2 old 54 merc customs

at a cruzenite and ran into bob barkoff and frankie p bob has unionvillehaunt chisr,s uncle john,s 54 that he redone and frankie p still has the one he had when he and john showed in the late 50,s and early 60,s frank,s still has a real set of rader wheels on his that he won,t part with. the gut in the hardtop was done 50 years ago yes 50 years ago 1958 and it still looks great the sedan has been done a long time to

 

Nice cars!

 

Nice shape those old sleds. Nothing cooler than a telephone in a car.

 

a thread about these 2 cars should've been made a long time ago..I love the scoop/antenna on the present day renegade anyone have a close up picture?, im not sure if it had it originally...I've only seen the white one once, both outstanding, nicely styled customs.

 

nice cars I love to c em, i was talking talking to frank at 5pts awhile ago talking about those raders, he told me Richie offered him 4grand for em he said no...nice guys both of em and he just had the interior redone on teh white one

 

Wow, Frankie P is from my home town of Metuchen, and I ran into him several years ago and haven't seen him since. I've been wanting to see that white merc for quite a while. I'm glad to see he's out and about with it, and I hope to catch a glimpse when I get back up to NJ in a week or so.

 

Ted....Frank's car isn't as old as you think. He originally DID have one in the early 60's, but the white one isn't that one.
The white Merc started being built about 2 years or so after I started working for John. That would be........maybe 81 or 82? I actually helped John do the taillights, and the "Billy buttons" on the doors. Frank was one of the orignal guys who started the Renegades car club, along with John, Brinky, Tom Cooney, Steve Balog, etc.
I haven't seen Frank in many years, but spent a lot of time with him and the other Renegades at club functions, the first Lead East, the old NJ state car club picnics. Those were good times! When Kustoms began coming back!
I still hope Barkoff gets bored with Pazsik's car.....I'd second mortgage the house to buy it back, and repaint it green!

 

It was always cool seein those cars together when The Renegade was green.They flip flopped each others colors.Promuticos car had an awesome set of John Paszik 55 Lincoln taillights frenched in it.Hey Mark ,its funny these days how a car built 26 years ago aint really an old custom!Thanks for the pics Teddy!

 

I told you were going to clone it! Ha. Where was Tom Cooney from? I think I might know a relative of him.

 

Thanks for posting those. Both cars are beautiful.

 

really nice cars. i remember seeing franks several years ago when i had my merc at englishtown. talked to him for a while bout kustoms and i never seen him since.

 

Come to think of it, that was the last time I saw him/it too. Glad to see hes out again.

 

54's are way overlooked cars. Thosre are classy.