Customs Bonneville Custom......Does anybody recognize it?

For sure one of the prettiest cars out on the salt this year.

 

I cant stop looking at this car. I really really like it. I remember there was a post on here not to long ago about it. Truly a perfect custom. There is not one bad angle on it. Are there any interior shots?

 

The owner, Don Richardson, is a friend of mine. I have driven this car a little. Hard to see out of. It is the real deal folks. My alltime fave custom. Don't get much better than this. Period. These are the only two pics I took at B-ville this year.

 

I went real gone for that '39 this weekend. I thought it must've been a modified Zephyr or something, it was so beautiful.

 

It took a while for this thread to get the attention it deserves but im glad it is. I think by bringing this car to the salt this year woke a lot of people up to this Timeless Legend. There were some talk about it before on here but it never lasted very long,now people are diggin it and I am lovin it! Very Well Deserved !!!!!

 

Church,

Just got back to Chicago from the Salt. I had seen the posts about this car on the HAMB prior to my departure and when I saw it yesterday in person....MY, MY, MY..what a car and your pics DO it justice. Great job! We met in Kalitta's paddock at Pomona....you rock!
E

 

Great car. Love the picture of it in the coppery color. Nice to see some more custom coverage on the HAMB!!

 

I have a 39 standard that I was afraid to chop.
Koolkemp lives up the road and he wants to whack the top. I think I need to figure out the details and copy the look of the boomer. I am pretty sure Rikster might have the details of how much this car was channeled sectioned and chopped.

 

Ya Ya Ya lets do it I will make ya some prints of it when I get back to work next week, this car is beautiful...one of the best surviving 40's style customs , if not the best !!

 

Did you borrow my ladder?

 

No ladder. Just raised my camera over my head and shot. If I missed the car, then I deleted it like it never happened and tried again. I mean in never happened.

 

damn... I have dug this ride for year but this is the first color pic I have ever seen of it. not saying it looks bad by any means but I think I secretly wanted it to be a little darker...

still amazingly beautiful car!

 

Just curious - someone borrowed my ladder to shoot it, but never got their name...

 

Here's a couple of mine:

 

Him and his wife were both really cool people.

 

Thank you all for your posts, pictures and enthusiasms about our car. It was a gas to drive around 900 miles each way to Bonneville this year.

Yes, it is a very comfortable ride. It is an honor to be the caretaker and owner of a piece of history.

It was so cool to talk to so many people about our car and it was real nice of people to want to take pictures of it too. We asked a lot of people to send us photo's. Some people had real nice camera's with them.

The Tinted Purple car that looks like ours is owned by Roger and Julie Hendrickson from Fairmont, MN. Our car brought us together in 1986 I think. Neat people!

Thank you again......... You can see some more photo's at: www.richardsoncustomautobody.com Just click on the picture of the car that has the lady standing by it....

Enjoy,
The Richardson's

 

I've posted about this car a few times on here the past. This is the the genuine article of custom meets hot rod. And to correct what was stated before about this being used as a push car for Rice's '32. The '32 roadster he bought after customizing the '39 was used as the push car for the '39, as the '39 competed at Bonneville. He ran 121.45 in C cl*** coupe with the '39. Bad***!

Hawk and Buzzard does an amazing article on his blog that I have cited before. Find it here:

http://thehawkandbuzzard.blogspot.com/2009/10/bonneville-boomer.html

It is a must read. Time to drool.

 

Great car, love the pics that have been posted.

 

ohhh my lord... that is the coolest custom I have seen in some time...

can someone please remind me what car that steering wheel originally came out of?

 

Thanks Rik- check out that profile. Tough.

 

Here's a pic of my friend Craig Wise(CW's40PU)who is also the same guy who painted the Old Crow logo on my truck and Lucky's truck,at Bonneville when he was a kid in 1954. When I saw the car at Bonneville,I asked him if it was the same car that's in his avatar. He said yes!!!!!

 

That is awesome !!!!

 

It cracks me up when I look at it,cause his shoes and cuffed pants and white t-shirt is what all the guys wear today,haha! Had no idea the car was so famous. Coby really captured it nice....

 

YEP....that's me, 1954, I was 11 yrs old and in love with that car! Still love'n it after all these years! I to missed B-ville is year and this awesome Custom/Hot Rod.

 

I didn't see anything from you on here,so I took the pic from your album and posted it for you. That photo is one of my favorites,Craig....

 

WOW !!! Im in love this car bigtime but your history with this picture is just unreal.

 

Yes, Don's car as he has had it for many years and got it to it's currnet state. Nice thing is that it still lives in the Aberdeen area and he takes it out often but has a few other nice rods as well plus he is a pro builder.
Mike

 

Hey CW's40TPU,

We are headed to the Grand National Roadster Show - January 28 to 30, 2011. We will be in with a group of Old Customs and Hot Rods on display. If we create a poster of your picture by our car and send it to you, can you sign it and send it back to us? We would like to display it next to our car in the Grand National Roadster Show.

We look forward to your response.
The Richardson's

 

Hey Mike,

It is good to see you on the HAMB! Hope sunny AZ is good for you. Thank you for your kind words about us too!

Don and Irene
www.richardsoncustomautobody.com for viewing of some cool projects.

 

Hey Jeffsled,

May we use your photo to make a poster?

We would love to display it next to our car at the Grand National Roadster Show in 2011.

Thanks,
The Richardson's