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Channel - to lower the body by cutting out the floor, spreading the body, and dropping it around the frame rails. According to Motor Life May 1955, Jimmy Summers is credited for the first body channeling.[1]
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How-To-Do Article - Valley Custom Channeling a 1939 Mercury
Channeled Cars
Dave Patton's 1924 Ford Model T Roadster
Paul Schiefer's 1925 Ford Model T Roadster
Dean Batchelor's 1927 Ford Model T Roadster
Louis Banto and Jack Perre's 1927 Ford Model T Roadster
Louis Banto and Sal Macchia's 1927 Ford Model T Roadster
Joe Brienza's 1929 Ford Model A Coupe
Kenny Smith's 1929 Ford Model A Roadster
Thomas Dannerbauer's 1929 Ford Model A Roadster
Cam Snappers of Newburyport's 1930 Ford Model A Roadster
Dick Ceola's 1930 Ford Model A Truck
Henrik Forss' 1930 Ford Model A Coupe - Hollywood Howler
Junichi Shimodaira's 1930 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan - Rod Riguez
Bengt Wennergren's 1931 Ford Model A Roadster
Buddy Hinman's 1931 Ford Model A Roadster
Gil Granucci's 1931 Ford Model A Coupe
Joe Tully's 1931 Ford Model A Coupe
Martin Oja's 1931 Ford Model A Coupe
Mike Brodski's 1931 Ford Model A Coupe
Allan Fielding's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Norman Kopp's 1932 Chevrolet Coupe
Bill Kelly's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Bruce Olson's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Charles Crowther's 1932 Ford Roadster
Conrad W. Jacobs' 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe - "The Klondyke Koupe"
Don Broyles' 1932 Ford Roadster
Jacques Bechard's 1932 Ford Roadster
Johnny Bierfeldt's 1932 Ford Roadster
Jon Grinager's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Laverne A. Stetzer's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe - The York Coupe
Max Magness' 1932 Ford Cabriolet
Mikael Blomberg's 1932 Ford Roadster
Orin Meyer's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Sid Kayman's 1932 Ford Roadster
Wayne Knudson's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Deaner Probst's 1933 Ford Cabriolet - Lil' Dough
Ron Price's 1933 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Bill Smith's 1934 Ford Roadster Custom
Bob Peterson's 1933 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Darrol Finger's 1934 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Darryl Harvey's 1934 Ford Roadster
George Smaldone's 1934 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Joe Brienza's 1934 Ford Convertible - The Brienza Special
Ray Ellis' 1934 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Rick Menz' 1934 Ford Tudor Sedan
Ron Maxwell's 1934 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Shaun Miller's 1934 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Tommy Henderson's 1934 Ford Cabriolet
Alf Rasmussen's 1936 Ford Convertible
Bruce Brown's 1936 Ford
Buddy Hinman's 1936 Ford Cabriolet
Sebastian Rubbo's 1936 Ford Roadster
Glenn Johnson's 1937 Ford Coupe
Arthur Lellis' 1939 Ford Convertible
Bill Pearce's 1939 Ford Convertible
Dave Facey's 1939 Ford Coupe
Harry Keiichi Nishiyama's 1939 Ford Convertible
Jerry Moffatt's 1939 Ford Convertible
Augustus Eberman's 1941 Chevrolet Coupe
Bob Creasman's 1940 Ford Coupe
Fred Cain's 1940 Ford Coupe
Nick De Simon's 1940 Ford Coupe
Paul McGill's 1940 Ford Convertible
Ted Graziano's 1940 Ford Sport Custom
Tim Morton's 1940 Ford Pickup
Bernie Mordawski's 1940 Mercury Convertible
Jimmy Summers' 1940 Mercury Convertible
John Vara's 1941 Ford Convertible
Al Andril's 1940 Mercury Coupe
Johnny Zaro's 1940 Mercury Coupe
Jack Telnack's 1941 Mercury Convertible
Martin S. Papazian's Cordster
Peter Brock's 1946 Ford Convertible - The Fordillac
Jack Crabbs' 1948 Buick Roadmaster - The Black Flame
Lloyd C. Hammond's 1949 Ford - The Majestic Lady
Nick Cozzitorto's 1952 Ford F-1 Pickup
George Barris' 1955 Chevrolet Truck - The Kopper Kart
Ivan Peroff's 1956 Buick Century
Dave Stuckey's 1965 Pontiac Catalina
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