Bob Drake Reproductions, Inc.

Bob Drake has been fascinated by cars since his boyhood years in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was introduced to body and paint work by his father, and his first love was a 1934 Ford Victoria that caught his eye as a young boy and he chased the rare old Ford down the street in fascination. “Why did the doors open backwards?” he wondered. Bob began studying and learning more and more about early Fords as they became very popular with both hot rodders and restorers. In his final year of high school, his family moved to southern California where he graduated from Culver City High School in 1962 and began working there as a draftsman for Ampex Computer Products.