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Well Mike have been watching your progress and I must say you are doing a remarkable job of it, really with out the use of heavy duty metal...
LEE is a hell of craftsman and a super guy. I remember his sub framed on both ends Buick. Might have been the first of its kind, it was the...
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I have been watching this whole build with interest... as myself right now is doing a 40's coupe. My oh my, lots of thought going into every...
I would guess that quite a few of us have stored up a bunch of "special" event tee shirts and have them parked in a drawer or closet. I had quite...
Sorry for the bad scan.......this photo is amazing, showing a young Bill Ortega and George Barris at the Ford plant in Pico Rivera where Bill...
Picture showing a young Bill Ortega , pounding away on the Aztec hood at the Barris shop. Bill later changed his last name to De Carr, some say...
Very sorry to have to you all about the passing of another Kustom legend, long time Barris Kustom body man Bill De Carr has passed away. This guy...
Just looking thru some old photos that i took, seeing this bubble top again, les dunhams "scorpian" on the street in booton new jersey, [1960's]....
Two more of cecils creations , they live on !! Rip!!
I was very very sorry to hear of the passing of virginia kustom kar builder ....cecil profitt. He was a very kind and decent man who did his best...
Out standing pictures......just great stuff. I'am sure happy to see these, very very pleasing!! Barresse'
YA!! the "Surf Woodie" by Barris. I ran across it in Nevada back in the early 80's...ran down the lead that it was for sale...it was but, I...
Karrera...........Wow man, I have to say, they look great together. What a day that was , Jefferies must be sorry he ever sold that car???? Only...
"WELCOME TO OHIO" ........Imagine driving up on this in 1958, in Ohio of all places.
Just amazing stuff...........Bill Carrs hometown, Huntington , West Virginia. I was born a few miles away from Huntington, I remember being in...
I can't get enough of these photos, way different from the norm. The Kopper Kart and the Aztec trip with Jefferies. Bill told me it was a long...
Hey, don't worry ..be happy with what you got. Down in florida...pretty much nothing .......easy on the "fat gold chain"...crowd....wheres the...
I was very very taken back by the news of Daves passing. He was a super guy and a great great artist, an American icon. Dave's body of work is...
Hello Hey I have a very very first 605's, it was a conversion back then. You had to cut off the lower sector of the orig 55 box and splice it on...
NEED HELP ONCE AGAIN.....ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW OF A PLACE THAT REBUILDS POWER STEERING BOX'S. HAVE A VERY EARLY 605 CONVERSIOIN BOX IN THE AZTEC...
Hey thanks for the photos of the bracket, thats a pretty nice example. I was looking at a roadster at Pomona last yr, Hemi with 6-2's, had the...
Q @ A.....Anyone out there remember... [back in the day]... seeing a custom generator bracket for a Hemi Chrysler that was used with 6 or 8 carb...
Hey.. for my $$$, 2- two barrels..........really looks nice on the 331 Caddy. I had one on my old Buick/Caddy engine and it looked cool as hell....
Any one know of any new multi carb manifolds being made for the Hemi 392 engine?? Like the one for the nail head copy of the old Drag Star log.
Mid 60's Lincoln and T bird, a almost bolt on , remove the rubber shock biskets and re enforce the frame so the new box bolts don't crush the Merc...
Come on...... all the "hardcore" hot rods and rats alike, two times a month to chew the fat and check out the rides. I managed to get up at 7AM,...
Any one out there know of a Magnito repair or tune up shop that is good and can do it with out taking out your tonsils??? I used a place called...
Today the Aztec returned from the Amelia Island show where it was placed with famous Hot Rod Magazine cover cars. I'am proud to have been given...
Two Chops I had some fun replacing the ones in my Caddy powered 41 Buick...........for sure they were the dished type and I used a ball peen...
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