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Title: Monty448 - Solved: The Shampoo Truck by Joe Bailon, based on '49 Ford
Post by: el_monty on May 23, 2019, 07:31:17 AM
Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please tell me who made this car and what it's known as.

Don't be naughty! Stay away from Google Search by Image, kids.
Title: Re: Monty448
Post by: el_monty on June 10, 2019, 02:46:50 AM
Up to the Experts.
Title: Re: Monty448
Post by: richard cuyler on June 15, 2019, 12:45:09 PM
Is this just a rendering or a real photo? I think it may be based on a 1950 Ford convertible or an Aussie 1950 Ford Ute......not really sure. ???
Title: Re: Monty448
Post by: el_monty on June 15, 2019, 04:53:15 PM
It is a real car and a real photo, taken in a studio in pristine conditions. You are right about the base, it's circa 1950 Ford, but since that was not part of the question it's not enough for a lock, sorry.
Title: Re: Monty448
Post by: richard cuyler on June 17, 2019, 11:19:17 AM
From the USA?
Title: Re: Monty448
Post by: el_monty on June 18, 2019, 03:26:24 AM
Yes.
Title: Re: Monty448
Post by: richard cuyler on June 18, 2019, 08:16:21 AM
Is it by Rick Hoving Kustoms in Sacramento?
Title: Re: Monty448
Post by: el_monty on June 18, 2019, 09:12:18 AM
Quote from: richard cuyler on June 18, 2019, 08:16:21 AM
Is it by Rick Hoving Kustoms in Sacramento?
No.
Title: Re: Monty448
Post by: fyreline on June 18, 2019, 09:46:18 AM
Took me quite a while to find it - but I remembered seeing this car featured in a series of color photographs somewhere on the web some time ago. This is "The Shampoo Truck", a customized 1949 Ford originally done in 1954 by Horace Davi & Joe Bailon. Apparently Davi owned a hair shampoo company, hence the name.  It sat in storage for many years until recently restored.
Title: Re: Monty448
Post by: el_monty on June 18, 2019, 09:55:25 AM
You got it! Davi was the client and originator of the idea, and Bailon carried out the conversion according to his wishes. This was 3 years before Ford started making the Ranchero.
Title: Re: Monty448 - Solved: The Shampoo Truck by Joe Bailon, based on '49 Ford
Post by: sixtee5cuda on February 05, 2022, 11:13:13 AM
Early images of the Betty Elizabeth Shampoo truck: