Lost Canadian Kustom, Have you seen it? (pics)

Been reading Pat Ganahls' new book, Lost Hot Rods, and it got me to thinking (again) about my dad's old custom. Ralph Weflen is his name, and anyone in the hobby in western Canada from the late 50's will know his name.

 The car was very well known at the time in Western Canada. Built in the late 50's at the height of the genre and it had all of the tricks you'd expect. It appeared in at least one of the small pages magazines at the time, though early on it's transformation, and in a different colour scheme: white and gold.
 It started as '56 Ford 2dr., fully customized, lowered, sectioned, channeled(if memory serves), shaved, nosed, decked, frenched front and back lights, chrome-knob grill, hand formed hood louvers (he now has a press)etc, etc. You name it, it was done, all but chopped, but he did eventualy add the full green-tinted perspex roof a la Crown Vic.
 It had the maximum amount of chrome, 4 bucket interior, in (what else?) white tuck and roll which carried on under hood, trunk and in the wheel wells. There is even a picture of him at a car show holding a trophy in a self-made white tuck and roll jacket!! He did all of the work himself (right down to making the stock rims reversed, a story in itself!), body & paint, mechanical, etc, and was a renowned upholsterer by trade. Nutana Upholstery window decals appeared on all of the top rods and customs of the area back in the day. Some of his interiors are still being shown to this day.

 An original member of the Draggins Rod and Custom car club (which will hold thier 51st consecutive annual car show this coming Easter!), he toured the car throughout western Canada, and maybe a few times into the mid western states, gathering best of shows and grand aggregate trophies where ever he went.

 In recent years he's had a '48 Plymouth 5 window, and now having finished with his '37 Plymouth pick-up, mainly having gotten tired of the lack of leg room, he's currently working on a '52 Plymouth business coupe that should be on the street soon.

 Dad sold it in about '73 or '74, after it had sat in the driveway for a number of years. I suppose he got tired of seeing it neglected while other priorities and interests took over, family, career, private pilots' license and not to mention three bratty kids and still doing the odd interior job on the side.

 If anyone remembers this car, and what became of it after about 1974 or 75, or even if you remember seeing or hearing of it, or have a picture of it, please let me know. It was last seen in on the west side of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I remember visiting the guy who bought it in about '75 or so, and it was in pieces in his garage, he had intentions to finish it, perhaps even to chop it? Never saw it again.
Below are a couple pics from about 1960, later on in the cars' transformation. Sitting next to the stock '56 sedan it's easy to spot some of the mods.



Note the roof scoop, rounded trunk corners, frenched tail lights, bumper exhaust, and of course, the Draggins plaque. Note the horizon lined with cars in perhaps the stagging area, photos were taken at a drag strip, likely in Edmonton, Alberta.