When I first started going to custom car shows with Dennis McPhail back in the late 1990′s, David Guymon would almost always have some new crazy custom making a debut. And I don’t what year it was when I first laid eyes on his ’55 Bird, but I distinctly remember thinking that it was the [...]
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Guymon’s Bird
Posted on March 18th, 2013 by Ryan
Filed under: Customs
Filed under: Customs
The Dan Post Reprint
I’m on the road home from the beach today, but figured I would drop ya’ll a press release I got in my inbox right before I hopped in the car. Apparently, the long awaited and heavily anticipated Dan Post Box Set of Reprints from TRJ is done and ready to go. Essentially, these are “Restyling [...]
Five Compact Customs for the 60s
When I think of traditional custom cars, two words quickly come to mind for the overall look: Long and low. We usually imagine our early 60s American Customs to have a striking stance and ominous presence that sort of owns the road and says “Don’t mess with me” at the same time. Some of the [...]
Bob Rosenfield’s ’48 Vert
Bob Rosenfield’s ’48 Ford was featured in the April, 1957 issue of Rod & Custom Magazine as a sort of “throw back” car. In fact, the article opens with this line: “Bob Rosenfield’s ’48 convertible first went under the torch back in the days when customizing this model was the thing to do.” Which, of [...]
The Jack Stewart Ford
I once heard that Rikster doesn’t own a car of any kind… or even a driver’s license. I don’t know that there is any truth to any of that, but I like the idea of a crazed custom fanatic sequestered in The Netherlands using only the internet to quench his thirst for learning more and [...]
The Ugliest Kustoms of the 50s
There’s just no easy way of saying it here, folks- Not every custom creation was thing of beauty in the 1950s. By the second half of the decade, customizing was often less about modernizing an older car, and more about getting the most stares or slacked jaws at a car show. I believe that tasteful [...]
Beauty Shots
Every time I set out to wax a car, I finish one panel and then sit on my bucket for a breather while thinking, “Good god. I have eight panels more of this repulsive manual labor bullshit… What have I gotten myself into?” After a while, I pick myself up and do another panel – [...]
Top 3 Custom Shoebox Fords of the 50s
Sometimes overshadowed by the 49-51 Mercury, the ‘Shoebox’ Fords of the same era were the backbone of the burgeoning custom car scene in 1950s Southern California. 1949 was a big, big year for Ford with new 8BA Flatheads, kingpin independent front suspension, and sleek modern styling. Much like it’s big brother Merc, these post war [...]
Undercut
This is how sick I am… Last night, there was a black out during the Super Bowl. For those of you not into the Sporting World, it was unprecedented. I mean, that shit just doesn’t happen – not during the world’s most expensive air time. By all accounts, I should have sat on my couch [...]
