Bob Hirohata Archives - Custom Car Chronicle

1955 Thrifty Parking Lot Show

55 THRIFTY PARKING LOT 1955 Hot Rod and Custom Car show held at the new Thrifty Drug Store on Vermont

JACK STEWART FORD WHITE PRIMER In 1950 George Barris painted the Jack Stewart Ford in white primer after

A SPIN IN A CUSTOM CAR ICON Hirohata Mercury owner Jim McNiel, asked me to jump in the

PETERSEN MOTORAMA 1952 Custom Cars at the third Annual International Motorama show held at the Pan Pacific Auditorium

CUSTOM PLASTIC DETAILS Around 1947 Jesse Lopez experimented with the use of clear green Lucite to Custom Restyle

HAWAIIAN BADGE Since the Hirohata Mercury was restored it always had an oddly shaped and located brass badge

HIROHATA MERC MYSTERY ANTENNA For a short time in 1953 Bob Hirohata had a set of futuristic antennas on

HIROHATA MERC – THE TRUNK The Hirohata Mercury was restyled inside and out, many elements on this car,

CROSS COUNTRY IN A KUSTOM In May 1953 Bob Hirohata drives his Mercillac from California to Indianapolis. An

HIROHATA MERC SIDESWIPED In October 1955, not to long after Robert Waldsmith had bought the Hirohata Mercury, the