Pennsylvania

Jack McDermott's 1929 Ford Roadster

Robert and Stan Reeser's 1929 Ford Model A Roadster

Albert J Ruth's 1930 Ford Model A Roadster

Andy Kohler's 1930 Ford Model A lakester of Cogan Station, Pennsylvania. The build was completed in 2016.

Allen R. Mathews' 1932 Ford Roadster

Bill Kelly's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe of Warminster, Pennsylvania. The first version of the coupe was built in 1948.

Chas and Everett McFarland's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe

Jack Bonholtzer's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe

Joe & Gus Gasper's 1932 Ford Roadster

Joe Smith's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe

John A. Good's 1932 Ford Woody Wagon

Laverne A. Stetzer's 1932 Ford 5-Window coupe of York, Pennsylvania. The car, known as the York Coupe was built by Glen "Rudy" Rudisill and his father at G.E. Rudisill & Sons in 1957.

Robert E. Roeder's 1934 Ford - The Roeder Sport Custom

Harry Fry's 1937 Ford cabriolet of Spring City, Pennsylvania. Harry was a member of the Brick Dusters of Spring City car club, and he ran a paint shop called Fryer's.The Ford was completed in the early 1960s, and Jack owned it until he passed away in 2002.

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George Rice's 1939 Ford Tudor

Kalle Jonasson's 1939 Mercury Convertible of Costa Mesa, California. Originally restyled in the 1940s or the 1950s. An earlier iteration of Kalle's Mercury was supposedly spotted in Lynwood, California in 1958. By 1963, it had been repainted in Green Metalflake, and an old photo shows it sitting at a car dealership in San Diego. Kalle bought the car in May of 1978 and spent two years restoring it, giving it his own look. Theodore Bakayza of Pennsylvania bought the car in July of 1980.

Dan Guguirrer's 1940 Ford Convertible

Louie Erk's 1940 Mercury Convertible of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Blaine Rockhold's 1941 Cadillac Convertible

W. B. Buckman's 1941 Ford, of Pennsylvania

Frank Layman's 1941 Lincoln Zephyr Convertible of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Restyled by Frank, the build was started in the late 1940s, and completed around 1950 - 1951.

The Rotzell 46 is sport custom built by Ed Rotzell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The build took 3 months, and it was completed early in 1946.

Raymond Jones' 1947 Studebaker Convertible was restyled around 1947.

Raymond Jones' 1948 Cadillac

Frank Layman's 1948 Packard convertible of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Frank ran a body shop in Pittsburgh named Frank's Garage. The Packard was his personal driver, and it was restyled in 1953.

Glenn Stauffer's 1949 Chevrolet Convertible

Chas Haggert's 1949 Ford Convertible

Jim Green's 1949 Ford F-1

Rod Bullock's 1949 Ford Convertible

Ed Rotzell's SCOLF is a sports custom built by Ed Rotzell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in the early 1950s, the rear end of the SCOLF was inspired by the 1951 GM LeSabre concept car.

Art Glah's 1949 Oldsmobile Convertible

Raymond Jones' 1949 Pontiac

Junior Conway's 1950 Ford was sold to Natrona Heights in the 1960s.

Melvin D'Loss 1950 Ford Convertible

A Cadillac that Joe Sherlock used to see in his Northeast Philadelphia neighborood. Restyled in the early 1950s, the car was a rolling advertisement for the owner of Sam's Auto Body. It ran vanity plates that read "SAMS CAR," and the rear of it was influenced by the GM LeSabre.^[1]

Fred Rowe's 1951 Mercury Convertible, of Los Angeles, California was built by Barris Kustoms and completed in 1953. It was featured in the movie Running Wild along with Bob Hirohata's 1951 Mercury. Bill Layman of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania bought the old custom in 1988. After buying it, he restored it back to how it appeared in 1954 The restoration was completed in 1989.

Vince Ciganik's 1953 Ford Convertible of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Vince was a member of the Rev-Masters car club, and the mildly customized Ford was his high school ride in 1958.

The 1953 Hansen Cobra was offered for sale in pennsylvania.

Bill Layman's 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Bill's Chevrolet was built as a tribute to Duane Steck's 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air, better known as the Moonglow. it was completed in 1988.

Al Peirish's 1954 Ford Skyliner of Inglewood, California was restyled by Don Roberts of Bear Custom Shop in 1962. Al entered the US Air Force in October of 1964. He was stationed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he drove the Ford back and forth 8 times between Inglewood and Pittsburgh.

Tommy Henderson's 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan of Caledon, Ontario, Canada. Henderson, a member of the Roadmates Car Club, bought the car in original condition in 1960. He spent the next 18 years working on it before selling it to a fellow in Pennsylvania in 1978. The car was known as The Green Machine.

Bill Layman's 1954 Mercury of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Inspiration for the build came from Dick Jackson's 1954 Mercury. Bill's Merc was completed in 2005.

Barry Atkins' 1955 Chevrolet of Columbia, Connecticut. The car was supposedly restyled in 1958, but the original owner and builder are unknown. Barry bought the old custom from Red McCormick of East Hartford, Connecticut in the early 1980s. He restored and restyled it further before he sold it in 1984. Dennis Pluck of Pennsylvania bought the car in 2004.

W. Frantz' Sport Custom

Chuck O'Malley's 1956 Dodge Convertible of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania was restyled at least three times between 1958 and 1963. This is the first version, that made its debut in 1958.

Chuck O'Malley's 1956 Dodge Convertible of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania was restyled at least three times between 1958 and 1963. This is the third version as it appeared in 1963.

B. V. Ronco's Volkswagen Custom, of Pennsylvania

Joe Wolf's Hollywood Speed Shop of Reading, Pennsylvania was started by Joe Wolf in the 1940s.

Joe Castro's 1955 Ford Thunderbird of Hayward, California. Known as "The CandyBird," Castro's Thunderbird was restyled by Joe Bailon at Bailon's Custom Shop in 1957. The CandyBird is believed to be the second car to have been painted Candy Apple Red. The first being Jerry Sahagon's 1951 Chevrolet. Arthur Howard of Villanova, Pennsylvania bought the old custom in 1991.

David DiRico's 1955 Pontiac custom of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The build was completed in 2010, and David owned it for about a year before he sold it.

The 7th annual Sled Fest was held April 29, 2017 in Duncannon, Pennsylvania.

The 1955 Debonnaire Convertible, designed by Phillip Egan and built by Replac Corporation, showcased a unique fiberglass body on a 114-inch wheelbase Ford chassis. Debuted in Motor Trend July 1955, it blended sports car allure with American boulevard cruiser style. Production ended abruptly after just six units due to a factory fire in 1956. In 2023, this Debonnaire was owned by Jim Thorpe and Paul Sable of Pennsylvania.