Solved - NEH 553: Special based on 1941 Ford

[Carnut]

A point awaits if you can tell me what this is called:

[Otto Puzzell]

It will never last....

[Otto Puzzell]

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[Carnut]

 

[StillOutThere]

The photo shown was taken by me in Junction, Texas.  This is a part steel, part fiberglass customized 1941 Ford.  There is no real name or identification for the car.  It was a rod and custom show trophy winner back in the 1960s in the Galveston, TX, area.   Shown sitting in the car is my friend, Geoff Howard.  As originally constructed, the car held an early Chrysler Hemi mated to the Ford manual transmission and stock Ford differential.   When I viewed the car, it had a Ford 427 installed.   That motor is also out and a small block Ford was most recently in the car and I last saw it in gray primer.

[StillOutThere]

The grille was some hand-made affair that was out of the car at the time of the photos.   

Oh, and yes, if you are thinking the windshield might be '53 and later Studebaker coupes and hardtops, yes, that was the source.

[Carnut]

Very good and thanks for all that info, which is a lot more than I had!
Actually I had a name for it, the "Flying Texas Special" but I think that just refers to where the car was unearthed recently - by a certain "StillOutThere" I believe - and it's not an official name at all.

You've now doubled your points tally!