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Neferteri Part Nine

NEFERTERI Part Nine In this, the next to last episode in the Neferteri saga, our Forrest Gump tackles the challenges of scaling down the full figured Cadillac of Trucks. Larry...

by Larry Pointer

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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...

by Rik Hoving

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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 fou...

by David/Michelle

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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 rumo...

by Rik Hoving

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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 aro...

by Rik Hoving

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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 th...

by Rik Hoving

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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 o...

by Larry Pointer

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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 ...

by Rik Hoving

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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 Z...

by Rik Hoving

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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 everythi...

by Rik Hoving

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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 parkin...

by Rik Hoving

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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.

Neferteri Part Nine

Horizontal Custom Grilles

The Original Kustoms of America

Chuck DeWitt Ford Clone Debut

Melford Robbins 39 Tub

Curley Tremayne 50 Merc Restoration

Neferteri Part Eight

LIFE magazine photo shoot at Barris

Johnny Zaro 1941 Ford

The Slippery Ayala Look

Balboa Beach Rendezvous Ballroom

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