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Barris Mystery Parked Car
BARRIS MYSTERY PARKED CAR In 1994 I saw a Mystery Car in the background of one photo taken at the Barris Shop. The shape of the top intrigued me, and I wanted to know more about it. 23 years later I have found sev...
Horizontal Custom Grilles
HORIZONTAL CUSTOM GRILLES From early in the 1940s Custom Restylers started to experiment with new and wider grille designs. These wide custom grilles gave the cars a beautiful modern appearance. This is part two in our s...
The Original Kustoms of America
ORIGINAL KUSTOMS of AMERICA 1954 the Custom Car business was booming Nation wide. Time for George Barris to take the Custom Car Club to a new level. Kustoms Of America was founded, and would attract members from a...
Chuck DeWitt Ford Clone Debut
CHUCK DEWITT FORD CLONE At the 2017 Custom Car Revival show in Indianapolis the long awaited Chuck DeWitt Convertible Ford Clone made its public debut. Its debut has been rumored for several years, and a few weeks...
Horns Used Car 36 Ford
HORNS Used Car 36 FORD In 1941 Willis Horn from Marysville California purchased a Custom 1936 Ford Chopped Coupe from and Hot Rod Shop. Since 1973 it is owned by grandson Jeff Boone who is now looking to find out ...
Barris Crest Keychain
BARRIS CREST KEYCHAIN In the spring of 2017 Marcus Edell becomes the new caretaker of the Harry Costa 1941 Ford. The car comes with a shipload of history, trophies, photos, and also this Barris Crest keychain. Ma...
Melford Robbins 39 Tub
MELFORD ROBBINS 39 TUB Oilers Club Member Melford Robbins owned this beautiful dark maroon Carson Topped 1939 Ford Sedan Convertible in the late 1940s. The Custom is still around today. Robert Genat’s book T...
Victoria Custom Stories
VICTORIA CUSTOM STORIES The stories that go along with the old pictures of early custom cars are sometimes just as interesting as the cars themselves. By Tom Nielsen I have tried to put together a collection of â€...
Curley Tremayne 50 Merc Restoration
TREMAYNE 50 MERC RESTORATION Loren Curly Tremayne of Monterey California had this 1950 Mercury Custom built in 1977. Rod Powell and Butch Hurley are responsible for most of the work. The car made a huge impact, an...
Neferteri Part Eight
NEFERTERI Part Eight Herein, our Forrest Gump embarks on a quixotic crusade in search of elements from the Golden Age of the Classics. Larry Pointer found himself a survivor of Y2K, retired, a widower, and a more ...
LIFE magazine photo shoot at Barris
LIFE Magazine photo shoot at BARRIS In the early 1950s several non car related magazines did some magazine features on Custom Cars. One of them was Life Magazine, or at least they sent out Loomis Dean to take som...
Johnny Zaro 1941 Ford
JOHNNY ZARO 1941 FORD Originally created for John Vara by George Barris. This radical full fade away fendered 1941 Ford padded topped Convertible is best known as the Johnny Zaro 1941 Ford. Johnny Zaro is a well k...
Joe Brenner 41 Merc
JOE BRENNER 41 MERC The Valley Custom Shop restyles the perfect mild custom 1941 Mercury 4-door Sedan for Joe Brenner. This article was originally created in November, 2015, and more material was added in May, 20...
The Slippery Ayala Look
SLIPPERY AYALA LOOK Gil and Al Ayala started creating Custom Cars in around 1945. One of their trademark restyling techniques would become the super smooth molded in everything look. The Slippery Ayala Look. In 1...
Balboa Beach Rendezvous Ballroom
BALBOA BEACH Rendezvous Ballroom From 1948 till 1951 the Kustoms Los Angles Car Club would cruise down to Balboa Beach for Easter Ballweek. Free Custom Car show on the parking lot, and the guys dancing at the Ren...
GSII Glow in the Dark Tires
GSII GLOW in the DARK TIRES Jim Skonzakes had created his Golden Sahara II around 1958, filled with the latest technology. When Goodyear developed a glow in the dark tire in the 1960s, Jim stepped in and help deve...
Gil Ayala painted Cars
GIL AYALA PAINTED CARS Gil Ayala loved to mix Custom Paint Colors, he loved to experiment with toners, with different base coats, to create the ultimate Custom Paint finish. In 1945 Gil and two year older brother ...
Barter Collection 36 Ford Cabrio
36 FORD CABRIOLET Jamie Barter has shared a few more photo from his early photo collection with us. This time he shared 3 photos of a heavily restyled 1936 Ford Cabriolet taken around 1948. Jamie found these th...
Neferteri Part Seven
NEFERTERI part Seven Inspiration. Where does it come from? For our Forrest Gump, the pages of National Geographic became the siren song of Neferteri, his Queen of the byroads. Larry Pointer found himself a survivo...
John Geraghty 1940 Ford
JOHN GERAGHTY 1940 FORD John Geraghty had the Ayala brothers create this subtile brilliant irridescent green painted 1940 Ford convertible Custom in the late 1940s. Brothers Gil and Al Ayala are usually known for...
Bob Lomax 53 Chevy by Ayala
BOB LOMAX 53 CHEVY 1953 Chevy Convertible created by Gil and Al Ayala form Robert Lomax in the mid 1950s Bob Lomax’s ’53 Chevy was one of the “few” Ayala Custom cars that ever made it on th...
Dzemske Collection Barris Photos
DZEMSKE BARRIS PHOTOS TIntro text. In the late 1950’s and 1960’s Bob visited many Mid West shows. Most of these shows were filed with the more local Hot Rods and Custom Cars, but some of the famous Mag...
