Bitchin' Kustoms from Sweden etc.

Close-up of Kartsa's '49 Buick.



Really dig the hubcaps.

 

Another close up of Kartsa's Buick. the taillights with home made lens. (photo's from the internet)

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Some wonderfull metal work

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Another picture of the Packard, this time finished in gold.

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47-48 Chevy coupe with well proportioned top

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Cadillac with chrome toped chopped top.

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Mild but perfect Olds

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Packard taillights and bumper
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And since we ar in Sweden... a nicely chopped Volvo

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I'm glad to see that Wolf's old merc is still exactly the same as it was when I knew him . I used to hangout with him when he was in the Lonley Kings back in the early 90's . That car is amazing and he never did cover up any of the welds . they were pretty clean to begin with , but they just had paint on them from what I remember . I also got a big kick out of how he cut " lucille " out on top of the " lincoln " script on that over rider . Pure genious . I have lots of pictures of that car somewhere . I will drag them out later .

 

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Hey Kartsa !
Nice to hear from you ! Any pics of your beautiful '49 Buick ?


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Here is a couple of recent ones.



Upholstery.

 

The golden Olds fastback is the only one not built on the other side of the Atlantic. The original one was built by Robbie Martinez and featured in both Car Craft 1956 and Hot Rod 1956. I think the clone was owned (maybe built) by Richard Kenny for some time and Gary "Die-Hard" for some. I have not exact story of it, though its current owner did claim that it was the old custom, and not a clone. But as he did advertise for a sun visor for it (HELP!) I understands tah the knows nothing about customs...
(BTW nice too see all those custom photos, I´ve shot quite a few of them!)

 

That took a long time before somebody came around to the best kustom of them all from Sweden!!! And that is off cause just my humble opinion!! Allan Bergmann '51 Chevy will allways be the greatest. That man is a genius!
He will allways be my inspiration!

Klaus

 

Great Kartsa. I can see how that will fit to the dash, Buick Titian red &amp; gold. Stunning...
Is that interior a work of Lasse Vänttinen?

 

Yes,that is Lasses work.Ofcourse

http://www.verhoomoprima.com/

 

Yes Klaus, Allan rules! He is a real kustom artist.
The first time the photo of Allan´s 51 (built in the 80´s) was published was 15 years ago, on the cover of the very first issue of Lead News. Yes, already in 1990 we did smallsized custom magazine like in the early days...

 

hakan (wellsville) - i got your emails! however i have been pretty bust at work and unable to reply, your items are in good care. will get back to you shortly

 

Thankx BRO! (photo by RPW)

 

Dec-04, melting snow...

 

A few more photo's.

A really nicely chopped 54 Chevy four door was seen at a Power meet in Vasteras in the late 80's. Wonder if it is still around today.

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53-54 Chevy with nice chop. This is also a 4 door but I dont think its the same one as the pink one above. The top looks to be lower in the rear on the green one.

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Perfect stance on this 39 Merc convertible

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54 Plymouth Savoy

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40041 Chevy coupe with single bar flippers and dropped a bit in the back

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49-50 chevy with Henry J grille

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Concervative chop and very nice rear end treatment

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52-54 Ford

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and one more photo of Ulf "Wolf" Christiansson excelent 51 Mercury.

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Damn, I'm glad to see that there are more people into the customs! You guys on the other side have definatly got your shit together. Beautiful cars and workmanship, keep it coming.-MIKE

 

Lots of good stuff here. Kartsa, your work is a great inspiration so thanks for posting.

 

Man,I'm blown away by all those great pics !!! Thank you so much !!!

Kartsa,the progress shots of your Buick look awesome...
Nice bodywork ! Can't wait to see the interior finished.Your ride has lots of class.Great sled !

I remember the golden Olds Fastback offered for $16500 at the Mooneyes party some years ago.Got it on video.


Here's a pic of another '49 Merc from Sweden.I think the car is pretty well known over there.So is the Carson topped
Gene Winfield built '51 Merc in the background.



May somebody tell me more about the '49 ? I really like the 3-piece window.

 

Here's a better pic of the '51.



RPW,I bet you know everything about this Merc as Hakan Johansson is also a CKOS member.

 

What a line up

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one more of that candy red Cadillac

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Another four door

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46-48 Chevy coupe with some fresh body work

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Another photo of that green 47-48 chopped Chevy coupe shown before.

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Same 52-54 Ford as shown before, this photo shows the great work on the front sheet metal.

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Rear shot of the 51 Merc TheFrenZ showed us before.

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another 41 chevy coupe from over the pond

 

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49-50 chevy with Henry J grille

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That´s HAMB-member Rod Ari´s Chevrolet, Ari got a chopped shoebox too. That ´41 Chevrolet is now in Finland as Jaypee said before. And the green ´48 is nowadays in red primer! Here are the the homepages of the owner http://www.ol-style.net/. Picture borrowed from Jaypee.

 

Any of you guys got any pics of the Carson topped Amazon or the chopped F type Vauxhall...

 

I forgot the pic of Jake´s ´48...

KoppaK: You asked some Vauxhall-pics. Well Check out this amazing diary!!! Vauxhall diary

And here is amazing swedish Amazon with carson top, also with a nice project diary: Amazon page

 

Drag it tail... Cool photos from Jake´s (the owner of ´48) album, thanks!

 

Drag it twice...

 

Drag them to the hell...

 

Dragging all night long...

 

As a lot of customs have been built both in Sweden and Finland, very few kustoms have been built in Norway. This is the 49 Merc cvt that Levi Lundring built in the early 1980´s, it started out as 4-d and it was probably the first traditional custom built in Norway. Today Im looking at this photo with a stone in my heart. Levi, his wife and their three children are missing in Thailand.

 

Hey Rikster,the pink 54 chevy is the same as the green one,it is rechopt by Allan Bergman.
Here is a pic of my´n old volvo.