Pics request.....60's bubble top show cars.

if you have em, i would be greatful to see them. real or models.

Thanks

Lee Croden

 

Here are a few from my collection.

(photo provided by Keith Ashley)






(photo's taken by Bill Johnson - TwoChop)

 

I am sure that you have lots of pictures of The Beatnik Bandit, but here is mine with two Roth signatures 40 years apart. The photo was a publicity picture of when I hired the car in 1961 for a car show in Florida.

 

wow. i have hotwheels of cars like that from my dad, but i didn't know they actually existed.

 

Where did you get pics of that black 59? It's the Ultimus from MI!

check out the pics from 1965!

http://www.jims59.com/misc59photos.htm

 

That Alluminum pancake at Starbirds didn't have a top on it when I was there for the HAMB Drags. It's looking good.

 

Rick Hines of Jackson MI now owns the ULTIMUS.
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Just came across this one, anyone have more pictures of this thing? It's awesome

 

Thats from the Beatniks...I met the cat that owns it at The Trukey Rod Run in Daytona.I got some pics of it on a disposable....never saw anything like it...

 

Who does bubble tops these days???

 

That is the unfinished Bill Cushenbery "Mystery Car". I got the photo's from ebay where it was on sale a few weeks ago. This is the text I copied from the ebay auction:

n the world of custom cars this vehicle is the unfinished “Picasso”, truly the rarest hand built bubbletop car on earth. In 1963 Bill Cushenbery embarked on a project that would span four decades, outlive Bill and the story continues. The vehicle was a hand built all-aluminum Corvair-powered bubble-top concept car. Bill was well into the construction of the vehicle when he was approached by a group of promoters to go into partnership with them. He needed the financial equipment, including the aluminum car to their facility in Burbank, California. A short-lived business deal sent Bill packing back to Monterey, California less the aluminum car. Bill had no financial means to buy his car back, so it was lost. The car was sold a number of times over the years and although Bill’s search went on for over 35 years he was never able to locate it. In a 1997 interview conducted by Jerry Weesner, editor for Custom Rodder magazine, Bill spoke at length regarding the mysterious aluminum car. Tragically, less then a year after the interview, Bill was struck with cancer and passed away shortly thereafter. Ironically, within a few months of Bill’s death, Carl Green and his son Rick discovered the car on a ranch outside San Diego, California. Almost totally hidden by tall weeds, the car had several small trees growing up thru the engine compartment, and a pack rats nest built high over the Corvair power plant. Actually, for more than 35 years of abuse, the car was still in pretty fair shape. Carl preformed a quick ‘refresh/restoration’ on the car and transported it to Darryl Starbird’s Rod and Custom Hall of Fame Museum in Oklahoma where it was put on display for the first time ever. The car needs completion/restoration. Current owner has all info on vehicle, including Cushenbery's blue prints, renderings, ect.

Here are a few more photo's










And another Cushenbery custom... The Silhouette

 

Here's a quick over the shoulder look at some bubbletops in one of my photos
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