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City Hall, Vancouver BC Canada

The grill of this car intrigued me so I did a little research...

1935 Ford Phaeton restyled by Frank Kurtis and George Du Vall for the Southern California Plating Company. Known as the "Southern California Plating Delivery Truck", this was the first car/truck that wore a DuVall Windshield. The build was completed in 1936. The chassis and body were lengthened 12 inches between the front doors and rear fenders. The rear doors were welded and filled. Chad Schultz of Joe Newell's Body Shop built the lift up rear door to accommodate bumpers and other plated items, with a flat door inside. The distinctive Cord inspired grill was handmade by Frank and George out of flat brass formed into a sort of lazy Z-cross section, followed by careful bending into the curved shapes, before it was all plated. Brand new 1936 Ford front fenders, hood, and radiator shell were fit on the car before the grille was made. The car was restyled using a 1936 Cadillac front bumper, custom made rear bumper, hidden Wood Lites headlights placed in the apron between the fenders and the grille, smooth running boards and custom SoCal chrome wheel covers hiding the wire wheels. The tires had whitewalls on both sides. The padded top on the car was made by George Thomas Top Shop in Hollywood. The first pictures taken of the car shows it without the "So. Calif. Plating Co." teardrop sign attached to the sides of the padded top. Once completed the car was painted by Charles Remidi in the standard So. Cal. Plating's Sea Foam Green color.

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