pics of D'agostino's 40 Merc Stardust?

any shots of it? other than the one on his website?
gracias

 

i dont know what pics are on the website but it is nice to look at

 

I feel weak. any more? stock rear windows look better to me.

 

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I agree . I always thought the split window was way classier looking . I guess the one piece job makes it more " modern " looking . . .

 

that sure is an awesome car. the split would looks tons better but i still like it.

 

i have a front on shot ,but is too big for me to reize ,haha
didnt he just copy the metranga in styling the car?

 

Where the hell dose he do to get the money to cut up cars that are useualy worth more than my house ie the brouhamn ect. ect.

 

Im not sure what he does but he is actually the nicest guy you would want to meet. Always talks your ear off. He didnt re-design the wheel on this one, I just like it and have no shots of it. thanks

 

Ditto on the window, but a real beauty regardless. Do anyone know where it is these days?

 

Sailor,,I saw the Mataranga coupe-copy here:
http://www.danddcustom.com/forsale1/item.nhtml?profile=forsale1&UID=102

 

Does anybody know who owns it now? I recall seeing it in the trader about 5 or 6 years ago.

 

if i skip my phonebill this month i bet i could afford it

 

I thought "Stardust" was the name of the one Bill Hines built? There's a picture of it in the "American Custom" book. It's beautifull...

 

Stardust" made its debut at the Oakland show and went on to win many awards, including "Best of Show" at the Paso Robles Show and the "Sam Barris Memorial Award" at the Sacramento Autorama. It eventually ended up at Harrah's Museum in Reno, Nevada, where it was displayed for a few years before it was sold. It was last seen at the "Men and Machines" exhibition at the Oakland Museum in 1996.


bill hines chopped it



Stardust" made its debut at the Oakland show and went on to win many award he sent it to Kustom Creations in Reno, Nevada, to have it chopped and then Bill Hines finished it

 

Here's a painting I did of it:

 

Last I heard, In '96 it was owned by someone in Bothell, WA. I've been up here in WA since '98 and have never seen it in public. I know the guy was wanting to sell it cause D'Agostino told me at The Men and Machines exhibit in Oakland that he had a chance to buy it back. He passed.. I recall the asking price of $75,000. Bill Reasoner at Classic Auto Body in Walnut Creek did the chop and all the other body mods on Stardust. Bill Hines did do a Matranga Clone and had it on display at the 50th Oakland (even though it was actually in SF that year) in 1999. Two entirely different cars.

 

I think I'll go with Road Savage on this one...

The one that Bill Hines was supposed to have done wasn't chopped quite as much and seemed to flow differently. It's an n'th degree thing, not a big difference but noticeable.

 

hey cleatus, looking to sell any paintings?

 

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Sorry, but I very rarely paint, so if I sold one, I'd have none left. Thanks tho

D'ago's Stardust and Zocchi's 39 Dodge - from about the same time period - are THE cars that got me hooked on fat fender customs.

When I saw them at Autorama, I was just dumbstruk - the coolest things ever. My friends were all goofy about various pro-street cars and Boyd's rod, but I just stood and stared at them customs!

Took me awhile to get to a point where I could build one for myself, so in the mean-time I tried to satisy my urges by painting them. It has now been years since I picked up a brush.

 

You might consider making prints of that painting , I bet you could sell a few . . . I would buy one

 

Thanks Mike. Here is one of my other few remaining painting from that time period. The Ernst clone. Never really finished it. I have a couple more about 3/4 done.

 

Why did they have to ruin the fine lines of that beautiful car by putting that big haired, 1989 bimbo next to it?

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Stardust" made its debut at the Oakland show and went on to win many awards, including "Best of Show" at the Paso Robles Show and the "Sam Barris Memorial Award" at the Sacramento Autorama. It eventually ended up at Harrah's Museum in Reno, Nevada, where it was displayed for a few years before it was sold. It was last seen at the "Men and Machines" exhibition at the Oakland Museum in 1996.


bill hines chopped it



Stardust" made its debut at the Oakland show and went on to win many award he sent it to Kustom Creations in Reno, Nevada, to have it chopped and then Bill Hines finished it


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D'ago's Stardust and Zocchi's 39 Dodge - from about the same time period - are THE cars that got me hooked on fat fender customs.

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Ditto here! You couldn't get into a lot of events with a 49 or newer car, so there were very few Kustoms. I wanted to have my cake and eat it too. So I sought out a fat fendered kustom after seeing Stardust at Oakland.

 

possibly the best looking 40 merc ever.

 

boy,cletus...make nice cars AND you can paint!here's another nice 40 that i'm personally in love with i found on ebay..here's the bio on it
Creepy

"1940 mercery coupe featured in hot rod mag in march 1957 .this is a orginal old lead sled from the 50 s.also in several mag s in the 70 s and 80 s from covers to features.still in beautiful conditon from a resoration in 1977.there are minor paint chips and scrathes from driving but the black cherry paint still stands tall.engine is 1958 283 with 3 spd colume shift.no high tech.car was built by don telon of portland in 1956 and restored by mickey ellis of roy utah in 1977.dash is signed by gene winfield,bill cushonberry and george barris.a true piece of leadsled history "