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Americas Most Beautiful Roadster 2017
AMBR 2017 Americas Most Beautiful Roadster award for 2017 goes to 1936 Packard named The Mulholland Speedster owned by Bruce Wanta. Designed by Eric Black and wonderfully hand-built by Troy Ladd...
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Neferteri Part Eight
NEFERTERI Part Eight Herein, our Forrest Gump embarks on a quixotic crusade in search of elements from the Golden Age of the Classics. Larry Pointer found himself a survivor of Y2K, retired, a...
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Victoria Custom Stories
VICTORIA CUSTOM STORIES The stories that go along with the old pictures of early custom cars are sometimes just as interesting as the cars themselves. By Tom Nielsen I have tried to put together a...
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Melford Robbins 39 Tub
MELFORD ROBBINS 39 TUB Oilers Club Member Melford Robbins owned this beautiful dark maroon Carson Topped 1939 Ford Sedan Convertible in the late 1940s. The Custom is still around today. Robert...
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Barris Mystery Parked Car
BARRIS MYSTERY PARKED CAR In 1994 I saw a Mystery Car in the background of one photo taken at the Barris Shop. The shape of the top intrigued me, and I wanted to know more about it. 23 years later...
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Neferteri Part Nine
NEFERTERI Part Nine In this, the next to last episode in the Neferteri saga, our Forrest Gump tackles the challenges of scaling down the full figured Cadillac of Trucks. Larry Pointer found himself...
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Bob Dzemske Photo Collection P1
BOB DZEMSKE Photo Collection Part 1 Bob Dzemske has been taking photos from Customs Cars since the later part of the 1950’s. This article shows a selection of these photos, part one… of many. Bob...
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Jack Butler Pinhole Camera Project
JACK BUTLER Pinhole Camera Jack Butler started capturing the Hot Rod and Kustom Culture with a back to basics Pinhole Camera in 2003. Unique photo-captures The first time I found out about Jack...
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Tony Rando 1939 Ford
Tony Rando 1939 Ford Tony Rando showed his channeled and chopped 1939 Ford at the 1952 Oakland Roadster show. That is about the only thing we really know about this stylish Custom. The first time I...
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41 Chevy 3-Window
41 CHEVY 3-WINDOW Mystery Custom 1941 Chevy Coupe with chopped turned 3-window top, 1946 Chevy grille and complete smoothed body. Another Mystery Published Custom Car. Over the years I have come...
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1952 New York Show Photo
1952 NEW YORK SHOW Photo A closer look at an birds eye view photo taken at the New York International Motor Sport Shop in 1952 Many years ago I came across two photos of an Custom restyled 1950...
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Background Mystery Custom
BACKGROUND MYSTERY CUSTOM In the background of 2 early 1950s drag strip photos I spotted this unidentified Mystery Custom Convertible with Padded Top. Most of the readers on the Custom Car...
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A short drive in the Hirohata Mercury
A SPIN IN A CUSTOM CAR ICON Hirohata Mercury owner Jim McNiel, asked me to jump in the passenger seat of his Mercury for a short drive. It put an instant HUGE smile on my face that lasted for days...
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Tiago Ranchero Clone
TIAGO RANCHERO CLONE George Garcia from Bellflower California has been dreaming of recreating the Famous Dick Tiago 1957 Ford Ranchero for over 30 years. For many years we have seen photos of an...
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De Rosa Golden Piranha
GOLDEN PIRANHA De Rosa and Son Customs create an uniquely restyled 1966 Buick Riviera with styling cues from the 50’s and 60’s. The first time I saw a photo of this Custom was in 1983, when Chrome...
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Bob Dzemske Photo Collection P1
BOB DZEMSKE Photo Collection Part 1 Bob Dzemske has been taking photos from Customs Cars since the later part of the 1950’s. This article shows a selection of these photos, part one… of many. Bob...
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A short drive in the Hirohata Mercury
A SPIN IN A CUSTOM CAR ICON Hirohata Mercury owner Jim McNiel, asked me to jump in the passenger seat of his Mercury for a short drive. It put an instant HUGE smile on my face that lasted for days...
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De Rosa Golden Piranha
GOLDEN PIRANHA De Rosa and Son Customs create an uniquely restyled 1966 Buick Riviera with styling cues from the 50’s and 60’s. The first time I saw a photo of this Custom was in 1983, when Chrome...
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Palle Johansen 47 Caddy Introduction
. PALLE JOHANSEN 47 CADDY . After many years in the works, Palle Johansens 1947 Cadillac Padded Topped Convertible Kustom is finally ready – enough – for its debut. . For the last few years Palle has...
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Custom 1933-34 Fords
FORDS MODEL-40 CUSTOMIZED Today almost all of the modified ’33 and ’34 Fords are done up as street rods or traditional hot rods. In the 1940’s and up until the very early 50’s these cars were...
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