Introduction to R&C Database Compilation & Index I have a long history and fondness for Rod & Custom magazine. This is the first magazine I purchased at age 10, and I’ve been hooked ever since. I often refer back to my collection, but find it hard to quickly lay my hands on a given article. This is for fellow HAMB members who share a love for this little magazine. This Index covers Rod & Custom Magazine from May 1953 through May 1974. I stopped at 1974 since R&C went out of print then. R&C was restarted in December 1988 and lasted until October 2014. This index is created for general reference, technical reference, research, tracing automobile histories, and genealogy. I have attempted to use a consistent categorization or article grouping scheme across all 20+ years, even though editors or previous compilations may not have used this convention. This index contains the following specific information: Title of each article along with a descriptive supplement such as club affiliation, noted customizers, past owners, professions, etc. The author’s and/or photographer’s name where space allowed. Featured vehicle year, make, model, & engine and/or engine displacement where available or where space allowed. Vehicle owner name, city and state. Where the country is other than the United States, I listed the country Product manufacturer name, city and state. Address may be included if space allowed. The month and page number of each feature article or photograph. The index is sorted by year, and a title at the top of each page indicates which year. Within each year is a series of consistent category groupings – Featured Cars, Technical, R&C Visits, Shows, etc. Within each grouping are the featured articles with the data elements described above. Note that the index does NOT include the content for recurring monthly departments such as Flatheads Forever, Arin Cee, Readers Write, etc. I have also excluded the names of participants at automotive events such as Bonneville or the Grand National Roadster Show (this may be added at a later date depending on feedback from those of you who are reading this). The index is searchable with Adobe's Reader / Free PDF Viewer. Use “Control-F” to enable a pop-up box. Enter a word or phrase and click on "next" to find the first occurrence. Click "next” again to find each subsequent occurrence, and click on the "previous" button to find earlier references. R&C Database Compilation & Index, Copyright 2016 by Richard Carroll, Lake Oswego, Oregon. All rights reserved. The author makes no claim to the underlying data contained in R&C and Hot Rod Magazines from which the index was derived. No infringement is intended or implied. 1953 ROD & CUSTOM INDEX VEHICLE / AUTHOR OWNER / FIRM CITY STATE MONTH PAGE 1953 was a partial year of publication, with issues from May through December. CAR FEATURES OVERHAULED OLDS. Barris Brothers 1951 Oldsmobile 98 convertible Frank Airheart Los Angeles CA May 10 CHARMING CHEVY. Barris Brothers 1950 Chevrolet Fleetline coupe Helen Manning Ventura CA May 18 COVER ROADSTER. 1932 Ford roadster Chuck Price Alhambra CA May 31 PICTURESQUE PICK UP 1950 GMC pickup Gil Ayala CA May 34 BEAUTIFUL 'A'. With '37 Ford V8. 1928 Ford A Roadster Don Ferrara May 50 CLASSICAL COUPE. From member of San Francisco Ramblers. 1932 Ford 3W coupe with flathead Ron Fulmer San Francisco CA May 54 TERRIFIC "T". 