Jimmy Summers performed some of the body work on this great early customized truck.
The later version had "regular" headlights instead of the hidden version used when the car was first built. Jimmy did those headlights and is by some also credited for the rest of the body work.

The Rodders Journal issue #36 has an excelent story on the truck by Pat Ganahl.

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This '38 Buick was started and completed between late 1940-early 1942 in the Los Angeles area. The car's original owner - Richard Meade - who attended the fine arts college seen in the background of the photographs. Note the beautiful full fadeaways, chopped top, '41 Buick taillights, '42 Buick bumpers, etc. The car was blue-black lacquer. Richard remembers the car being built by both Jimmy Summers and Coachcraft. The car apppears in the ealiest edition (1944) of the Custom and Restyle book by Dan Post.

Car Classics magazine claims this early 40's custom is a Jimmy Summers creation. The body is chopped, channeled the front and rear fenders raised and full fadeaway fenders created. Headlights are 1939 Ford units. Bumpers are from a 1941 Ford. These photo's where taken in 1945