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model cars

Hirohata Mercury model cars 

Hirohata Merc Model

October 24, 2016November 4, 2016 Rik Hoving 4 Comments Hirohata Mercury, model car, Yoshihiro Hobara

  HIROHATA MERC MODEL   Yoshihiro Hobara built this Barris Kustoms Hirohata Mercury model several years ago. Never really happy with

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Barris Kustom Shop model cars 

Sam Barris Buick Model

January 7, 2016January 20, 2016 Rik Hoving 5 Comments AMT kit, model car, Sam Barris Buick, Yoshihiro Hobara

  GOLDEN SAHARA MODEL   Japanese Yoshihiro Hobara is on a quest to build a series of his all time favorite

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Barris Kustom Shop model cars 

The Golden Sahara Model

June 18, 2015June 25, 2015 Rik Hoving 1 Comment Golden Sahara, Yoshihiro Hobara

  GOLDEN SAHARA MODEL   Japanese Yoshihiro Hobara is on a quest to build a series of his all time favorite

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Barris Kustom Shop model cars 

The Modern Grecian model

May 21, 2015May 30, 2015 Rik Hoving 3 Comments Barris Kustoms, Donating CCC, model cars, Yoshihiro Hobara

  THE MODERN GRECIAN MODEL   Recently we did an introduction article about the amazing Barris Custom Car recreations in

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Barris Kustom Shop model cars 

Yoshihiro Hobara – Barris Model Cars

May 10, 2015May 21, 2015 Rik Hoving 9 Comments Barris Kustoms, Donating CCC, model cars, Yoshihiro Hobara

  BARRIS MODEL CARS   Yoshihiro Hobara from Kasukabe, Japan is a Custom Car enthusiast, he has an amazing early

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Steve Boutte’s 1951 Chevy Convertible

February 24, 2014March 3, 2014 Steve Boutte 5 Comments 1951 Chevy, KKB, model car, Steve Boutte

STEVE BOUTTE’S 1951 CHEVY Inspired by the Chevys created by the Barris and other custom shops in the late ’40’s

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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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Building a 49 Mercury model in the eighties

May 31, 2013May 22, 2015 Rik Hoving 2 Comments Mercury, model cars

A 1949 MERCURY SEDAN DELIVERY This model’49 Mercury Sedan Delivery custom was build around 1987. Mercury never produced a Sedan

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Getting Plastered

May 22, 2013June 28, 2013 Rik Hoving 2 Comments breaking, model cars, Volvo amazone

THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF A CUSTOM CAR HISTORIAN Early 2000, while on a visit to my parents, I decided to

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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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