Featured History Jack Walker's photo Album

Thanks for posting these awesome photos. I remember seeing the car ( my favorite custom )at Springfield. It was my first KKOA event and I was just overwhelmed!

 

Pic I took of it at 1989 James Dean Run in Fairmount Indiana

 

John D'Agostino isn't the current owner but was involved in the transition. I'm not sure who's the current owner.

The dash was not stiped the same as the original Merc.

 

More pictures from Pat Ganahl's photo shoot

 

Out Standing.

 

@straykatkustoms Thank you for taking the time and effort into posting all of these!
I know it wasn't the heyday for customs or hotrods, but I have a lot of fond memories from going to races and car shows in in the '80s.

 

Thank you for the kind words and I'm glad you are enjoying the pictures. I'm posting pictures and documents in the order they were in Jack's photo album. Have a lot of kool stuff still to post.

First picture I thought Jack told me it was one of the Original Hirohata's first car show..

 

All great stuff...but I was hoping to see the rest of his recreations.

 

Jack had nine albums so I have a lot more pictures to share. I’m posting the pictures how they were in his photo album. I’m glad you are enjoying the thread

 

Thanks StrayKat, this kind of stuff gets me all fluttery.

 

Great pics and wonderful idea for the thread

 

Thank you for taking the time to do all this and then share it! Good stuff Maynard! Sad that we have lost Jack....what a legend. Sure missed seeing him this weekend in KC. Kinda makes me misty thinking I was honored to participate in his last KC Cavalcade.

As Mick already said, it was not pinstriped the same. Actually, as you can see in some of the pics, the dash was painted the same seafoam as the outside as compared to the white the original is painted. If memory serves, they could only find black and white pictures of the interior (or at least only black and white of the dash) when they built it and figured it must have been seafoam. Now why it was never striped, I dunno. I do know that the guy who copied the striping on mine was asked by Jack to do his, but it didn't happen.

 

Couple of more construction pics of the Hirohata clone..

 

Some pics that were shared at Jack’s funeral.


Blue Danube clone build pics.

 

Was good to see his Danube back out this weekend in KC

 

I really wanted to go to the Cavalcade in Kansas City but just couldn't spend three days in KC. It would have been a different vibe without Jack there. He would have been proud of the gathering.

Ron wasn't excited about striping Jack's Hirohata dash. The glove box piece is complexed and when you are cloning something it has to be perfect. He had done it on Krobe's Chevy first and he didn't have any fun. The one on the Chevy is close but doesn't have all of the details. It wasn't that Ron didn't have the ability to do it, it was just the stress copying someone else's (Von Dutch) work. It was a shame the two wasn't able to get together.

 

One of my favorite Barris Kustoms. Jack said it supposed to be at the Starbird show in Tulsa. I'm hoping it will be there.

 

@J.Ukrop @Austin kays @BigJoeArt thought you guys would dig this.

Amazes me that not hardly a month goes by that another little nugget of Kansas City
Rod and custom history pops up.

 

I'm glad that he let you scan the photos mick, To many times photos like these are lost forever.

good to see history survive in the right hands.

Ok, now keep posting.


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have you posted again yet?

 

Thanks for taking the time to scan and post Mick. some really cool pictures.

I was under the impression the John bought it with a silent partner so is a co owner. Unless he has since sold it or that wasn't the case.

 

Thanks guys for letting me know that you are enjoying the post. I was geeking over the stuff that I was scanning. I'm glad that Jack trusted me and understood the importance to keep this history going.

That is what I understood what happened. Jack said one of the reasons he was going to sell it was it really needed repainted and he was too old to go through the process. Wouldn't it be kool if it gets repainted they would paint it the lime gold version. Would be kool......

 

Original Hirohata early years

 

It was here in Missouri a few years ago at Pete and Jakes open house.

 

I would love to see Jack's car parked next to the original. It's outstanding in person. When I saw it a few years ago the paint looked great.

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Now THAT would be awesome.

The mint version is great but man, the lime green trips my trigger. I'm glad whoever made the hot wheel version happen convinced them to do that version too.