Jon,

One of the pictures I have is a black and white at the Cleveland autorama in the '60s.  It is sitting next to what looks like a Rat rod or Barris glass body car.  What I know about the car is that a guy named Paul Wharton who was a plant manager at Fruehauf Corp brought the unfinished car here from Calf. when he got transferred. He was transferred again and sold it to my Grandfather because he was tired of hauling it around the country, my dad then finished it, drove it and showed it.  My dad was one of first Porsche VW certified mechanics in northeast Ohio. He also had a dealership called American Imports he sold the first Datsun in the Midwest.  He also sold Griffiths, wish I had one of those as well.  The car's nickname was, "Katsass."  It  is built on a Buick chassis with a corvette front suspension and grill. Its powered by a Buick Nailhead V8 with 6 Stromberg 90 carbs, 3 speed manual gearbox.  It has Chrysler true spokes with P.A. turnpike 500 tires.  The steering wheel was custom made to open up to make getting in and out possible,
The interior was also all custom made.

Dino Grondin