...

I plan to run a '48 Buick sidetrim spear just like the Sam Barris green '49 Merc on the cover of Motor Trend.

I want this car to look like it came off of the Barris or Valley Kustoms lot in the early to mid '50s...

Started to french in the '52 Merc headlights...

front:

Hello!  This is Rob Radcliffe from Temecula, Ca and I this is my first post here, so go easy on me...hopefully I have some tings to offer to the board.

I have a small kustom shop called King Kustoms in Temecula, Ca, specializing in '49-'51 Fords and Mercs.  I'm not trying to spame here or promote my business, just thought I would mention it...

Here is my '50 Ford which I built from a bone stock '50 tudor sedan I bought at the Big 3 swap in San Diego, CA about 3 years ago.  I completely rebuilt this car from a burned out total wreck which I used the frame, motor, trans, rearend from.  I chopped it and bagged it myself, as well as all bodywork and mechanicals to date.  It will be gloss black with an all red interior.

check out my site here for more:
www.kingkustomstemecula.com

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I am also trying to find any sort of history on a '32 Ford truck that a friend of mine just bought down in San Diego.  It was built in the early-mid '50s and owned by a man named * Miller...

Supposedly, * Miller died at El Mirage while racing, and we believe he flipped his '32 roadster and died then, or maybe another accident...(not sure)

I just thought maybe you, or anybody you know, might have some kind of information on this truck.


I attached some pictures for reference, and here is the information:

-Owned by * Miller and used to tow his '32 Ford roadster to El Mirage.  
-'32 Ford truck
-full fendered
-full length bed with '49-'50 Ford passenger car taillights
-chopped 3"-3.5" with the rear glass brought down (instead of mailslotted)
-louvered hoodsides with 2 rows, and the bottom row being longer
-had a tonneau cover at one time (the snaps are still there)
-chrome dropped axle
-truck was painted yellow with black pinstriping
-the dash has 3 Stewart Warner gauges inside
-had chrome headlights and chromed headlight bar
-chromed towhitch for his roadster
-Columbia 2 speed rear axle


The truck originally had a built flathead, then a Caddy and it is still set up for the Caddy motor but has no motor in it.  It is also missing the grill shell.

The driver's doorjamb has a Texaco sticker on it dated 7/14/56

Truck was featured in 2 magazines in the 1950s, but we are not sure which ones...

THERE HAS TO BE SOME HISTORY ON THIS TRUCK OUT THERE SOMEWHERE!!!

Or at least on * MILLER...

Thank you very much for your time and please email me at chopt50@msn.com with even the slightest bit of info...

Rob Radcliffe
Temecula, CA