The Jalopy Journal
It turns out that it happened on March 28, 1960, not 1959. That must be the plaque @Bullet Nose, if you see the jacket on this clipping I found:...
Another great score, Dean! Love it and will do some digging to see if we can come up with more info and photos of it. I checked with Bill Hines...
Wow, what a treasure! Thanks for sharing it all. Some familiar faces and cars, many new. Seems to be a lot of Nothern California cars in the...
Thanks for a great thread, Mark! And what a collection you have there. Wow. I want to introduce you all to mister Marvin D. Jarnagin: [IMG]...
Exactly! I used to do that with my Ranchero before we Mazed it....I sure miss those days in many ways ;) [IMG]
@Ryan , in 2019 Brandon Flaner of East Bay Speed & Custom introduced me to early East Bay area customizer Dick Falk. A really cool, kind, and...
You guys want another photo from Clif's collection? [IMG] This is the 1954 Olds Clif sold to buy the Chrysler. It featured mild custom work by a...
Very cool! Never too old to learn something new.....isn't it great?
Here's a little side story...Doug Osterman worked with Clif at the Star and Bar gas station in San Jose, and a few years ago he told me that he...
You are right about that. Joe did a mild makeover in 1960, then after an accident in 1962, Clif brought it back to have it fixed up...that's when...
What a coincidence, @Ryan! As you said, Clif's Chrysler is a subtle classic! A week or two ago Clif sent me some new photos of the Chrysler, and...
[IMG] @oldcarman2, here is a photo of Joe's Kaiser that I came across in the Fred Thomas Collection. A sharp-looking custom for sure! It would...
Very cool car @lucas doolin! A channeled 1939-40 Mercury...and Ford is never wrong! I'm working on the story here now and will do my best to help...
Very sad news! I wanted to stop by and interview Dick on our 2019 Kustomrama Roadshow. Unfortunately, we ran out of time, and my plan was to make...
I have it on my list. I have to complete a couple of stories I'm working on first, then I'll start working on this :)
Good question. I have been trying to find out about that myself, hunting for plaques on your page :) I asked Patrick if he knows, but haven't...
[IMG] Here's another update on this interesting story. Patrick Farrell had been a member of the Long Beach Cavaliers car club for a couple of...
@Searchingforaclassic I would gladly help you look for this. If you want to we can run it in the Kustomrama Lost & Found Section:...
[IMG] Earlier this year I received a message from the son of Eddie William Padilla, the confessed car club murder shooter. Eddie Jr. told me...
Thanks a lot, @Ryan and everyone else. I'm glad you liked the story. We were basically raised and educated on the HAMB, so you will find a lot of...
Below is a low hood cowl firewall. One original on top, and one that I converted from inches to pixels and took 2 inches out. By taking 2 inches...
I'm not talking about a Hemi engine here. I have been told that it was common back in the days to take out 2 inches for less wind resistance. I...
OK. So I spent the morning going through this thread again, looking at photos of the Neves roadster, the Valdez roadster, and also the different...
Great detective work Austin. I have a really good feeling about this. The similarities and the family bonds between Neves, Pacheco, and Valdez :)
Excellent! Thank you so much :)
Great photos. Many familiar cars. Thanks for taking the time to scan and share em
Thanks :)
A part of me wants to see this built into a bubble top :) It sure is an interesting twist to the history of this car that Gene Winfield now has a...
Great car and story! I look forward to follow this! Congrats on an awesome buy!
Nice! Can I add the photos you have shared to the page we have on the car on Kustomrama? Looks like it is due for an update now :)
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