History Famous Hot Rods & Customs from the PNW

Car is still around and currently for sale as well out in Cornelius, Oregon. It's a neat car to see in person, but it really needs the interior done back to a more era correct style. Its too street rod now.

 

photo by Rich Carlson

 

Photo by Rich Carlson

 

Lakes Body Shop in Lakewood used to do some interesting things. In the '80 their 'shop truck' was a current El Camino converted into a Pontiac via a Grand Am front clip and 'sculpted' quarterpanels to mimic the Pontiac. Problem was it was done with bondo and deteriorated within a few years...

 

Surprised no one has mentioned this. Built in around '55 by Jerry Berg of Bellevue it was featured in Hot Rod, Car Craft, Rod and Custom and some others.


I have it now. Not going into that, doing so on this site causes hate and discontent.

 

Bump

 

I think Joyce has made the car even more famous since Bub passed away. She is a great lady as well. Her and Bub went everywhere with it and she still drives the wheels off it.

 

Precision Engines, Orville Roupe, did a little of everything, built hemi engines for Hershel McGriff, was on the Atlas Van Lines Unlimited Hydro, an was an excellent Flathead man, great guy to boot !

 

L-R: Alex (passed 2024), Michael, Harold (passed 1985).

 

Steve Tansey did a C cab for Pepsi. Or was it Coke?

 

‘another Russ Meeks car, I believe. I think this was a Klamath Falls show in mid 60’s

 

Sad....that looks like a good crew right there....

 

Color change.




Russ' Nomad

 

This gasser style Lloyd was built by my friend Bob Johnson, it had a 327 and a four speed. I met him when I was in my early teens about 1970, he was with two other cars (all had beam axles) visiting a guy down the street from me, was quite a scene, there was a 59 Ford station wagon and a 67 M#s/ang, by my memory both had 2x4 FE engines.
It was the wheelstand that Bob did with the Lloyd that left quite an impression on me.

 

She has shown up everywhere with that car over the years.

 

RBB’s: Racing Baroumes Bros
White Center (Seattle), Washington
1938 Chevrolet

 

RBB’s

 

Alex Baroumes 1959

I believe this is hot rod #1. Can anyone id the make and model of this vehicle?



BB hot rods:
#1 ??
#2 ‘59 Impala - crashed date unknown
#3 ‘38 Chevy - fate unknown
#4 ‘51 Anglia - crashed and documented ‘66
#5 Ford Thames - year not identified. Also crashed. Date unknown.

 

Hard to have a thread like this without contributions by Corno, Schoonhoven, Meaks, The Multnomah HR council and the Slo Poks. I am not worthy to post their contributions. I am no historian, merely a hot rodder and a fan.

 

Vintage signed "Jerry Ruth" poster from Seattle.

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1940 Chevy four door.

 

As a clone is being built and almost complete now, but John Buchan's 56 Chevy "Madame Fefe" made the rounds in the early to mid 60s going through quite a bit of custom work. I see the car pop up in alot of the programs I have with Taboo.

 

That’s a name I haven’t heard in years. That Pepsi truck is still around.