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

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Some old show footage on amazon

 

Looks like you lost that one.

 

This 58 Merc wagon floats my boat this AM, I have never come across one in my years of shows/travel

 

Those wagons are pretty rare. You don't see very many, but every once in a while I come across one. I know it's not a '58, but there was a nice '59 at the 34th Leadsled Spectacular back in 2014. Pretty cool to see one! E

 

1965 Custom Riviera By George Barris (That is him and his family)

 

1966 Riviera (different bodystyle)

 

Fixed it

 

Lot of kool kustom touches....

 

This is from the era where I stopped buying the 25 cent little magazines. I'm not a fan of kitchen cabinet (Kabinet?) drawer pull knobs. Maybe the judges awarded a "point" of each knob?

 

Kool picture posted from Kustomrama..



Lyle Lake's 1952 Buick Riviera, famously known as the Blue Danube, was restyled by Barris Kustoms in 1956. This photo of the Blue Danube in primer comes from the Ron Dragoo Collection. Lyle was from Orlando, Florida, but Junior Conway remembers him working on and off at Barris Kustoms in the summer of 1956. Taken during the build, this photo seems to be taken at an outdoor car show, maybe at the Hollywood Park? Thanks to Bill Layman for sharing this and several other photos from the Ron Dragoo Collection with us. More photos can be found here: http://kustomrama.com/index.php?***le=The_Ron_Dragoo_Photo_Collection

 

The blue danube was also used in an episode of the twilight zone

 

First super nice evening for spring, had to pull Taboo out to try out some new camera gear I picked up.

 

the blue danube is one of my favourite Buicks