1927 Ford Model T with '48 flathed May 58 WHEELS A-PLENTY. '32 Ford with '36 Ford flathead 1932 Ford 5W coupe Lou Bingham CA June 8 A ROD AND A CUSTOM 1932 Ford coupe, 1947 Ford Convertible Louis Thompson Hughson CA June 12 OHIO CUSTOM. 1951 Ford Bob Pieper Cincinnati OH June 29 SALON. Barris Kustom Chevrolet convertible June 44 SALON. Cadillac custom with Marmon V16 engine Dick Songer June 45 SALON. Channeled '40 Merc from one of the best metal men. 1940 Mercury Jimmy Summers June 46 BEAUTIFUL ROAD. Bright red '27 T 1927 Ford Model T with Merc flathead Sal Macchia / Lou Banto CA June 52 RED AND RAPID. A thing of beauty / cover car 1932 Ford hardtop pickup with flathead Clarence Roderick Turlock CA July 12 DICK'S DREAM. 1947 Ford convertible Dick Burton Dayton OH July 20 LET IT RAIN, LET IT SNOW. 1933 Ford coupe with flathead Doug McNair Richmond IN July 30 ONE IN A MILLION. Sectioned Ford convertible Ford convertible Harold DeBoy Hobart IN July 38 1932 RETURN OF A ROD. Junkyard fugitive is returned to new shape 1932 Chevrolet Roadster Charles Undercuffler Berlin NJ July 60 THE WINNING COMBINATION. Father and son team car 1949 Chevrolet convertible Peter Van Zandt Aug 20 FENDERLESS BUT LEGAL. Modified pickup is under the weight limit 1927 Model T with '26 pickup bed Perley Box Altadena CA Aug 24 SAM BARRIS BUILDS A 4 FOOT KUSTOM 1941 Ford Joe Uritta Fresno CA Aug 28 WASHINGTON ROD. 1932 Ford two door sedan Ron Watts Seattle WA Aug 38 WASHINGTON CUSTOM. 1950 Ford sedan Tony Patient Seattle WA Aug 40 STREET ROADSTER DELUXE 1932 Ford roadster Ray DeFillipi CA Aug 48 LINCOLN FORD HYBRID 1939 Lincoln coupe Noah Poteet San Antonio TX Aug 50 MERCURY OF THE MONTH. A Barris Kustom 1951 Mercury Convertible Freddy Rowe Asuza CA Aug 52 MITCH'S BOMB. 1929 Ford Model A pickup with Olds engine Dave Mitchell Pasadena CA Sept 14 OUR CHEVY OF THE MONTH. Dream '49 coupe 1949 Chevrolet coupe Bob Borst Montrose CA Sept 26 KANSAS CITY ROCKET. From car club Kansas City Dragsters 1950 Oldsmobile 88 Kansas City MO Sept 33 THE POLYNESIAN. '50 Olds 88 is customized by Valley Custom 1950 Oldsmobile 88 Holiday coupe Jack Stewart OH Sept 36 A WINNER BY A HAIR'S BREADTH. A Barris Kustom Bill Bush South Gate CA Sept 56 TOP NOTCH CENTURY TOPPER, Century Toppers Club 1932 Ford 3W coupe with flathead Dick "Pop" Bundick Modesto CA Oct 14 MIGHTY WHITE AND BRIGHT Custom 1950 Ford coupe Joe Lourenco CA Oct 24 PLACID PLYMOUTH. 1932 Plymouth roadster Joe Nemie Stockton CA Oct 34 SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW. 1915 Model T Touring hot rod, flathead Ross Shelley Oakland CA Oct 46 OUTSTANDING OHIO ORIGINAL. Custom Buick 1950 Buick Super convertible Wayne Hitchcock Toledo OH Oct 52 A COUPE AND A CONTINENTAL 1930 Ford coupe, 1948 Lincoln Tom & Jean Ward CO Nov 8 ROCKETING ROD. Bent stovebolt propels deuce coupe 1932 Ford 5W coupe with '49 Olds engine Lynn Wineland Los Angeles CA Nov 14 PLENTY OF SHOW AND LOTS OF GO! Barris custom 1940 Ford coupe with '48 Merc engine Tom Hocker Oakland CA Nov 22 A SECTIONED STUDEBAKER. Sectioned Starlight coupe 1951 Studebaker Starlight coupe Charles Lacey Eagle Rock CA Nov 28 DRAGSTER TEXAS STYLE. Dub Rollins Corpus Christi TX Nov 34 GLASSPAR STUDEBAKER. Glasspar fiberglass on 1950 Studebaker Champion Dr J.T. Allen, Virginia Blewett Whittier CA Nov 40 ALAMEDA LAKESTER. Lakester with '49 Chevy engine Nov 46 PICKUP DELUXE. Customized '49 Cadillac 1949 Cadillac sedan becomes pickup Andy McNair Berkley CA Nov 52 SALT SCORCHER AT BONNEVILLE 1929 Ford