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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...

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Barris Mystery Parked Car

BARRIS MYSTERY PARKED CAR In 1994 I saw a Mystery Car in the background of one photo taken at the Barris Shop. The shape of the top intrigued me, and I wanted to know more abo...

by Rik Hoving

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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...

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Horns Used Car 36 Ford

HORNS Used Car 36 FORD In 1941 Willis Horn from Marysville California purchased a Custom 1936 Ford Chopped Coupe from and Hot Rod Shop. Since 1973 it is owned by grandson Jeff...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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Neferteri Part Seven

NEFERTERI part Seven Inspiration. Where does it come from? For our Forrest Gump, the pages of National Geographic became the siren song of Neferteri, his Queen of the byroads....

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John Geraghty 1940 Ford

JOHN GERAGHTY 1940 FORD John Geraghty had the Ayala brothers create this subtile brilliant irridescent green painted 1940 Ford convertible Custom in the late 1940s. Brothers ...

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Bob Lomax 53 Chevy by Ayala

BOB LOMAX 53 CHEVY 1953 Chevy Convertible created by Gil and Al Ayala form Robert Lomax in the mid 1950s Bob Lomax’s ’53 Chevy was one of the “few” Aya...

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Dzemske Collection Barris Photos

DZEMSKE BARRIS PHOTOS TIntro text. In the late 1950’s and 1960’s Bob visited many Mid West shows. Most of these shows were filed with the more local Hot Rods and C...

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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

Barris Mystery Parked Car

Horizontal Custom Grilles

Horns Used Car 36 Ford

Neferteri Part Eight

LIFE magazine photo shoot at Barris

The Slippery Ayala Look

Neferteri Part Seven

John Geraghty 1940 Ford

Bob Lomax 53 Chevy by Ayala

Dzemske Collection Barris Photos

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