Hey! I know that more-door Merc! I saw it at Back to the Beach in 2000. Good to see it's still looking good. Does it belong to a HAMBer? Here's the pic I took. Happy Birthday, Bill! Who said lead was bad for you??
That was the Lil Bat #1 and was introduced at the 1958 Autorama. It was recustomized into a bubble top and then disappeared in someone's back yard. The current car is Lil Bat #2 and is an exact copy of the original. I was there when Bill built the original in Michigan. He painted my "Jimmy Jones" bubble skirts for my 56 Chevy.
Amazing, got any pictures of the bubble top version of it??? when did he build Lil Bat #2. Is #1 still in existence or is it gone?
I saw one picture of the original, in bubbletop form, in someones back yard, but it was never finished and it was last seen just rotting into the ground. The #2 car was built about 10 years, or more, ago. Time p***es fast. I last saw the #2 at Starbirds Museum in Okla. Ironically, right over the Lil Bat, was a wall tribute to the El Matador, which I owned in the seventies.
Happy Birthday Bill & many more.Why your just a young man! My dads Gonna be 90 on May 4.But at least you have all your facultys my dads had althzheimers for years..Mike
anybody at his birthday see a customized 50s ford in green and gold? lake pipes and the like? I'd love to see some pics of it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bill!!!! One of the koolest guy's you'll ever meet. I can proudly say I have car chopped by him. Him and Brad did it for me at KKOA in Salina a couple years back. Have a hotdog and a Coke for me would ya.lol Jeff
HAHA this is so funny i was just talkin to my g/f about calling bill and wishin him a happy new years. lol and how it would be awesome to have my car done and take it to his next birthday party...come home and this is on here haha i knew that it want until March lol how funny
lol yeah he told me he was gonna stil work til hes 88 years young so 3 more years . in his last years of working i prolly have the last fleetline he will chop!
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