Recurring Dream

A Classic ’34 Vicky With Cool 327 Fuelie Power

- Tim Bernsau

“Ever since I was a youngster, I dreamed of owning a Vicky,” David Farmer says. This ’34 Ford Victoria is proof that he never gave up on his dream. Actually, he did give up on it for a while, but it was a recurring dream that came back to him a few years ago. This time it didn’t go away. 

David’s first attempt to find a ’33 or ’34 Vicky was almost 30 years, when he and his wife, Peg, searched seven states for the right car. Nothing turned up so David and Peg ended the pursuit, drove home to Merced, California, and stopped looking. What they didn’t know was that the car of their dreams was hidden in a barn two hours away. In the ’40s it had been owned by a young man who never returned from World War II. In the following years, that barn began falling down and the ’34 Vicky inside began deteriorating. 

David and Peg didn’t let their unsuccessful search keep them from building a street rod. David was impressed by a ’32 coupe built for Edelbrock by Brizio Street Rods, and decided that he’d like a Deuce five-window and that Roy Brizio should build it. The success of that car revived the dream of owning a Vicky. In 2014, David and Peg saw a classified ad for a ’34 Victoria. The owner had planned to build it, but never got around to it. The car was in Oregon, rescued from a dilapidated barn in Northern California. Without hesitation, the Farmers agreed on the phone to buy the Vicky. Once the Farmers got the car back to California, David tore it apart and asked Roy Brizio to build it.