Features Kustoms blues? I need to see some kustoms....

Im talking about the 39 sedan

 

December 1988 Street Rodder....here is the complete article....

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In front of my shop, good article though

 

Oh nice doing this on a cheap phone and im not good at it
Thanks

 

From the Web.

 

Well I guess that answers that question..... thanks gear jammer .....but now that brings up the question.. where is or what happened to the car in the article ? for the reason of just being curious ...good looking car never seen anything on it later...

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Summer '81 Custom Rodder
Event: Street Rodder's Remember James Dean
A few shots from the article....

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Some random shots from the same Summer '81 Custom Rodder Magazine..

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So it WAS you parked at that restaurant I thought the location looked familiar

That photo I found on one of those sites that just has a bunch of photos of all kinds of cars with no identifying captions or information.

 

Frank Sonzogni Merc (built at Barris).

 

I like Kustoms that stretch your imagination.

 

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that first picture has joe sulpy sr. driving the car and that's butch patrick,"eddie munster" standing behind the car.

 

Here's the original.
https://classicvirus.com/2017/12/11/korkes-own-1954-ford-convertible-parisienne/

 

mo the original still exists in arizona. korke still owned it when he died about a year ago. i believe a friend of his has it now. it's in need of a restoration but it's not terrible and is pretty complete. joe sulpy built the tribute "not clone" pictured above and still has it in new jersey.

 

I like "tribute" cars!

 

Killing time yesterday and watched two episodes of Bitchen' Rides as they built a '60 Caddy called the Copper Cadillac over an 18 month period. Forgetting about the drama, the shop time and materials had to put the build in the $300,000 plus range. It would be interesting to do some price comparisons of Barris, Valley Custom, etc. costs back in the day.

 

$300.000 Do the math. If one person worked a year on the car at $100 an hour shop rate. That's at least $200.000 Now figure in more than one person working on it. Then figure in the extra 6 months. Then figure in parts and materials. Would $600.000 touch it.

 

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I really like the Desoto teeth on the Chevy grille....what a nice look!