PJ,
Thank you soooo much for posting the car and the build data.
We found this one off creation quite different from all other one off customs of the period.
Seems that Barris, Big Daddy and other notables in time were practicing customizing a current car into their own creation.
Seems most shaired a basic chassis and body from an original manufactures car line as their starting point and basis.
On the other hand, the greats, noted above in part, would use a 32 Ford, Model T and an aray of other major manufactured parts to create show stoppers, which they did and are the legends of today.
You will notice, if you research the concept GM 1955 Buick Wildcat II, the front designs of these 2 (one off cars ) highly resembles one another, kind of cooool in a way.
Faksta,
we agree and assume that it was built for street usage, would not doubt that it seen drag strips and was shown many times, was long lived because of the many colors that adourned its body over the past 54 years or so.
The post info that is above, is all we know about the car.
Do so hope that the origin, its name and the builder can be identified.
JOHN
