A striking 1936 Ford Roadster custom

 

 

 

The Meguiar’s Inc. booth at the 2017 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show featured Jon Wright’s amazing 1936 Ford Roadster built in early custom “tail dragger” style.

for comparison this is a factory photo of a 1936 Ford Roadster

 

The bodywork which included stretching the car’s wheelbase was completed by Squeeg’s (Jerger) Kustoms in Chandler Arizona, with the chrome and final assembly completed at Wright’s Custom Chrome Plating in Grafton Ohio.

 

The car powered by a Ford 351-cubic inch Windsor engine fitted with three “deuce” carburetors was a finalist for the 2016 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster title at the Grand National Roadster show.

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Color photos by the author

Great custom paint at

the Sacramento Autorama

 

 

 

There were two cars shown at the Sacramento Autorama that brought to mind the late great Long Beach custom painter Larry Watson.

 

 

The first was this  1950 Studebaker Starlight convertible with 'seaweed' style flames which won the award for the best use of flames.

 

The rear end of Gary Pettigrew's Studebaker features some attractive pin striping.

 

 

 

Outside the CalExpo building, the author spied this 1960 Ford Thunderbird that was painted following Larry Watson's "panel painting" style.

 

 

The five-spoke mag wheels with narrow whitewalls completed the period look of this beautiful lowered "Squarebird."

 

All photos by the author