It all started with Glove Boxes and Gas Caps
From humble beginnings in Southern
California to a bigger home in Southern
Oregon, Bob Drake Reproductions has
always been built on a dream. Most
people wish they could turn their
hobby into a profitable business, and
Bob Drake managed to do just that. He
took his passion for early Fords and his
concern over the lack of decent parts
available to restore those legendary
cars and saw an opportunity.
Bob and his wife Pat started out producing glove boxes
for 1933-34 Fords in their garage in Woodland Hills, CA.
Then he developed his famous early Ford locking gas
caps and soon the business outgrew the space he had
at home. In the mid-seventies the business was moved
into a facility in Canoga Park, CA, where he continued
to expand his growing line of early Ford parts. In the
early days he traveled the west and beyond to swap
meets, car shows and parts stores to sell his goods.
Bob assembling
one of his
famous locking
gas capsBob in front of
the Canoga Park
facility in