is the "dream truck" the only all out custom 50s truck ?

is the "dream truck" the only truck that got an all out custom treatment in the 50s? or were there others ? iv been searching and cant find any others. considering there are billions of customized cars from that era its hard to believe that only 1 truck was ever done.

 

Plenty of GREAT kustom trucks built back in the day. Here's a major one you forgot.
Props to Denise for the photos.

 

Ahh. Thats an awsome truck right there!

 

Google Chuck Porter's shop truck. Or maybe use search here? Ayala Brothers shop truck is another one to check.

 

its kool but not exactly my taste

 

I don't know if the Gene Winfield shop truck would be considered an all out kustom truck, but I think it would fit in with this group as well............E

 

The kopper kart, the Wildcat, Ala Kart..... see this thread: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=458186&showall=1

 

ok ill admit i forgot about the "kopper kart", but the "dream truck" and "kopper kart" were the only ones i could find. iv searched here,google,and a bunch of other places and couldnt find any others.

trucks like "wild cat" dont exactly count sense there isnt that much done to the truck its not an all out custom but more like a mild custom. and "ala kart" although cool and built in the 50s doesnt count because its not a 1950s truck lol. but keep them coming if any one has any pictures of others.

 

You might want to check out Rik Hovings site. He has a million pictures and you will find custom trucks in there too.

By the way. I really really love the wild cat.

 

I took this picture in front of Barris; Shop ,in '58 when i was 15 and my folks went to Calif on vacation from Iowa,,the Pick Up was many shades of candy green ,,and was on Hot Rods cover in '59 or '60 ,,
bill

 

Found a couple more pics of it ,,,i think there was a lot of kQQl Trucks done back then ,,

 

Some of you pin-stripung experts might notice the striping on this truck ,,oh ,,and that's Dean Jeffries Shop "Color Specialists" next door to the Barris' Shop ,,

 

No its just the one with the most magazine coverage.

Lots of very tasty trucks build in the '50s and some of them have already been posted. Guess I'm just a truck sort of a guy.

 

the purple stude in my avator is from the late 50's and i still use it as my shop truck..CLASSIC TRUCKS just ran a four page spread in the april issue..gets alot of looks still..dave-backstreet kustoms

 

cover of hotrod 1955 (I think) there was a 42-46 ford truck that was sectioned and chopped, was yellow and had an oval grille , very radical, and nicely done.

 

Otto Rhodes 53 Ford Moutain Pearl Now owned by Tom Pagano, on cover of R&C Oct 09. Or the Trendero from Lyons Illinois, Bill Gaylords chopped chevy pickup.Ect...

 

The "Mountain Pearl" had the distinction of being the first ever
full color print in Hot Rod Magazine.

 

Lil Nugget from back in the day...








And how it looks today...

 

How about the Batfink?

 

I Believe the Kopper Kart makes it out to "Lead East" Every Year. It is nice to walk up to it and look at it rather than just in pictures.
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This '37 Ford PU was built by Valley Custom in the early-mid '50s. It's sectioned, so it certainly qualifies as a radical custom.

 

except for the fact that its not a 50's truck its a 30's truck

 

I just posted a new post Car Czar its on right now on Natl Geo Channel guy found and restored early 60s custom check it out

 

I looked EVERYWHERE for that issue. Where can i find it? What issue number? Thanks dave.

 

Your original post asked, "is the 'dream truck' the only truck that got an all out custom treatment in the 50s?". I took that to mean customized in the '50s, which it was. If you only wanted '50s model trucks, you could have been clearer in your request.

 

The dream truck was probably one of the more radical ones that was done at the time due to the number of modifications.

I think that yellow F-1 Hot Rod Magazine cover car was in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in the early 70's and painted red. It was parked close to my truck (then pretty stock) at an event in the parking lot of Texas Stadium in that time period. I'm pretty sure that truck still exists.
There were a lot of F-100's (53/6) Customized in the late 50's and early 60's, One of the best known in the PNW was a white one out of Renton I believe that was called "The bare end". Canted quads and canted Caddy bullets in the rear fenders were it's more distinctive marks.

 

In the back of the CustomCar Yearbook No 1 there`s a chopped, channeled and SECTIONED 53/6 Ford that was at a show at Hartford. I`d call that an all out custom 50`s truck.Do cars made into pickups count.

 

Extreme Kustoms shop truck is pretty Awesome!

 

When Dick Dean was still here in Wyandotte Michigan and owned Southend Kustoms he had a killer truck. I am sure Rik has photos. I have heard it still exists somewhere in the Detroit area and have been trying to track it down.

 

My favorite full custom P/U from the fifties. This is the only car conversion that got the proportions right. IMHO There were lots of home made P/Us but they looked like home made P/Us.