American Sports Customs
Chattanooga Motor Festival
October 11-13, 2024
Sport Custom Definition
Handbuilt American two-place sports cars built from the mid 1940s thru 1960. Sport customs were usually constructed on a production car chassis with some modification. The rarest of these cars were called “Customs” and were complete original design. Others were known as “Restyled” using original factory sheet metal but highly modified. Materials used for the body were aluminum, steel or in the 1950s fiberglass. The one-page article (A Brief History of the Sport Custom) below by Ken Gross published in Motor Trend Classic in 2012 provides an excellent overview.
15 Potential Cars
1954 Woodill Wildfire – Richard Atwell
1950 Templeton Saturn: Bill Grant
1955 Victress C3 Coupe: Clarke Taylor
1952 Glasspar G2: Tom and Barb Chandler
1953 Maverick Sportster – Tom and Barb Chandler
1952 Lancer: Joel Driskill
1954 Allied Swallow “Multiplex” Coupe: Darren and Julie Crispin
1957 LaDawri Conquest: Jack Farr – talked to on 7/15/2024
Yes Will Attend
1958 Lloyd Custom Roadster: Derek Moore and Christine Bobco – sent application on…
1950 Jewell: Richard and Gina Brown
1949 Panache: Geoff Hacker
On Hold
1953 Traveler: Eddie Zimmerman – on hold for now
1955 Victress C2 – Mike Leicester – on hold
Cannot Attend
1955 Debonnaire: Paul Sable