Impact (custom car)

Impact is a custom-built 1934 Ford roadster built by Richard Berg. It won the 2001 America's Most Beautiful Roadster award.

Impact
Overview
ManufacturerRichard Berg
Model years1934
DesignerFord
Body and chassis
ClassRoadster

History

Impact was inspired by Ron Whiteside's 1934 3-window.[1] Whiteside began building his '34 in 1986. He showed pictures to Boyd Coddington, asking Coddington to finish it, hoping to have a Ridler Award-winning project.[2] Chip Foose, who worked for Coddington at the time, also saw the pictures, and conceived a sister car, a '34 roadster, for Betty DiVosta, whose husband Buz owned two other Coddington creations.[3]

Then, as a result of the failure of Boyds Wheels, Coddington's rod shop closed. The unfinished roadster was sold at auction to Berg, who completed it as Impact.[1]

Impact was entered in the 2001 Oakland Roadster Show. It won that year's America's Most Beautiful Roadster award.[1][4]

References
  1. Geisert, Eric (July 2003). "Ron Whiteside's Ridler Winner". Street Rodder. p. 80.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. It would be featured in Geisert (2003), pp. 78-82, and won the 2003 Ridler.
  3. Geisert (2003), pp. 79–80.
  4. "Oakland Roadster Show winners". Retrieved November 15, 2018.

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