Customs Kustoms of GNRS

Hmmmmmmm, I've never seen that...

R-

 

Thanks, great pictures.

 

Love that Fury a lot. Realize that it's a little too new to be HAMBish, but still: wow.

 

We've had so much snow this year I feel like I'm your neighbor. LOL!!!
I need to see pics of the Caddy, you've been to quiet.

 

I went out and tried to shoot some of the Caddy...but I guess my digital camera decided it was too old...the pix all came out dark...so nothing to see. Guess I'll have to borrow my son's SLR...

Surely you meant 'quiet'...???

And the answer to that is yes, cuz I've been working feverishly on my Caddy...and doing some minor stuff on Dan's...busybusybusy...!!!

R-

 

Thanks for the pics, looks like it was a pretty spectacular show!

Does anyone recognize this 3 window? It's the one Chrisp built at Hollywood Hotrods. Just an unbelievable amount of metalwork! He posted up the whole build here on the hamb, here's the link:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=163762

Funny how no name is mentioned with regard to the metalwork on the show plaque, but we learn who made the dashknobs...

 

Kool can't wait to see the Caddy pics......Quiet? I don't know what ya mean..

Killer ride! Rodders Journal should do a feature on the three window. One of the best ever.

 

I know its more lowrider than custom but I couldn't stop starein at this one I would sell my best buddies left nut for this car!

 

That once more explains why 99% of all Mercs out there are ****ed up.

The car looks timeless cause it's almost stock.Robert's Vicky has been around for quite some time and was shown at shows before but seems most people didn't notice it cause it's so subtle.

Richard Zocchi's car has potential.To me,he ruined the car with the paintjob and straight hood corners would look much better.This is a 60's razor edge-styled car which would look killer painted in a light metallic color typical for that time.Factory paint would outrule the current paint by far.I think you shouldn't restyle a 60's car with styling tricks of the 50's.

The stance on the Hollywood Hot Rods car is just wrong.

MY two cents.

 

there was another shot of the side, and one of the rear on page 14 of the link in the first post..

 

Going through Rikster’s web site I love this Chevy with the Caddy grill and Buick taillights.
It is a very cl***y improvement.





A question about this Bill Hines built Mercury does anybody remember what the dash was out of, maybe '57 Cheby?




Happy Trails,

Mick

 

I believe that's a Polara, if you're talking about the fastback Mopar.

 

Needs a hood...never could figure out why anyone with a kustom like this thinks it looks better without a hood...!!!

R-

 

This car was built by a fellow by the name of Sam,out of Paramount,CA.From what i know,Bill Hines was not involved in this cars construction.

 

This was built using an actual convertible.And the top does work

 

Thanks for the pics!

 

Anyone tell me what year buick on those tail lights?

 

Nevermind i got it!

 

Rick did say it was Sam's car and the pictures he sent me seem to be from Ricks shop and he said that Bill Hines did the majority of the work on the car. Just p***ing on what I was told.

This is a quote from the email Rick sent me.

"Yes. Car will be first showen at the gnrs. Theres over 10 years in the build. Majority of the build was done by Bill Hines."

 

Thanks for sharing sweet looking rides

 

Here are some of the pics that Rick sent me before the GNRS.

 

Its a 59 _60 Chevy dash..


A question about this Bill Hines built Mercury does anybody remember what the dash was out of, maybe '57 Cheby?




Happy Trails,

Mick[/QUOTE]

 

Amen to that!!!! No custom looks better without a hood.

 

My buddy Don Caldwell's been messin with Muscle Car type Hot Rods for years. So, I think he adapted VERY well when building that Caddy! When he told me he was building a "custom", I had visions of some hot rod Chevelle. WOW, you rocked it Don!

 

1949 Buick They are upside down

 

Actually they are not "upside down"...note the backup lense...would it be on top of the fender..????

They sit that way on the Buick, just up higher and there is a slight bump in the fender ahead of the taillight.

R-

 

There's a two part article on how Bill Hines chopped the top of that Merc in the Jan 1999 issue of Custom Rodder.

 

A ****load of high tech customs at this show.

 

Thanks for sharing guys, that gey chev with the caddy grill is a cracker.

 

That's Fabian Valdezs' Chevy (HAMBER) it's not finished. Fabian is an incredible metal guy and did all the work on my 32 re-build. He is the main man of the Bean Bandits and one hell of a nice guy. This is his car and my car at Father's Day Pomona last year.