Any Old California guys Know this car ?

The story I have on this car it was Summers built in 1946 and was sold to a GI on his way home from Korea and driven to Ohio in 1951 .Was Maroon in color

 

Ill trade you my left nut for it.

 

holy shit, tell us your saving it!!!!!

 

it not sectioned but wheel wells moved up ,check custom work on the sides chopped and has early jag fenders with 73 ford head lites had a packard grille which was stolen a long time ago

 

DAMN!!, yr getting it right???!!

 

Sooooo are you going to get it ?, maybe one of your pals?, or is the current owner going to restore it some day ? DETAILS !,... We need DETAILS !!

 

You need to contact "Rikster" and visit this thread, this might be a Jimmy Summers Custom.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108801

 

no owner will not part with it but did find this there too

 

Man do believe that is it

 

Too bad it was left to the elements, it was a beautiful custom. Hope someone can save it. The FOGGER

 

Yeah,.. I do to,..... In fact I am about 99.9% positive !







Rikster is the man that deserves the credit for the information on this car,....

 

It does look like the 36 BUT in the pic I don't see deck lid....................
Same Frenched lisence plate, same tail lites, same rear bumper, bingo..........
Gotta be the same..............
To European looking for my taste .......................
Looks like the corner of the pic was cut out................. hiding something?
Nice find no matter how ugly it is............

 

whoa, that things doesn't seem to have a scrap of paint left on it - too bad.

 

Sorry but that is simply an disaster. All customizers were not artists. This proves it.

 

BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder.

Some one need to try to save it...

 

WOW!!!! WOW... still shacking behind my computer.

YES that is the Jimmy Summers 1936 Ford Coupe... And YES that car needs to be saved. The owner needs to be convinced he needs to put that car inside or restore that car, or better (since he already let it sit outside way too long) to sell it to somebody who knows how to take care of it.
This is one of the very few Jimmy Summers built customs left over. Ofcoars there is his own 1940 Merc convertible But this one is nice.
Sure its a bit odd looking - to some -, but it is a very early built and builders where experimenting a lot in those days.

Custom car enthusiast need to get in contact with the owner...

PLEASE!!!!!

 

the fenders are stuffed inside that is it Built in 1946.Early early custom

 

What does the guy plan to do with it? how long has he had it?

 

My friend who has since past told me he use to see it running around town when he was a kid in the 50's and it was maroon the owner tried to get a body shop to restore it and they laughed at him so my other friend told him to bring it on down store it at his place been there for I know 15 years

 

15 years? Looks more like about 40 unless he stripped all the paint off before dropping it off. That is some pretty heavy rust. That metal has got to be getting thin.

 

Its to bad its a field car.. I dont understand why people that know what they are cannot put these things high up out of the dirt.. on top of another car would be a good place.. let a new on rott..

 

That can be beautiful again and truely deserves to be

 

id offer to clean it up and cover it with a tarp for him, even though i wouldnt be buying it i still wouldnt want to see it go to the bugs.,,

 

tarps do more damage.... cut the grass around and put a cosco car port cover over it. Its a shame he wont part with it.

 

Might be? It obviously IS!

 

The oddness in appearance, in my mind, is simply that the car sits too high in the front in those old photos which makes the 37-39Std. headlamps look like they're pointed skyward.
A little suspension magic and a fella could have a really nice, historical, and unique custom that does look good.
Definitely needs saving and resurrection.

 

Man, I hate to see a piece of history treated like that.

What a shame.


CBB

 

Its enough to make you cry, way too important a car to see like that. This is history that will never be seen again unless its saved now.
Doc,

 

Wow, it would be nice to see that car back on the road. Keep us updated.

 

Is the owner/storer/you at least interested in getting it stored up off the ground and in a less damage prone area? Even if the current owner wants to just let it sit and rot, it would be nice if it was done with saving it in the future by someone else in mind. It's just to historical of a car to see it go to waste....