History Custom Of The Year

9 for me.

 

#15:

Although #10 appeals to my sense of weirdness:

There is something almost Zagato-ish about it.
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I voted for #8 El Capitola. Always been a favorite of mine. Although #9, the 1960 Ford is more my taste and style.

 

I predicta the winner is #7.

 

One time for the Buick

 

I changed mine
this would be the one I would most like to own out of the choices anyway

 

I have to admit that I don't know shinella about customs. I like seeing the custom cars on the HAMB but I never got bit by the bug. And what the hell is with all of the kitchenette hardware in the front ends?

I had to take it seriously and vote so I separated the wheat from the chaffe, or in this case vise versa and took out the ones I didn't like or those that did the least for me without regard to who built them and narrowed the selection to the ones I would own I guess? I would probably make a lousy show judge when it comes to customs.

I went with the pinanfarina influenced vette with a bunch of drawer pulls in the grille

 

Anyone else notice that the Leo Lyons car is listed as a Ford?

 

I voted for #2, not because it's my favorite but more because it represents the trends that existed at the time. My personal fav in this list is the #3, the Wilhelm-built Mark Mist '36 Ford, #5 Ron Rodden's '57 'Vette would be a close second. I suspect that Starbird's Predicta was probably the original choice...

The '59-64 era was IMO the peak of the customs; so many now-famous icons came out of this era (and more than a few infamous ones too! LOL!) before the 'cartoon' showcars took over.

 

Watsons' TBird was the one I remember so it gets my vote

 

I prefer milder Customs and I absolutely love Jimmy Doss's '58 ... and in this paint job!

 

For my vote # 25.



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That was my first thought, Ned, i can't even make out 3 percent of a shoebox. pretty weird. and i can't even make out even three of the brands it's made of.

 

#8 goes me and my runner up is #25

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Shit this is difficult, but the Jim Doss Chevrolet (#17) got my vote

 

Man they were all about scallops that year

 

#1. #25. 56 Merc Gene Salas. #2. #23. 55 t-bird Don Tognotti #3. #28 54 Buick Jon Southwick Bunch of great cars there when I was 10 yrs old. Great time to be a kid.


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That’s the spirit Don. Mild customs are Kool.


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Customized with subtle shaving and paint....Who wood hav thunk it. Larry Watson did, all day long!


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13 Chevy 58...

 

I threw in another vote for #25.

 

Number 9 does it for me, even though it appears very mild compared to the rest of the group. I like em clean and understated.

 

#9 gets my vote....I bet it was red!


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Ya, I liked the 56 Merc. The one I would drive today, 26.

 

It was green.

 

Me too

 

Another for 25

 

I like 16 & 26. 26 for the win,

 

i voted for #14 not knowing what color it was. anybody have a color photo?
i might have chose #17 if i had seen the color first.

 

I like #23. Of course that is a famous number in Chicago.

Phil