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Selling Custom Cars On-Line

August 15, 2018August 24, 2018 Rik Hoving 1 Comment Custom Car For Sale, How To Sell your Custom Car, Selling cars On-Line

  SELLING CUSTOM CARS on-line   Putting your Custom Car up For Sale on one of the many on-line auction

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Installing Spotlights

February 1, 2016December 23, 2016 Rik Hoving 10 Comments Appleton, Appletons, CCC-Shirts, Custom Accessory, Lorainne, Rodders Journal ad, Spotlights

  INSTALLING SPOTLIGHTS   Spotlights have been a popular accessory item on custom cars since the early 1940’s. This article

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Choosing White Wall Tires 2

June 6, 2015June 26, 2015 Rik Hoving 0 Comments BF Goodrich, Firestone, GoodTear, White Wall Tires

  CHOOSING WHITE WALL TIRES   Since the early days of Custom cars, back in the 1930’s and 1940’s, the

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Appleton Spotlight Restoration

October 10, 2014December 23, 2016 Rik Hoving 8 Comments Appleton, Appleton Spotlights, Appleton Spotlights Restoration, CCC-Shirts, Donating CCC, Manuel Reyes

  SPOTLIGHT SECRETS   The Appleton Spotlights have been used on countless 40’s and 50’s Custom Cars. They are not being produced

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Manufacturing new curved chopped windshields

July 10, 2013October 13, 2014 Paul Kelly 9 Comments curved glass, Curved windshield, how to, Hudson, Paul Kelly, Smooth customs

SHAPING GLASS I chopped my first roof when I was 17 in the early 70’s and made a real mess

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Creating laminated Dash knobs in scale

July 1, 2013February 17, 2019 Steve Boutte Dash Knobs. Hirohata Merc, model car

AIMING FOR PERFECTION A while ago I was looking at some photos of the Hirohata Mercury. One of the photos

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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. PRIVACY POLICY.
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