This thread won't die ! No ! Rikster tell me the truth ! lol!same trim as on Junior Shoebox ! 2 cutted '55 ford ! Very tricky ! ...and very nice ! looka that : Thanks Rik you're really DA kustom historian !
Hey Twochops I remember when your merc was in grey prime with a conventional straight post cut . I have pics. Then it was red with a regular good ol Dick Dean Style roof than I remember you did the cloth top deal. I photographed all versions.
are your hubcaps too big for the 15" rims ? if so they are for a 16 inch rim . . . if they are too small , they are for a 14 . I don't think they made rims in 1/2 " incriments .
A very kool fat fenders shot at Round'up this week-end That Vicky top is real kool idea but i don't love the mail slot type back window ! I don't think it's a real Barris cars, but it deserve his crest ! Ps : Any bigger pics of the car above ?... Buick?...Olds?
That car was on ebay just a short while back. If you can find it there you will find a bunch more pics. Had some hamb threads debating the fact that it may or may not be a Barris car. Hyfire
Ok! Thanks Hyfire, i'll search those topics on the Fat but...I search pics of the blue car above...my post !
Really was a junkyard car and built by Bill Ross in Yakima, Washington. The car was badly rusted in the floor area and the frame was to be replaced so the very first step in the building of this car was welding the 4 inch exhaust tubing to the sills of the car thus strengthening the body so it could be lifted from the frame. This is very important in an open vehicle as there is no top support. The car was then sat on a 69 Caprice (I think) chassis and later was lengthened 4 inches to match the Buick wheelbase. Bill and I were at a run in Wenatchee, WA and spotted a '56 Olds 4 door hardtop for sale and checked it out as Bill originally planned to chop the Buick but the A posts on the Buick are pot metal. The Olds has stainless A pillars and it takes a little work to adapt these into the forward part of the Buick door. But now, Bill has an entire Olds for parts and ended up with 2 or 3 more so the challenge was on to see how much of this stuff worked on the Buick. The dash was probably the first to be donated and it was a direct fit but of course had to be cut out and welded into the Buick. What a difference! Then the grille was tried and a near perfect fit and with all the parts Bill had on hand and if I remember correctly he used 2 '56 Olds top pieces turning one upside down and mating them and I found a very cherry '54 Buick grille 'cause this car is a '54 Buick, at Medicine Bow Motors in Missoula, MT and brought it back and with little trimming it fit the outline. Bill then cut the grille sheetmetal outline form the Olds and welded it to the Buick giving the car a complete Olds look now. The stock '54 Buick head lights were pot metal also and were long enough that Bill was going to cut the sheet metal grille surround to set them in at the bottom but at the time, I also had a '53 Buick hardtop and the headlight bezel's were stainless steel and 1 and 1/4 inch shorter in height so by extending the top of the fender and inch or so, the '53 bezel's became the new lighting and fit above the surround. Around back Bill added '56 Chevy tail light bezel's and welded them in and no easy chore as these are pot metal and then added Lee lenses. The rear bumper is a combination of '55 and '6 bunpers from the Olds. Now the car was nearly done and Bill was going to run the lakes pipes through the exhaust tubing that had been welded on the sills for strength and I suggested that he cut the tubbing and lay the lakers inside and exposed. Bill went one step further and cut out the side of the 4" pipe and inserted a 31/2" pipe (doubler) on the inside and opened it up on the side as well and then added the lakers. This piece of work is really the backbone of the car as there is movement in the door or wing window area as you travel down the road and one probably could jack the car off the ground with these lake pipe surrounds and not damage a thing. Once again.........this is an open car so the basement must be stout as the roof dosen't support any thing. That's where I left the car and I see it in Yuma, AZ every winter at the Mid-Night at the Oasis Run with it's new owner Gary Schieble who hails from Sumner, Washington and Yuma. I can' remember if Bill later chopped the car, I think he did and he changed the top from his original but the paint is still the original and was done in Bill's shop as well. Bill has built 2 or 3 cars (show winners) prior to this and several since. His workmanship is second to nobody and is always trying to stretch the evelope. One of his latest cars was "Emerald Envy" a '46 ford ragtop built with a Lincoln frontend and painted Candy Green. This car went to the late Buck Owens. Bill.......... a commercial electrician with an eye for a custom and the amazing ability to build it himself. If you ask him, he's not a car builder.
It's very interresting to know the real story of such a kool kustom ! I can remember the '46 vert with lincoln front end, that was a beautifull kustom too... You're right, Bill had an eye for period kustoms... do you have any pics of these prior kustoms ? Will be very nice to see ' em...
I have all kinds of pics but I'm running barefoot on my puter til next fall when I get this bldg redone so my scanner isn't on line. Sorry!
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hell yeah man did you bring that thing down here to Tx??? looks good.. i really wanted to buy that thing last time i saw it up for sale, but i just couldn't do it... enjoy.
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