Custom cars

furyus 67 · Sep 11, 2016

I wanted to continue the discussion started on Toms thread ,without hijacking it. Big John I couldn't agree with you more about Sam and George. Without using Google , and if I remember correctly Sam Barris 1st did a drop top, the 49. I'd swear he did another merc (hard top)that was his before the Hirohata merc. Of what I read was true, he was the 1st to chop. As a kid I came across a stack of Hotrod and custom car maths from the 50's and 60's. That's wear I first learned of Sam Barris. I remember one magazine had channeling instructions for all of the popular cars of the period. It showed wear to cut and how much. My God would take some sack to take a saw to the entire body of a car!! I also had the debut of the beatnik bandit. I am a Roth lover also. Were there more Sams cars??

Big_John · Sep 11, 2016

Sam Barris and his 49 Mercury

His '40 Mercury

His '50 Buick.

Big_John · Sep 11, 2016

My favorite Mopar custom. Clif Inman's '57. This was done by Joe Wilhelm.

commando1 · Sep 11, 2016

Big_John said:
My favorite Mopar custom. Clif Inman's '57. This was done by Joe Wilhelm.

Imagine today someone buying a real nice' 57, and turning it into what you see above.
Now imagine that person joining FCBO...
http://smileys.newbeginningsnetwork.com/piwigo/galleries/RUDE_ADULT/****/****-storm.gif

Big_John · Sep 11, 2016

Bob Hirohata and his '51 Mercury. This car was done at the Barris shop. It was restored and still looks the same. Sadly, Hirohata was murdered in his front yard.

Big_John · Sep 11, 2016

commando1 said:
Imagine today someone buying a real nice' 57, and turning it into what you see above.
Now imagine that person joining FCBO...
http://smileys.newbeginningsnetwork.com/piwigo/galleries/RUDE_ADULT/****/****-storm.gif

True, but this car was done back in 1960. It would have just been a 3 year old used car at the time, not even a letter car or anything like that.

It would be like cutting up an 2013 Charger now.

furyus 67 · Sep 11, 2016

That Buick is seriously channeled! Man I wish I still had those magazines!! That Mopar is beautiful!! Looks similar to this one.

This fury is pretty sweet too

Thanks for entertaining me with this one John, not many here would. My grandfather started taking me to car shows at a very young age and I fell in love with the wild ones! The Barris bro's, Gene Winfield , Ed Roth, Bob Fryze. They were all pioneers in their times. I drooled over this merc for a while

Sh'boom is another one of my favorites

it's a 50 ford that's well hidden!!

Big_John · Sep 11, 2016

I met Ed Roth once. I talked to him for about 10 minutes. A genuinely nice guy.

barnfind · Sep 11, 2016

Lemay museum

furyus 67 · Sep 11, 2016

Big_John said:
I met Ed Roth once. I talked to him for about 10 minutes. A genuinely nice guy.

Jealous!!!! I've heard that from a few people. He was nuts!! In a totally good way!! Had a mind like no other! The beatnik is one of my favorite cars too! I read a story about him getting into a fight with the L.A hells angels pres and winning lol. Got out of the motorcycle business after that!!