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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...

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Sam Barris Chopping Merc Album 2

CHOPPING MERC ALBUM part 2 In part one we have showed the full pages of the Photo album that Marcia Campbell put together for Sam Barris. An album showing Sam chopping a 1949...

by Rik Hoving

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Rounded Corners on Customs

ROUNDED CORNERS ON CUSTOMS Molded body lines, fine tuned with rounded corners on the hood, doors and trunk make a Custom really smooth. When did this trend started? Rounded co...

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Thrifty Parking-lot Show

TRYFTY PARKING-LOT SHOW In May 1954 the Lords Car Club organized a free one day outdoor Car Show at the Thrifty Drug Store in Los Angles. The Customs they gathered for this e...

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Reunited Trophies

REUNITED TROPHIES Jack Stewart won several trophies with the Ayala-Barris created Jack Stewart 1941 Ford. Jack hold on to a few of those trophies, and wanted them to be reunit...

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Motorama Vérité

MOTORAMA VÉRITÉ Jim Skonzakes (aka Jim Street) displayed his award winning 1949 Buick at the 1950 Petersen Motorama show, and was captured in a great photo by the c...

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Celebrating the Life of Jack Stewart

JACK STEWART MEMORIAL Celebrating the Life of Jack Stewart Memorial party for friends of Jack Stewart. Saturday November 1, 2014 The Holiday Inn La Mirada 14299 Firestone Blvd La Mir...

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George Barris 1942 Cadillac

GEORGE BARRIS 1942 CADILLAC This Cadillac Convertible Custom with well proportioned Padded Top was a mystery Barris Custom Car for many years. We now know it was one of George...

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RIP Jack Stewart – August 7, 2014

RIP JACK STEWART August 7, 2014, Jack Stewart passed away after being in the hospital for some time with heart problems. His passing comes as a shock to many who had the privilege to meet t...

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Jack Stewart MG part ONE

CUSTOMIZED JACK STEWART MG After selling his famous Ayala-Barris built 1941 Ford, Jack Stewart bought something completely different. A MG Sports car, which of course had to b...

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Jack Stewart Ford on RJ Poster No. 17

RJ ANNUAL POSTER The Jack Stewart Ford in bare metal was picked for the Annual Rodder’s Journal Poster December 2013 I was browsing thru the new Rodder’s Journal 2013 Holiday Ca...

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Balboa Beach Rendezvous Ballroom

Sam Barris Chopping Merc Album 2

Rounded Corners on Customs

Thrifty Parking-lot Show

Reunited Trophies

Motorama Vérité

Celebrating the Life of Jack Stewart

George Barris 1942 Cadillac

RIP Jack Stewart – August 7, 2014

Jack Stewart MG part ONE

Jack Stewart Ford on RJ Poster No. 17

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