1953 Allstate a Henry J sold thru Sears catalog in 1952 & 1953. It’s been resto moded. 350 Chevy auto.

 

As teens, a buddy and I searched high and low to try and find a Henry J. You guessed it, our plan was to make a drag car.
We were already running a 55 Chevy with a fiberglass tilt nose, a two 4 barrel tunnel ram and a 4 speed. We never did find a Henry J though. They were just not that common out here

 

I don't think they are common anywhere. I'd have to look up production numbers again but I know they weren't made in big numbers. The guy who ran the Ford parts department in my area had a Henry J he built with a 289/C4 combo. It was a cute little car that he had a lot of fun with. And they do make awesome drag cars. I ran into this story yesterday when I was researching the flying car pic. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/hen...ers-small-car/

 

Do you like this?

Would you own it?

 

I like the work that was done to graft the front clip to the cab. Specifically, the hood connection and front fenders. The guy who built has talent

 

Yes, LOTS of talent but NO, I would not own it.

 

Im with atch…….I appreciate the skill, but do not like, nor would I own.

 

I'd own this oddball

 

That pickup (S-10 maybe???) with the F-100 front clip reminds me of those kits you could buy years ago to make your Thunderbird look like a shoebox Ford. Wouldn't have had one of those either.

 

going back farther....you could order the kit from JC Whitney to make your VW look like a 40 Ford

 

...or have the hood/grill of a Rolls Royce.

 

Same here.

That is cool!

 

Someone makes a kit to disguise a LS engine to look like a 390. If I ever see one of those at a cruise night I will gather every Ford owner there to perform a group simulated throw up around it for a photo shoot.
Happy New Year to all!

 

[QUOTE=kenny nunez;21733711]Someone makes a kit to disguise a LS engine to look like a 390. If I ever see one of those at a cruise night I will gather every Ford owner there to perform a group simulated throw up around it for a photo shoot.

 

LOL...too funny!! but I'm with you.
They make all sorts of "dress up" kits to disguise your SBC to look like different engine. It's fairly common to make them look like older Oldsmobile engines.
My question is, if the SBC is such a great piece of art then why are people going to so much trouble to disguise the fact that they have one....LOL