The Temple City couple were out for a ride in a car they adored: a 1931 Model A Ford with white-wall tires that they had poured so much time and money into restoring.
The husband and wife had been driving the car all day, and the husband gushed to an acquaintance that the car was “running like a top” when they stopped for dinner Monday night. But an hour later, the husband and wife were dead after their antique vehicle slammed into a tree and burst into flames less than a mile from their house.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office identified the couple as Florean Frank Izbinski, 81, and Cristina Alicia Izbinski, 67.