32 ford

[OldNYJim]

4 hours ago, Claude Thibodeau said:

Hi Jim!

To my knowledge, the closest thing to a "Boydster" coupe would be the famous 33 Ford Coupe Mr. Coddington built for a customer in the early 80's, and won the Al Slonaker's  award with at the Oakland Roadster Show. The car was penned by Thon Taylor, of course. A timeless design.

Boyd also built a car for Michael Anthony, of Van Halen's fame. Testor's sold it as the "Flamed coupe" for a while. Rare and hard to come by nowadays... 

The main component of the Boydster look, aside extended nose, of course, is the sliced and tilted forward body, that considerably reduces the height of the body sides. The Alloway Speedstar and Kugel Muraoc roadsters were of the same design school. 

CT

Great info - I’m familiar with the 33 but not the others you referenced - time to do some learnin’ Thanks Claude!

[Claude Thibodeau]

3 hours ago, CabDriver said:

Great info - I’m familiar with the 33 but not the others you referenced - time to do some learnin’ Thanks Claude!

Hi Jim!

That famous coupe is also known as the VERN LUCE Coupe. And I was mistaken about the Anthony's car: it was called the FIRE ROADSTER a,d NOT the fire COUPE. 

There was also a famous 33 called THE CHROME SHOP SPECIAL, similar to the Luce coupe. but for the nose section. 

Voilà!

CT

[OldNYJim]

6 minutes ago, Claude Thibodeau said:

Hi Jim!

That famous coupe is also known as the VERN LUCE Coupe. And I was mistaken about the Anthony's car: it was called the FIRE ROADSTER a,d NOT the fire COUPE. 

There was also a famous 33 called THE CHROME SHOP SPECIAL, similar to the Luce coupe. but for the nose section. 

Voilà!

CT

To the Googlemobile!  Thanks again Claude!

[alan barton]

And I'm pretty sure the Vern Luce coupe ( The Candyman?) now resides in Australia!

Cheers

Alan