Features Kustoms blues? I need to see some kustoms....

I don’t get it Mick........!

 

Thanks for the Photoshop illustrations. Cool stuff, for sure!

 

Some time back, there was a HAMB'er with a nice '60 Chevy ('60 Merc grille, etc.), who proposed to splice '61 Pontiac body lines into his quarter panels. I thought it to be a great idea!
But Alas, it dropped off the radar (like so many others).

 

Thought somebody in here might know this car and help find it.

More photos in the link

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...-atlanta-georgia-does-it-still-exist.1095112/

 

@loudbang Wow! That is just too kool, thanks for posting the pics..

 

Beautiful!!... Love the top of the windshield. finished glass. What's going on with the tops of the doors? Looks like they weren't decided on how to finish those.

 

One more poor shot from the link

 

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I wonder if the owner was attempting a padded exteripr door top, as was done on the '58 Packard Hawk...


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All the same car today

 

Barris Kustom Royalty at its finest. "El Capitola" along with "The Aztec" will always be among my favorites! E

 

Straykat, you're hitting it out of the park this morning with all that great late GM iron. '59, '60
and '61 Buicks? You're killin' me!

 

To my mind, the '60 Buick is perhaps the most nearly perfect "Kustom" design ever to roll off the assembly line.
Every detail is spot on, and those sculpted body panels are just too much!

Really hard to improve upon, as the above example shows....Stance, paint, some badge removal, and DONE!

 

Thanks @straykatkustoms for introducing some of us to Dan Palatnik’s work. What a talent! These contributions from you and others is what will keep the H.A.M.B. A CUT ABOVE. So much to learn and appreciate, so little time to take it all in.



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Visual overload on this thread guys...
OG lil E post #8062 slays me. I’ve seen a lot of cars but never that one. I can’t begin to imagine what it took to build it. Thanks man.
Incredible.
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If you have some time to kill @mercman@bulldog, here is a great write up from Rik Hoving's super website, the Custom Car Chronicle. There's lots of "El Capitola" history including its restoration completed a number of years ago.
What a car originally built by the Barris Brothers, and a true labor of love by Guy Boucher and company to bring her back to greatness! E

https://www.customcarchronicle.com/cc-builders/barris-kustom-shop/57-chevy-el-capitola/#comments

 

Your latest pics make it difficult for me to walk straight up Mick! LoL!

 

Note the clear hood insert

 

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The Buick is one of Voodoo Larry builds. Love the 56 Chevy rear fender wells.




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