Those who are interested in automobile craftsmanship and unique builds should probably take the trip to Provo, Utah some time soon. A local auto glass repair shop owner, Jerry Woodward, is apparently going to be reopening the Museum of National Award Vehicles on the 23rd of this month. He is going to be showing off some of the cars that made him famous in the unique custom car market, including a model he calls the Thunder Rod II, which garnered the award for Most Beautiful Roadster in the Grand National Roadster Show in California in ’57.
Jerry Woodward has been building custom cars for some time now and in fact has a staggering number of craftsmanship awards under his belt: no fewer than 7 of them, to be precise. Beyond that, he also happens to be in the Car Builders Hall of Fame. Woodward’s family has long owned the facility that used to be (and shall be again) the Museum of National Award Vehicles, but it was shut for some time after the Woodwards’ main business, their auto glass repair and dealership, started taking off and needed space to expand. Hence, the Woodwards decided to focus on their auto glass repair store first and close down the museum section temporarily.
Woodward said that he decided to reopen the museum for a few years again after hearing people say over and over that they wanted to see the vehicles he had built. Many of these beautiful machines, like the Thunder Rod II, have won Jerry Woodward awards. Besides the Thunder Rod II, another classic favourite is the Vortex that he put together in the early 1960s, which sports what was at the time a very unusual set of design features that permitted Woodward to snag the Grand National Car Show award at the time.
The Woodwards’ main business, Ace & Jerry Auto Glass, was named after Woodward and his father, who was the founder of the business. The auto glass repair shop has had a long history in the area, having been opened at the start of the 1930s and gone on to maintain a strong presence in the local auto glass industry. Boasting of fine skills and craftsmanship, the business’s auto glass installers claim at least 20 years of experience in their trade, assuring customers that they can depend on the shop for quality windshield repair, windshield replacement, or other services. The company is also one of only three auto glass shops in the region recommended by the state’s Department of Transportation for those who might experience issues or require auto glass repair related to the I-15 project.
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