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1951 Eastern Auto

1951 EASTERN AUTO Eastern Auto Supply has been in business sine 1919. In the third issue of Hop Up, October 1951, the company was subject of the Meet the advertisers article....

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Barris magazine ads

BARRIS MAGAZINE ADS George Barris started to promote his Barris’s Custom Shop in the early car magazines starting in 1948. When the car magazines started to bloom in around 194...

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Lowered by the Valley Custom Shop

VALLEY CUSTOM LOWERING KIT In the mid 1950’s the Valley Custom Shop in Burbank, California produced a high standard front end lowering kit for several cars. The shop advertised this m...

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1951 Eastern Auto

Barris magazine ads

Lowered by the Valley Custom Shop

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