Obscure Custom #468 - Bob Zilk's 1950 Ford "Violator"

[oko94]

1958 ?

[Otto Puzzell]

No

[oko94]

Bob Zick ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Pretty obscure, wan't he? 

[oko94]

Was the builder's name Zicke ?

[Otto Puzzell]

No

[oko94]

Shall I add a letter at the end of "Zick" to find the builder's name ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Nope

[oko94]

Is the builder's name Zwick ?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[oko94]

Zicek ?

[Oguerrerob]

I don't want to spoil or take advantage of oko94 work, but

Remove one letter from his last name, and he'd share a name with a virtually unknown baseball pitcher for the  Chicago Cubs. 

Is it open to all?

[Otto Puzzell]

Zicek ?

No sir

[Otto Puzzell]

I don't want to spoil or take advantage of oko94 work, but

Remove one letter from his last name, and he'd share a name with a virtually unknown baseball pitcher for the  Chicago Cubs. 

Is it open to all?

Go for it!

[oko94]

Dzick ?

[Otto Puzzell]

No

[Otto Puzzell]

To make this a bit simpler: the last name you are looking for has the same number of letters as "Zick"

[oko94]

Isn't it in contradiction with your July 23, 2013 hint ? Or is the almost homonymous Cubs pitcher somebody else than Zick ?

Edit : is it Robert "Bob" Zilk ?

[Oguerrerob]

Zuck?

[Otto Puzzell]

Isn't it in contradiction with your July 23, 2013 hint ? Or is the almost homonymous Cubs pitcher somebody else than Zick ?

Edit : is it Robert "Bob" Zilk ?

I see your point - my clue was not well-worded.

Regardless, searching for a few other words in previous entries ("heap"; "Walla Walla") would have led to the answer.

Regardless, you found the solution!

[oko94]

Thanks for my 673rd and 674th points !