Jim Jacobs (customizer)

{{Short description|American Hot rodder and customizer}}

Jim Jacobs, commonly known by his nickname, "Jake', is an American Hot rodder and customizer.

Jacobs built a yellow 1933 Ford 3-window coupé featured on the cover of Custom Rod in November 1973, along with a similar '34 built by Pete Chapouris.Chapouris' '34 went on to become The California Kid.

The coincidence would lead them to form a partnership, Pete and Jake's Hot Rod Shop in Temple City, California, in 1974.[http://www.hotrod.com/events/coverage/so-cal-speed-shop-pomona/ Hot Rod Magazine online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617192502/http://www.hotrod.com/events/coverage/so-cal-speed-shop-pomona/ |date=2015-06-17 }} (retrieved 17 June 2015)