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Ultimate Custom Car Library

CUSTOM CAR LIBRARY We often get the question here at the CCC what kind of Custom Car related books we recommend. Time to create a complete list of Custom Car related books, th...

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Kustoms Illustrated Award of Excellence 2015

KI AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2015 The Kustoms Illustrated Magazine “Award of Excellence” is given out at selected custom car events across the United States. It is meant to hono...

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Kevan Sledge RJ cover

KEVAN SLEDGE RJ COVER A long lasting dream for many hot rodder and custom car guy is to make it onto the cover of the Rodder’s Journal. Kevan Sledge’s amazing 1940 Mercury is on...

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Kustoms Illustrated #42

KUSTOMS ILLUSTRATED #42 Press Release: Issue #42 of Kustoms Illustrated Magazine is hot off the presses and will begin mailing early week 46! Press Release from the Kustoms Illustrat...

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2014 Lead-East Award of Excellence Winner

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNER Leading Custom Car magazine Kustoms Illustrated announces the 2014 Lead-East winner of their Award of Excellence. In late August 2014 Don “The Egyptian̶...

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Kevan Sledge wins KI Award

SLEDGE WINS AWARD of Excellence the Kustoms Illustrated Award of Excellence goes to Kevan Sledge’s ’40 Mercury at The Sit Down show. From the Kustoms Illustrated Facebook page I...

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Rodder’s Journal No. 59

RODDERS JOURNAL #59-SPRING-2013 This issue has a really nice mix of Hot Rod’s, Race Cars and Custom Cars. Something that has not always been the case with the Rodder’s Journal m...

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Kustoms Illustrated No.37

KUSTOMS ILLUSTRATED ISSUE 37 The only strictly custom car content magazine Kustoms illustrated has produced another fine magazine with Issue #37. Kustoms Illustrated magazine contains 64 pa...

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The Book that gives Old Car Nuts A Voice 

PERSONAL STORIES BEHIND THE IRON Here at CCC we give loads of attention to the people ‘behind the cars’. The ideas, lives, and adventures of the builders and owners, are food fo...

by Esther de Charon de Saint Germain

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Advertorial: Kustoms Illustrated

A MAGAZINE MADE WITH PASSION AND KNOWLEDGE In March 2004 Luke Karosi from Ashford, Connecticut debuted with the first issue of Kustoms Illustrated. Luke had chosen to give his new all custo...

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Dan Post

The New Must Have Dan Post Book Set

Genre: custom car history, hot rods
Publisher: Rodders Journal
Author: Dan Post

Overall Review 5 / 5 - Must Have!

by Rik Hoving

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Q and A: the Jack Stewart Ford Book,

RIK HOVING’S FIRST CUSTOM CAR BOOK Part of 2011 and most of 2012 Rik spent most of his spare time working on one of his long lasting dreams. Writing his own book about Custom C...

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About Kustom Kar Books Publishing

TURNING CUSTOM CAR PASSION INTO BOOKS Most custom car and hot rod enthousiast spent their time working on their cars. But instead of buying a car, Rik started his own publishing firm. The p...

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Charles Eames: If it’s not Functional, it’s not Beautiful

THE STORY OF EAMES FURNITURE BY MARILYN NEUHART Here at Custom Car Chronicle we love Eames. Imagine how happy we were when we found this beautiful book about the history of these iconic cha...

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Hop Up Magazine in the fifties

WHEN A SUBSCRIPTION FOR 12 ISSUES COSTS $ 2.00 In the July 1952 issue Hop Up magazine featured the Barris built Ralph Testa 1950 Mercury convertible in a three pages article. In that same...

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Rodder's Journal

The Rodder’s Journal SCRAPBOOK

Genre: custom car history, HOT RODS, race cars
Publisher: Rodders Journal
Author: Rodder's Journal

Overall Review 4 / 5 - Very Good

by Rik Hoving

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Rik Hoving

The Jack Stewart Ford

Genre: custom car history
Publisher: Kustom Kar Books
Author: Rik Hoving

Overall Review 5 / 5 - Must Have!

by Paul Kelly

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About CCC

Custom Car Chronicle: THE BEAUTY OF CUSTOMIZING

Custom Car Chronicle is a online magazine and forum, for custom car and hot rod people who are looking for inspiration, historical knowledge, and a place were their passion can be shared.

CCC is created by a small, international group of custom car, hot rod, model car, art, design-, photography-, and architecture enthusiasts.
Editor in chief is custom car historian- Rik Hoving.

For centuries people are inspired to built beautiful cars. CCC focuses on everything that ignites that special inspiration: design, history, technology, perfect proportions, the right feeling, and amazing personal stories.

Ultimate Custom Car Library

Kustoms Illustrated Award of Excellence 2015

Kevan Sledge RJ cover

Kustoms Illustrated #42

2014 Lead-East Award of Excellence Winner

Kevan Sledge wins KI Award

Rodder’s Journal No. 59

Kustoms Illustrated No.37

The Book that gives Old Car Nuts A Voice

Advertorial: Kustoms Illustrated

The New Must Have Dan Post Book Set

Q and A: the Jack Stewart Ford Book,

About Kustom Kar Books Publishing

Charles Eames: If it’s not Functional, it’s not Beautiful

Hop Up Magazine in the fifties

The Rodder’s Journal SCRAPBOOK

The Jack Stewart Ford

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