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In the Works – Gary Emory 1939 Ford
GARY EMORY 1939 FORD Gary Emory, son of the legendary Custom Car builder and co-founder of the Valley Custom Shop, Neil Emory, is working on his tribute to the Valley Custom Shop Custom 1939 Ford...
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Memo Ortega Stories Part 23
1950 CHEVY EVIL WAYS Memo Ortega customized many cars since he first started in the 1950’s. He created this chopped 1950 Chevy Fleetline, a nice mix in styles, for his long time friend Richard...
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The Ayala covers
AYALA COVERS Gil Ayala’s Auto Body Works never had as much magazine exposure as the Barris shop had. Gil was always hard at work, not spending the time George Barris spend on promoting the business...
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Wally Welch 1951 Pan Pacific winner
WALLY WELCH TAKES BEST CUSTOM WITH HIS AYALA 1950 MERCURY The second Petersens Motorama show was held in November 1951. The show was open to the public from November 7 till the 11nd. Just like the...
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Larry Watson Cadillacs Part Two
LARRY WATSON CADILLACS Part two Part two in the series of photos of Cadillacs custom painted by Larry Watson. Very colorful and amazing photos from Larry’s Personal Photo Collection. This is the...
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That Illustrious Sanguine 1940 Merc 2
© by Michelle M. Yiatras Timechanic ™ (Nick Matranga – That Illustrious Sanguine ’40 Merc! – original written February, 2014) Part two Due to the length of this article from Michelle, we have split...
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1954 San Jose Show Photos
1954 SAN JOSE SHOW PHOTOS Color photos of the early 1950’s car shows are pretty rare, so it was really great when Joe Hickenbottom shared some never before seen color snapshots on his Facebook,...
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CCC the first two years
CUSTOM CAR CHRONICLE the first two years Early July 2013 we, my wife, our technical guy Libsky and myself hit the PUBLISH button for the very first time, the Custom Car Chronicle was ON-LINE. In...
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Confessions of a Conquistador Part Two
CONFESSION OF A CONQUISTADOR part two Color always has held a big fascination for me. The metallics in lacquer especially were attractive. I loved to sit down and just page through the paint chip...
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Mercs that will appear at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH MERCURYS Ken Gross has officially announced the 7 1949-1951 Mercurys that will be part of the Mercury display at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours. August 16 is getting closer, and the...
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56 Monterey Kar Kapades
1956 KAR KAPADES SHOW Marcus Edell has been sharing some really great photos on the Vintage Car Show Photos Facebook Group. Recently he shared these photos taken at the 1956 Kar Kapades show in...
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Golden Sahara Sieberling Advertising
FEATURE STAR THE GOLDEN SAHARA I In the mid 1950’s Jim Skonsakes’ Golden Sahara I, was hired by the Sieberling Rubber company to promote their new tire range . The futuristic Golden Sahara was used...
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De Rosa Chopped 41 Caddy
88 YEARS AND STILL AT IT Frank De Rosa has been building Custom Cars since the 1940’s and today, August, 2015, at age 88 Frank is still at it. Lets check out his latest creation. A wonderful 1941...
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2015 Custom Car Line-Up
2015 THE LINE-UP part one Late July, early August is the time of the year that the A-Bombers Hot Rod Club in Sweden organizes the Old Style Weekend. During this weekend Ulf Christiansson puts...
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2015 Custom Car Line-Up Part 2
CUSTOM CAR LINE UP part 2 The 2015 Custom Car Line-Up at the Old Style Weekend was so spectacular that we need two CCC-Articles to cover it all. Lets take a look at some more photos taken at the...
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Dave Crook 1958 Pontiac
DAVE CROOK 1958 PONTIAC Dave Crook is perhaps best known for a few amazing Custom Cars he created together with designer Harry Bradley. But before he teamed up with Harry he created several Custom...
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Pre War 38 Lincoln Custom
EXQUISITE 1938 LINCOLN This exquisite padded topped 38 Lincoln Custom was restyled when the car was very new, perhaps even straight from the dealer. It has this wonderful early Custom Car look, a...
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Bert Gustafsson 1951 Dodge
1951 DODGE CUSTOM Bert Gustafsson 1951 Dodge is restyled using very creative out of the box styling which turned this ugly duckling into a real beautiful 1950s style Custom. I first saw some...
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What Goes Around… A Tribute
WHAT GOES AROUND It was the strangest thing. Sometime after the CCC article on the funky Conquistadors club plaque, Rik Hoving sent me this: “Hello, Larry. I got this email. Thought you would enjoy...
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Mystery 37 Ford Sedan
MYSTERY 37 FORD SEDAN In 2008 the AHRF site shared a snapshot of an oddly shaped 1937 Ford Custom from the Tom Davis Collection. In 2015 three more photos surface… In 2008 I was browsing the...
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