History Custom Of The Year

16 my favorite (57 Plymouth) but it's also one of the least-changed cars from stock so I feel like I copped out a bit.

 

Bubble top show rods up against mild customs? Is that right?

 

Need some colour pictures of these cars. I am going with El Capitola. #8

 

I voted Mild & not too Wild...

 

Damn, some stiff competition. I narrowed it down to #16 Terry Holloway's Plymouth and #23 Don Tognotti's T-Bird


I ended up flipping a coin and went with Don's Bird.

 

Of course I voted Tri 5.

 

Lots of 58 and 59 chevys. I like #17

 

#9 for me. I guess I prefer Mild Kustoms.

 

Clean and simple, what's not to like?

 

Lots of rides that I didn’t care for, but still difficult to vote for only one.

 

I voted for the Predicta, because it's one of my all time favorite customs from one of my all time favorite custom builders. Starbird really drove that crazy thing! And it had a Hemi. In all honesty I tend to prefer mild customs myself but I have to give my vote to someone that did a ton of work and made a successful, unique custom.

jinx, mark

 

I was registered so I voted. Kool to look through all of the tough competition.

 

#17 Mild Custom 58 Impala. I appreciate the radical customs, but my preference is mild.

 

Man that vette tho.. 15 Got me. The top on #2 rules.

 

I am 90% sure this Vette was parked in an apartment complex in Fremont in the 80's, painted orange with a straight axle. wonder where it went after that?

 

Looks like #17 is in the early running for CrossMembers "Club Pick"!









Got my vote, too!

 

Now, the question was 'What won the Custom of the Year'
Not what I wanted to win
So I chose #11 the Watson styled T-Bird because of the heavy influence of Watson back then,,,, I think.

 

Don Fletchers fiftyseven is in my opinion an icon of the space age of the late fifties. Just my pick of who could be a winner.

 

Something about a 58 Impala chopped top convertible. I voted #14 but #5 and #26 are cool too! Hell they all are cool! Joe

 

I gotta go with #24 Anthony Abato's 54 Olds.




Simple, straight forward yet still radical. No gaudy paint, but interior is polka dot. Love the DeSoto front bumper. Like many customs it was restyled without the DeSoto bumper, painted a lighter color and added some ugly reverse fins over the headlights.

 

Number 5 for me. Heavy modified but still looks good.

 

Man, it was tough to vote - a lot of good choices. I tended to stick to the generally milder customs and boiled it down to #1, 4, 9, 20, 25, and 30. After a lot of scrolling back in forth I got it down to #1 and #25. After some more deliberation I ended up voting for #25.