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Custom Car Maiden Voyage

March 9, 2015April 1, 2015 Rik Hoving 13 Comments Buster Litton, Ford, King Kustoms, Octavio Chavez, Rob Radcliffe, shoebox, Temecula

MAIDEN VOYAGE Rob Radcliffe of King Kustoms has been working on his period looking 1950 Ford Shoebox Custom for a

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Jim Roten 

Ron Zimmerman 1954 Ford

December 27, 2014January 12, 2015 Rik Hoving 0 Comments Chico, Ford, Jim Roten, Ray Orput, Riley Collins, Ron Zimmerman, Sam Barris

ZIMMERMAN 1954 FORD Ron Zimmerman’s 1954 Ford Skyliner restyled by Ray Orput from the Jim Roten Photo Collection.   In

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custom cars Early Custom Cars 

39-40 FoMoCo Sedan Customs

November 16, 2014October 19, 2017 Rik Hoving 5 Comments Early Style Custom, Ford, Mercury, Sedan, Sledge Customs

FOMOCO SEDAN CUSTOMS When you say ’39-’40 Ford or Mercury Custom, most people visualize a chopped Coupe, or Padded topped Convertible.

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Custom Car Photo Archive Collection Early Custom Cars 

41 Ford Mid 40s Custom

July 22, 2014July 24, 2014 Rik Hoving 1 Comment 41 Ford custom, cbflash, Early Custom, Ford, KKB, Sledge

41 FORD MID 40s CUSTOM In the early and mid 1940’s a lot of of simple, yet elegant Customs were

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custom cars 

Al Twitchell 52 Wagon

June 11, 2014January 3, 2018 Rik Hoving 2 Comments 52 Ford, Al Twitchell, cbflash, Ford, R&C, wagon

  AL TWITCHELL 52 WAGON   This mild Custom Wagon that makes it on the cover of a ’54 Rod

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custom cars Early Custom Cars Ed Jenson Collection 

Ed Jensons 36 Fords

May 10, 2014March 10, 2016 Rik Hoving 1 Comment '36 Ford, 1940's, Ed Jenson, Ford, king shirts, Sacramento

  ED JENSONS 36 FORDS   From the Ed Jenson’s wonderful 1940’s Sacramento area photo collection, come these photos of two mildly customized

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Early Custom Cars Hall Auto Tops Lost & Found 

41 Ford Hall Topped Convertible

March 27, 2014January 3, 2016 Rik Hoving 2 Comments 1941 Ford, California, Early Custom, Ford, Hall Tops, KCP, KI, KKB, Moe Miller

HALL TOPPED CONVERTIBLE Roy Herman is the current caretaker of this early 1950’s built custom 1941 Ford. An original custom

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custom cars DIGITAL RESTYLING 

Restyling the 1940 Ford Coupe

February 21, 2014June 25, 2015 Rik Hoving 10 Comments '40 Ford, 1940 Ford, DIGITAL RESTYLING, Ford, KI, ljb, Rik Hoving Kustoms

RESTYLING THE 1940 FORD COUPE Turning a “tall top” 1940 Ford coupe into a streamlined tail dragging Custom Car. The

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Marcia Campbell 42 Ford
Barris Kustom Shop Marcia Campbell Collection 

Marcia Campbell 1942 Ford

February 4, 2014July 11, 2019 Rik Hoving 3 Comments Abajian, Anne De Valle, Barris Kustoms, CCC-Shirts, Ford, George Barris, Iggy Bara, Marcia Campbell, Pinkley’s Creeper

CAMPBELL 1942 FORD “BABY BLUEY” Perfectly styled 1942 Ford by the Barris Kustom shop, owned by Custom Car photographer Marcia

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Coachcraft custom cars Early Custom Cars 

Coachcraft Ford forgotten years

November 13, 2013August 28, 2016 Rik Hoving 3 Comments '40 Ford, Clarence Salomon, Coachcraft, Ford, James Wong Howe, Joseph P. DeMaggio

  BEING 17 YEARS AND DRIVE LIKE THE KING OF THE ROAD   In 1940 Clarence Solomon commissioned Coachcraft Ltd.

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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. PRIVACY POLICY.
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