Bill Boren's Ford Model T Roadster Pick Up

An early photo of Bill’s pick up. This iteration featured a 1926 - ­1927 Ford Model T Roadster body that he ran without the turtle deck. It was powered by a flathead V-­8. Photo from The Bill Boren Photo Collection.

A rear-end shot of Bill's gow job. Photo from The Bill Boren Photo Collection.

Bill next to a later iteration of the gow job. Now sporting a truck bed, this version did also feature a 1932 Ford frame, a homemade hood, and a 1932 Ford grille shell. Running as number “220” in the A-class, we believe this photo was taken in 1948. Photo from The Bill Boren Photo Collection.

A photo of Bill with the roadster pick up on the dry lakes circa 1948. The firewall has been dressed up with a painting of a screwdriver. Photo from The Bill Boren Photo Collection.

A later version of Bill’s roadster pick up, sporting a convertible top. A few years ago, while watching a So Cal car chase on the news, Bill told Karen about a convertible he had with a removable truck bed; "He was driving one night with the top down and the cops were chasing him down Washington in Culver City. When he got to the little hill where the train tracks were, he had to reach over and grab his passenger by the belt and yank him back down into the seat. Back then the cop cars couldn't keep up with the hot rods, but dad did get caught enough to get his license suspended for too many tickets." Photo from The Bill Boren Photo Collection.

A street-legal version of Bill’s roadster pick up at a dry lakes event, running headlights and a license plate. Photo from The Bill Boren Photo Collection.

Bill ran his roadster pickup as the “Nothin’ Special” at El Mirage in 1949. Photo from The Bill Boren Photo Collection.

The timing tag from El Mirage July 24, 1949 shows that Bill Boren achieved a top speed of 103.53 MPH with his roadster pickup. Photo from The Bill Boren Photo Collection.

Ford Model T Pick Up owned and built by Culver City Screwdrivers member Bill Boren of Culver City, California.

Bill was born in St Charles, Iowa. In 1941, when he was 14 years old, there were opportunities for his parents to earn much better money in the rapidly expanding defense industry in Southern California, so the family moved out West. Living in California sparked Bill's interest in hot rodding, and he began building a gow job consisting of a 1926 - ­1927 Ford Model T Roadster body that he ran without the turtle deck. It was powered by a flathead V-­8.

Later on, the car received a 1932 Ford frame, a truck bed, a homemade hood, and a 1932 Ford grille shell.