Massachusetts

The Cam Snappersred of Newburyport's 1930 Ford Model A roadster was owned, built and raced by the Cam Snappers of Newburyport car club of Newburyport, Massachusetts. The build was completed in 1954.

Stuart Randall's 1930 Ford Roadster

Frank Giandomenico's 1932 Chevrolet Business Coupe

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Eugene Wentworth's 1932 Ford Roadster

Fran Bannister's 1932 Ford Roadster. Completed in 1949, Fran's roadster is one of the first hot rods of New England.

Orin Meyer's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Orin first saw the car in 1957, when it was owned by Norman Fortini of Plymouth, Massachusetts. He purchased it from Duncan Weaver around 1960, and this photo shows the coupe as it appeared in 1963.

Paul C. Bourgue Jr's 1932 Ford Pickup, of Saugus, Massachusetts.

George Smaldone's 1934 Ford 3-Window Coupe of Cranston, Rhode Island. Built by George and his buddy Ralph Potter, the build was started in 1954 and completed in 1957. George sold the car to a fellow from Cape Cod, Massachusetts in 1959.

Sebastian Rubbo's 1936 Ford Roadster of Massachusetts. Sabie started working on the roadster at age 23, in 1945. He had just gotten out of the Navy, and was inspired by the cars he saw racing at the dry lakes near where he was stationed in Southern California. The build was completed in 1946, and Sabie drove it all over the country for the next 42 years.

Donald J. Hyland's 1939 Ford Coupe

Ralph Bannister's 1939 Ford Coupe

Fred Cain's 1940 Ford coupe of Wilmington, Massachusetts. Fred's coupe was originally restyled in 1948.

Nick Dunkavich's 1940 Hupmobile roadster of Meriden, Connecticut. Nick's Hupmobile was restyled in the early 1950s. Donald Moore of Bellingham, Massachusetts bought the car in the 1960s.

Lawrence Garrison's 1940 Mercury Convertible

Wally Savage's 1949 Mercury of Westbrook, Massachusetts.

Sam Barris' 1950 Buick was found on a riverbank in Tanton Massachusetts

Robert Zepke's 1950 Ford Convertible of Hampden, Massachusetts. Robert was a member of the Strokers of Springfield hot rod club.

Arthur Bentas' Raven

Dick Kardas' 1951 Pontiac Convertible

Sonny Mazza's 1930 Ford Roadster

Sam Barris' 1950 Buick Sedanette was found a riverbank in Tanton, Massachusetts in the late 1970s.

Harry Bradley's 1951 Chevrolet Bel Air - La Jolla

Martin S. Papazian's Cordster of Worcester, Massachusetts. The first version of Martin's Cordster was completed in 1953. In 1955 the top was chopped and the car was fit with a widened laydown windshield from an MG. Martin’s objective in building the Cordster was to produce a “Sports Custom” family car. He felt that the two seater sports cars of the day were limited to people that could afford to own two cars, so he set out to create his own.

Art Fortin's 1953 Ford Sunliner Convertible, of Adams, Massachusetts, was started in 1960 and completed in 1962.

Tony Torte's 1953 Lincoln, of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Bruno and Reino Maki's 1953 Oldsmobile convertible of Fitchburg, Massachusetts was built sometime between 1953 and 1955. Bruno and Reino's father was a Finish immigrant.

Pete Stanley's 1954 Ford, of Oxford, Massachusetts.

Stan Makrush's 1955 Chevrolet Convertible of Foxboro, Massachusetts was restyled around 1957/1958. The car is known as the Gypsy.

Leroy Kemmerer's 1956 Mercury of Castro Valley, California. Leroy's Merc, also known as The Jade Idol, was restyled by Gene Winfield of Winfield's Custom Shop. The build was started in 1958, and completed in 1959. The Jade Idol became an instant hit at car shows all over the US, and it was the car that helped Gene gain national recognition as a custom car builder. The Jade Idol was sold to Billy Belmont of Dedham, Massachusetts in the 1908s.

Joe Fabbricotti's 1950 Cadillac Roadster of Mendon, Massachusetts. Joe bought the roadster from Red McCormick of East Hartford, Connecticut in the 1980s. The design of the car was inspired by the 1953 Cadillac LeMans concept car, and according to later owner Charles Marshall it was supposedly built in New Jersey in the 1960s.

Joe Previte's 1958 Chevrolet Impala

Phil Sowa's 1958 Chevrolet Impala of Fall River, Massachusetts was restyled in 1958.

Leonard T Menard's 1959 Chevrolet Corvette of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, as it appeared in 1960.

An ad for Metalflake from the 1961 Hartford Autorama Souvenir Pictorial. The new custom paint was sold and advertised by Daniel P. Falvey of Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Jack Crabbs' 1948 Buick Roadmaster of Bettendorf, Iowa. Known as the "Black Flame", ack's intent was to build and market a low scale production custom car for wealthy people, like the Kurtis Cad and the Muntz of the same time. The build was started in 1953 and completed in 1956. It was restyled by Dunshee's Body Shop. In 2014 the car was advertised for sale in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Buddy Hinman's 1931 Ford Model A Roadster of Rome, New York. The build was started in 1947 and completed in 1949, when buddy was 13 years old. Thomas Peach of Marblehead, Massacusetts owned the car sometime between 2008 and 2015.