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05-31-2007, 11:53 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Montana
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Re: Top Custom
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05-31-2007, 11:56 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NLR, Arkansas
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Re: Top Custom
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It's what most people think of when the word "Kustom" is used...  But, it's actual name is "The Hawaiian" 
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05-31-2007, 11:57 AM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Crap-Chester, NY
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Re: Top Custom
Another vote for MOONGLOW!!!
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05-31-2007, 11:57 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Netherlands
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Re: Top Custom
Sam Barris 1950 Buick.
There are others that come close.... but if I have to pick one from that era... It will be this one. The side profile says it all.. PERFECTION Photo from the Barry Mazza Collection. 
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05-31-2007, 12:09 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Re: Top Custom
I'm going to put in another vote for the Barris Buick.
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05-31-2007, 12:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Right in Front of You
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Re: Top Custom
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I'm actually pretty partial to the Ernst Chevy too (hell, it inspired a future designer to pretty much copy it (La Jolla)). But with the barrel of a gun pressed against my temple, I'm gonna have to change partial to full-on. This is one of the few "non-Merc" customs (along with Moonglow, both of which succumbed to disappearance) to receive such acclaim, and deservedly so. |
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05-31-2007, 12:10 PM
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Alliance Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Conway, Arkansas
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Re: Top Custom
Hirohata Merc for me....no question. So many good ones, though. I'm also with 1lowlesabre for Watson's Grapevine near the top of my list.
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05-31-2007, 12:22 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: S.F. bay area, California
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Re: Top Custom
it would have to be the Sam Barris merc. that car is just so right in every way.
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05-31-2007, 12:22 PM
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Senior Member
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Re: Top Custom
The Sam Barris Merc falls short by one year!
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05-31-2007, 12:23 PM
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Alliance Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St Albert, Alberta, Canada
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Re: Top Custom
My favorites are all '49 Mercs so to be true to the confines of this post I would have to say Sam's Buick. I don't think anyone has chopped one of these cars as gracefully as Sam did. That profile shot that Rikster posted is the absolute definition of flowing lines.
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05-31-2007, 12:26 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Hudson, Maine
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Re: Top Custom
I don't know the first thing about the origins of this car or even wher I picked up the photo, but it gets me so hot and has provided ultimate inspiration for my build and a lust to get it done.
 Anybody know more about her? Neat post.
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05-31-2007, 12:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Collingwood,Vic, Australia
Posts: 2,496
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Re: Top Custom
Steve Anglin's coupe. just cos its mean and clean. its also one of the only customs ive seen that gets away with hood louvers.
Hey ryan the colours on that car remind me of the 58 (i think )chev in the film 'Mon Oncle' its a three tone deal, and the car is supposedly new in the film, dont know if it was a stock colourway or not.. If you arent already a fan of this italian modernist classic film...you MUST see it. my favorite film.The styling in it is so cool I swoon.
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05-31-2007, 12:31 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: S.F. bay area, California
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Re: Top Custom
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close enough. |
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05-31-2007, 12:33 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Gainesville, GA
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Re: Top Custom
Zocchi's Merc {the cool one).
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05-31-2007, 12:42 PM
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Alliance Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St Albert, Alberta, Canada
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Re: Top Custom
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05-31-2007, 12:51 PM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Delaware
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Re: Top Custom
The Quesnel Merc.
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05-31-2007, 12:52 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Lakewood,CA
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Re: Top Custom
Ayala built Louie Betancourt Ford. IF it's a '50 or better, might be a '49.
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05-31-2007, 12:58 PM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Sweden
Posts: 142
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Re: Top Custom
Hey guys !
You are stepping on sacred ground here and I always thought customs and hotrods is a kind of religion . If you f-k up you go to H-LL , thats all there is to it and with that in mind there is no higher level of custom built than the Hirohata Merc . Also I thought the Mataranga Merc were wrapped around the famous light pole in -52 after the sale of Nick going to the Korea war , only being on the road for little over a year adds up to being finished 1950 and if so getting into this category but I can be wrong . Also lets not forget the Joe Pisano / Herb Ogden carsontopped 1941 Buick Roadmaster as one of the raw powers in custom universe , so heavy that its unreal this planet can carry this unit ! However if we get real down and dirty Sams -50 Buick seems to be on another level and I always thougt needed parental guidens to look at , cause that car got shapes and designs only appriciated by grown men so I have to line up my vote on Sams -50 Beauty . I know this is the wrong thread but if I got to limit my era I pick the golden custom car era of 1947 starting with George Barris -41 Buick and ending with the Bob Hirohata Merc in 1952 . You know radial tires were invented in 1953 so everything built after that is kind of modern . TinWolf |
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05-31-2007, 01:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Scotts Mi.-Venice-Fl.
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Re: Top Custom
Did Ryan say what is MY favorite 50-58 custom?
Then I would say Bill Johnson's chopped 57 Buick TwoChops
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05-31-2007, 01:05 PM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Posts: 371
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Re: Top Custom
Choosing the CAR is easy for me -- it's gotta be Ron Dunn's shoebox that was sectioned at Valley Custom. Now my problem is choosing between the FIRST version and the SECOND.
I'm thinking the first version wins. http://public.fotki.com/Rikster/11_c...nn_1950_secti/ |
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