Bud Crackbon's 1925 Ford

Photo from The HAMB.

Bud's pickup was featured on the cover of Hop Up June 1952.

The old America's Most Beautiful Roadster award winner as it sat in 2018. Photo courtesy of James Moe.

Photo courtesy of James Moe.

Photo courtesy of James Moe.

Photo courtesy of James Moe.

Photo courtesy of James Moe.

Photo courtesy of James Moe.

Photo courtesy of James Moe.

Photo courtesy of James Moe.

Photo courtesy of James Moe.

1925 Ford Model-T Pickup owned by San Francisco Ramblers member and President Bud Crackbon.

America's Most Beautiful Roadster 1952

In 1952 the Ramblers entered seven cars in the 1952 National Roadster Show. Among them was Bud's pickup, which won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award at the show.

Sold to Woodland

In the late 1970s the car made its way from the Bay Area to a little town outside of Sacramento, California called Woodland. In 1980 Tom Jeness of Grass Valley, California bought it. When Tom bought it, the old hot rod was at a speed shop, and he bought it from a friend that worked there.

In 2018 the pickup appeared just as it did when Bud originally built it, sporting the same paint and interior as the day it won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster Award.

Magazine Features and Appearances

Hop Up June 1952
Hop Up July 1953
Rod & Custom June 1954