Street Rodders -- what are the best fiberglass reproductions?

[Cars On Line]

A question came up this week. We know that steel body street rods are the most desirable if they are done to perfecion. A Dearborne type all steel body would also be very desirable. But these are expensive.

For the hot rodder who wants a perfect car at a lower price the glass body cars have always been an impressive alternative. We want to know what you think about glass body builders. For instance, a Minotti built 1934-1937 Ford body is considered top quality. Coast to Coast does a beautiful job on 1936 through 1939 Ford body styles. These are high dollar glass cars.

What about Russ No More, Kilbourne, Rats Glass, Downs, Gibbons, Wescott, Outlaw, OZE, and others. How do they rank as far as quality and value?

Can you give me some input?

[Les Gainer]

From my point of view the OZE is one of the best fiberglass cars. You can see by my photo that I own one. The Minottis are great cars. I also like Coast to Coast cars but would not put them into the same class as the Minottis.

This is how I would rank the ones your listed above:
Kilbourne
Gibbons
Wescott
Outlaw
Downs
Rats Glass
Russ No More

I admit I don't know much about the Russ No More cars.