DEERWOOD — Cherry red with black trim and chrome in all the right places, Quint Hanson’s 1934 Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton flatbed looks as though it just rolled off the assembly line nearly 90 years later.

It probably wasn't long after the first delivery vehicle rolled out of a coachbuilder's shop that a sign painter went at its side with a brush. But this '37 Ford bears a different kind of proof, the ...