Custom Cars in the background

[Rik Hoving]

Love the 70’s LA picture… that is nice.

And yes that is a Studebaker. it is Ramond Jones 1947 Studebaker. Here are some more photos of it.

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[Rik Hoving]

Another neat one… from 1956 with an older looking Custom GM convertible with chopped padded top.

So far I have not been able to identify it…. Looks familiar?

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[KingKustoms]

Incredible photo, Rik! Looks like a ’40 Chevy….

Robert A. Radcliffe III
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[KingKustoms]

Rik Hoving wrote:

Some family snapshots from ebay… Mild Custom Shoebox. Custom Hubcaps on the family car.

I looked up the Riverview Boat Line and it is in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin…cool picture!

Robert A. Radcliffe III
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[KingKustoms]

Dave Tartaglia wrote:

Huntington Beach, California. What is that white car on the right? It looks like it has a boat-tail added over the trunk and maybe a splotch of primer on the point. Canvas or leather top appears to have some writing on it and may be custom, too.

My hometown- Huntington Beach, CA! Some of those buildings are still standing… My guess on the car on the right is that it is just a taxi cab with a different paint scheme…especially next to the Taxi sign. Great photo!

Robert A. Radcliffe III
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[KingKustoms]

This post just keeps getting better! This first picture is on my classroom wall…I can’t remember exactly where I found it online, but I was putting a WWII lesson together. The second one came from my friend Octavio who found it on Facebook, I believe.

 

Robert A. Radcliffe III
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[KingKustoms]

A couple of hot rods int he wild- Hollywood High School in 1941 and a hot rod (possibly ’32) in the middle of a lot below…

Robert A. Radcliffe III
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[KingKustoms]

Mild kustom ’37 Ford Phaeton or Convertible Sedan…I think I see roll-up windows in the doors (extremely rare either way!)- looks to be lowered a bit, skirts, possibly solid hood sides, dual exhaust, and cowl antenna. Wilshire Blvd. and Grand Ave., Los Angeles.

Pretty much stock ’41 Ford Tudor with skirts…can’t tell if the trunk lid is shaved or not. Wingtip bumper ends…not really a kustom but still neat.

’40 Merc Tudor with shaved trunk and spot light…hard to tell if it’s lowered or not…again, very basic.

 

Robert A. Radcliffe III
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[Dave Tartaglia]

Roy Orbison’s Thunderbird had a custom interior!

[KingKustoms]

Roy Orbison’s Tbird was awesome!!! Cool pics!

I caught this shoebox Ford with frenched lights and missing grill…I’m scratching the bottom of the barrel here, but I’m looking high and low. It is awesome just looking at vintage pictures of downtown LA and other big cities…

Robert A. Radcliffe III
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[KingKustoms]

Interesting car on the right…not a kustom, but I can’t seem to pin it down. British sports car?

A couple of raked early Fords on the left…from the dash of an Oldsmobile!

’51 Ford with shortened side trim and tail light spears removed…

Robert A. Radcliffe III
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[Colin Hillier-Daines]

KingKustoms wrote:

Interesting car on the right…not a kustom, but I can’t seem to pin it down. British sports car?  

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[Tony]

Post war British idea of what would sell in America.

It didn’t.

[Dave Tartaglia]

The Farago Special at Watkins Glen 1949. Custom body on a Fiat 1100 chassis.  Photo by Frank Shaffer.

 

[Dave (a.k.a. rodncustomdreams)]

Watching a recorded Film Noir (Crime Wave ’53/’54) when this Custom Merc drove through the shot.  Cell phone pics off the TV screen – sorry!

Then, near the end of the film this skirted convertible slides by (Chrysler product?):

 

Dave

Jus' creepin' along..

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