Vintage photos....Awesome!

It’s a good guess that the man on the left is Robert A. Boyer, who headed Ford’s soybean and plastics research from 1930 to 1945, and who later invented soy protein-based synthetic meat, an indirect result of experiments (cut short by World War II) in creating synthetic wool out of soybeans while he was still at Ford. “We tested the wool fabric for salt content and other factors and one day – I’ll never forget it – it occurred to me that if we could make something for the outside of man, why not for the inside,” Boyer told Ralston Purina Magazine in 1970.

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wantacad said:

This is a badass thread. :thumbup:

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Perhaps the car was bought in California, or the builder visited CA and got inspired with the looks of the early customs there.

Its all there. Nash grille, low mounted 1939 Chevy? headlights. DeSoto Ripple bumpers, fender skirts, ripple disk hubcaps and door handles removed...

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