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Merry Christmas 2016

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Custom Car Chronicle. We hope you have enjoyed the 2016 CCC year as much as we have. I would like to thank ...

by Rik Hoving

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Neferteri Part Four

NEFERTERI part Four Larry Pointer, our Forrest Gump of the Conquistador Car Club, carries us along in his journey through the era of streamline moderne styling. These were t...

by Larry Pointer

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Neferteri Part Three

NEFERTERI part Three Larry Pointer, our Forrest Gump of the Conquistadors Car Club, marvels at Europe’s Golden Age of the coach built automobile, and influences that wou...

by Larry Pointer

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Neferteri Part Two

NEFERTERI part Two Larry Pointer, our Forrest Gump of the Conquistadors Car Club, marvels at Europe’s Golden Age of the coach built automobile, and influences that would...

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Neferteri, Part One

NEFERTERI part One A Forrest Gump run through the Art Deco scene of the Streamline machine. Larry Pointer found himself a survivor of Y2K, retired, a widower, and a more or le...

by Larry Pointer

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Customs by Keith Weesner

CUSTOMS by KEITH WEESNER The Custom Car and Hot Rod world Keith Weesner creates in his paintings and black and white artwork is as close to perfection as it can get. Keith Wee...

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Single Bar Hubcaps Design

SINGLE BAR HUBCAPS The most popular dress-up item in the early/mid 1940’s was the Ripple-Disk-Single-Bar-Flipper-Hubcap. Many Custom Cars from this era used them, but where did they ...

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Hot Rod Coupe Prints by Jimmy

HOT ROD COUPE PRINTS BY JIMMY CCC-Hot Rod contributer and Hot Rod illustrator Jimmy B has released a set of ten Hot Rod Coupe Illustrations. Lets take a look at closer look at Jimmy’s...

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Steve Stanford at the Petersen Museum

STEVE STANFORD AT THE PETERSEN Automotive illustrator and designer Steve Stanford is displaying his work and limited edition of prints at the Petersen Museum on August 23rd, 2014. Press rel...

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Sledge Customs T-Shirts

SLEDGE CUSTOMS T-SHIRTS Kevan Sledge has been building great Custom Cars for some time, recently he opened his own shop, Sledge Customs, and of course had to have some great shirts to promo...

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Hirohata Merc Chair

COMFORT STYLE Day dreaming about the Hirohata Mercury at shool resulted in this Art Deco design the Hirohata Merc Chair. In the mid 1980’s I was in art-school. Around th...

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Introduction to Walter Otto Wyss

W.O.W. Once in a while you come across a person that leaves such an great impression on you, that it is hard to believe you have not heard about him before. Walter Otto Wyss is such ...

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Golden Sahara II display Robots

GOLDEN SAHARA DISPLAY ROBOTS Jim Skonzakes (aka Jim Street) came up with, at the time innovative, and attractive display material. To make his dream custom look even better. H...

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Colour the World

CUSTOMIZE THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT FOR THE BETTER In 2005 Dutch artist Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn aka Haas&Hahn started working together when they filmed a documentary about hip hop...

by Esther de Charon de Saint Germain

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Advertorial: Amazing vintage furnish at Findfurnish

A SWELL SECOND LIFE FOR WELL DESIGNED FURNITURE We’re pretty sure we’re not the only ones who got all greedy while reading a new facebook post from Findfurnish. At least once a ...

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Designing a Museum for Cars

ARCHITECT BEN VAN BERKEL ABOUT DESIGNING A MUSEUM FOR MERCEDES BENZ The Netherlands is way more than wooden shoes and windmills. Dutch architects as Rem Koolhaas and Ben van Berkel are in h...

by Esther de Charon de Saint Germain

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Merry Christmas 2016

Neferteri Part Four

Neferteri Part Three

Neferteri Part Two

Neferteri, Part One

Customs by Keith Weesner

Protected: Jack Butler Pinhole Camera Project

Single Bar Hubcaps Design

Hot Rod Coupe Prints by Jimmy

Steve Stanford at the Petersen Museum

Sledge Customs T-Shirts

Hirohata Merc Chair

Introduction to Walter Otto Wyss

Golden Sahara II display Robots

Colour the World

Advertorial: Amazing vintage furnish at Findfurnish

Designing a Museum for Cars

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