Customs Bill Cushinberry's "Surfin' Bird"

well...not sure if it's been posted already....not for everybody - but a custom none the less by a great customiser....it's on Evil bay at the moment....

 

Link?

 

I don't care who built it - ITS UGLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331685389433?rmvSB=true

 

WOW! I took pictures of this almost 35 years ago sitting at a gas station in Reno Nevada. It looked about the same. I didn't know anything about it. I was on a delivery or pickup with a coworker and didn't have much time to look at it. I never went back to check it out again.

 

Not a fan. That pooch got screwed hard.

 

The automotive equivalent of the platypus. Even God made some ugly stuff.

 

I'm glad to see this car is still around. I had Bill paint a 47 Ford for me at the time he was building this for KHJ. He was under pressure to get it done and hired a guy from the Barris shop to help him in the evenings and week-ends. Bill did the front end with very little lead, while Steve did the taillights using body filler and there was constant kidding between the two over the lasting ability of lead over plastic. I have a lot of fond memories while at the shop and ugly or not I'd love to own that car.

 

That's what happens when you lie about what's under the hood.

 

Honestly, I like it. It ain't the prettiest thing, but it's pretty cool

 

They weren't all gems. It would be a scream if a car by a 'name' customizer went for less than a stocker.

 

many big time builders built some big time turds - beauty is in the eye of the beholder

 

I wonder if there is any brazing under the plastic or the lead

 

Love it or hate it you have to consider the time frame of when it was built...I'd roll it out in later 60's fashion and grin the whole time..

 

It was on Ebay....and to think it was built for a Radio Station give away in LA.....wow...