Comments on: This Car Has Everything (Apr, 1957)

By: Jen Brittingham

Jen Brittingham — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:03:21 +0000

This car was built by my grandfather….a true genius! HE now lives in an incredible house that he designed…it’s a pyramid!

By: Don Swartzwelder

Don Swartzwelder — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:36:08 +0000

Thanks for the great uplift. That car and I spent a lot of wonderful fun times together.
Perhaps you too have built a project that will stay with you forever. If so would love to
hear about it.

Don

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:46:46 +0000

Well Don you should be on Pimp My Ride, and all the modern car customizing industry should call you the father of that industry. You deserve credit.

By: Don Swartzwelder

Don Swartzwelder — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:54:43 +0000

Woops!!
Goofed up on the year
It was 53 years ago— not 84

By: Don Swartzwelder

Don Swartzwelder — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:52:58 +0000

I, the builder of the ’38 Ford Coupe is still up and going
I never thought for a second I would ever hear anything about that car
After all that was 84 years ago
My granddaughter came up with it while googling my name
Thanks for all the comments

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:50:44 +0000

“…stunning the attendant and making Don moderately happy.”

Easy there Don, you’ll give yourself a hernia!

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:53:30 +0000

That 45 rpm record player must have sounded great going over potholes.

Rick

By: wormhole

wormhole — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:22:16 +0000

And if you dont have a swanky car to stun the peasants, why not use a hammer its cheaper!!

By: Tracy B.

Tracy B. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:18:42 +0000

What about air conditioning, power steering, and power brakes? The windows better be power too. Don’t forget a TV camera to augment the rearview mirror.

By: Eliyahu

Eliyahu — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:32:54 +0000

Don’t forget… This was 1957, and the public hadn’t been fully sold on the idea that a car must be replaced every two or three years. We had lots and lots of pre-war cars in common use back then, and no one really thought anything about it. That spare tire looks like it could stand being replaced by something with tread, though.

By: gmcgath

gmcgath — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:36:30 +0000

“Gooking up”? Was that a current expression?

By: Al Bear

Al Bear — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:13:17 +0000

Nice! pimp your NINETEEN year old ride! (old enough to vote) I bet his car was worth $65.00 and with the add ons (you don’t want to 1958 know)

So, this sillyness was going on back then too! It’s a shame they didn’t have rims, because they’d be on the 38′ Ford ASAP!

And yeah! it has everything but seatbelts screw safety! it has a record playa’