Model A pickup with flathead Charles Sugden SALT Lake City UT Dec 8 RESTYLED AND RED. Mercury custom built at night 1946 Mercury convertible Dick Gnadt Los Angeles CA Dec 16 Copyright R.H. Carroll PAGE 2 1953 ROD & CUSTOM INDEX VEHICLE / AUTHOR OWNER / FIRM CITY STATE MONTH PAGE 1953 was a partial year of publication, with issues from May through December. PURPOSEFUL RESTYLING. Nevada built Mercury custom Sam Dibitonto Reno NV Dec 26 BITTERSWEET BOMB 1929 Ford Model A roadster with flathead Eugene Pereira Tracy CA Dec 38 CHIC CHEVY. New ideas and an older car are combined 1949 Buick convertible with Olds engine Rene J. Leonhard Corpus Christi TX Dec 40 A CUSTOM AT BONNEVILLE. 1939 Ford coupe Doug Rice Aberdeen WA Dec 44 FROM RAGS TO RICHES. Revitalized produce truck Ford Model A pickup with flathead Bill Walker Los Angeles CA Dec 54 FEATURE ARTICLES VEHICLE / AUTHOR OWNER / FIRM CITY STATE MONTH PAGE DRAGGIN' DEMONS. R&C visits Santa Ana dragstrip Santa Ana CA May 14 THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. Visit to Star Radiator Manufacturing Los Angeles CA May 25 ROAD TESTING A HOT 1950 CHEVY Written by California Bill Arcadia CA May 37 PRE-WAR CUSTOMS. May 62 THE FIRST JET CAR. By Spencer Murray. June 18 THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. Racing pistons from Speed-O-motive June 22 THINGS TO COME. Is this custom indicative of what the future holds? George Shilala June 34 THOSE WERE THE DAYS. History of dry lakes racing circa 1946 CA June 48 IMPRESSIONS WHILE DRIVING THE '53 OLDSMOBILE 1953 Oldsmobile 88 Holiday Coupe July 42 BARRIS KORNER. George tell us the purpose of restyling July 48 BARRIS KORNER. Let's spend a Saturday at the Kustom Shop Aug 11 A REAL DOUBLE-HEADER. Aug 44 BUILDING A CHEVMOBILE. Installing an Olds engine in a Chevy Sept 8 LET'S ORGANIZE A CAR CLUB. Helpful hints Sept 13 KROSS KOUNTRY IN A KUSTOM, by Bob Hirohata A modified Mercillac Oct 10 UPHOLSTERY BY GAYLORD. Behind the scenes Lynnwood CA Oct 18 BARRIS KORNER. Taillight designing Oct 40 NEW TREND IN DESIGN. Henry Navarro Oakland CA Oct 54 ROAD TESTING A CAD POWERED CHEVY TRUCK. 1950 Chevrolet with Cadillac engine Harold Cowles W. Los Angeles CA Nov 42 BARRIS KORNER. Grille alterations made easy Nov 54 BARRIS KORNER. The importance of trim Dec 58 OUR READER'S CUSTOMS / CAR OF THE MONTH VEHICLE / AUTHOR OWNER / FIRM CITY STATE MONTH PAGE Washington Ford 1935 Ford Roadster Ron Weiskind Seattle WA May 7 California Ford 1953 Ford sedan Byron Hanah Crockett CA May 7 Michigan Ford 1951 Ford convertible Don Lelli Detroit MI May 7 Ford Again Bill Anderson Rutland VT May 7 From the Deep South 1941 Ford convertible Russell Cressman Camp Gordon GA May 7 And They Still Come 1940 Ford Horace Mandevill, Jr Clarksburg WV May 8 Back to California Again John Dehnen Los Angeles CA May 8 A Chevy at Last 1950 Chevrolet sedan Harold Weston Winnipeg Canada May 8 Another Lehigh Valley Club Member 1938 Ford convertible Mike Rochen Allentown PA May 8 Custom Plymouth Ollie Seeley CA May 42 Custom Chevy UT May 43 Custom '37 pickup, sectioned 1937 Pickup Tommy Jamieson May 44 Barris customized Mercury Mercury Ralph Testa May 45 Customized Mercury Mercury with Cadillac top and Olds 88 engine CA May 46 Barris Kustoms reworks Chevy OH May 47 Sectioned Ford by Valley Custom Shop, metallic bronze Ron Dunn May 48 33 From Cal 1935 Ford coupe Bill Abercrombie Los Angeles CA July 8 Arizona Chevy 1948 Chevrolet 4-door J.R.