Paul Sylva's roadster, painted and striped by Von Dutch, with Ardun heads, just was featured in the Winter 2011 issue of Traditional Rod and Kulture Illustrated, and sold at auction

Run at Bonneville in 53 and 53, and drag raced at San Gabriel, it was held onto by Don Ferguson for 40 years, until Aug 2011 RM Auction in Monterey.
above images from http://www.insideline.com/ford/von-dutch-painted-1927-paul-sylva-modified-roadster-to-cross-auction-block.html

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d9efca7c#/d9efca7c/202

for more info and vintage photos of it in the 1950's: http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Paul_Sylva's_1927_Ford