Is this guy taking credit for DeRosa's LandShark?

http://www.part.to/customhotrods/theshark.htm

Is this guy serious? Code name 'the Shark'? By the look on his site, it sounds like he is taking credit for building the 'Land Shark' built by Frank De Rosa. A car that either you liked it in its time when it was built or you hated it, it was a car that was definately out there in the Kustom car world. No metion of De Rosa, only him. You can slightly see in the picture De Rosas name in script on the fins.

Does anyone know this guy?????

Brian

 

I guess so...it looks that way to me!!!!!!

John

 

"Randy Murray's Customized 1960 Cadillac Eldorado code name "The Shark""

SO it suggests Randy Murray is the owner of the car...
The " 's " is the posessive, suggesting only the curent state of ownership.
If he wanted to suggest he built it he'd take the De Rosa off the fin wouldn't he?

Damn, some of you guys are hard.
headed.

SOme people build, and then sell and build more.
There has to be a buyer and new 'proud owner" somewhere in that equasion!

 

It says DeRosa right on the side of it, kinda hard to take credit for a build with someone elses name on it, no?

 

Iam not hard headed Iam just board!!!! besides that car is a joke!!!!

 

If you aren't one of the "Some of you guys" who's hard headed, why so quick to assume I was even talking about you?

And. you're just Bored.
A Board is what ya surf on...

 

Randy hasn't owned that car for 3 years. It was in Texas for about 6 months and last time i saw it was early '05 as it was getting on a car houler to go to Washington state.

 

GasMonkey had it for a while.. Prob sold it to him.

It was used in a photoshoot in Dallas...

 

Why would anybody take credit for that abortion? No offense to aborted humans, cars, robots etc..............

 

Point taken, but he has it on his hot rod shop web site though. Anyways, does anyone know how much this car has been selling for lately? Just wondering what some of the old kustoms are going for.
Brian

 

I think it definately was an over the top California Kustom from the 70s era.

 

DrJ, bluebrian misspelled hauler. Aren't you going to chastise him too?

 

I like the car and what it represents.

Hopefully, it reminds all of us of a time we should make sure we don't go back to.

 

just shows there were better drug's in the 70's
DeRosa has a style all his own, I think mainstream rodders never accept anything that hasn't been done at least a hundered times.
I wouldn't own many of his cars, (goes for Barris too!) but that doen't mean I don't appreciate his work.

 

Anyone have some more photos of this car? I found one online and it looks nice from the rear.

It's over the top but I can appreciate it when someone takes a theme and runs as far as they can with it.

 

That thing used to float around here from swap meet to swap meet

Sorry if I offend anyone but, wow ..is it ugly

To each his own

 

Randy and his brother Rick DO build some wild stuff...but every time I've talked to them about DeRosa's Caddy...not once did they take credit for building it...not that they'd need to anyway....

and DirtySanchez...when we're talking spelling, DrJ missed "equation"...98% of the people on this board cannot spell...and the other 2% think they know it all.

R-

 

Richard got it from Randy Murray at goodguys colorado in 2004. Then Sold it to a guy in washington.

 

That's what I was trying to say....


Thanks,

 

Eh, I've seen far worse.

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/car/388134384.html

 

Don Johnson called. He wants his car back.

 

Is this any relation to Shark Attack? Nothing can top that thing in ugliness, altho this car tries.

 

Check out some of the early or late for that matter cars that Bill Hines has built, like all the others some "not very pleasing to the eye" customs.

 

DeRosa had a VERY unique style

Not a real big fan of this type of car.

The funnything about this thread is it seems most every one is in agreement that they feel this car sucks ass.

But not long ago here on the HAMB was a thread about the FONZI Mercury and the majority of the posters on that thread seemed to think that was a Bitchen car.

Now as i said, Im not a fan of the DeRosa Caddy in question, BUT this Caddy is 50 times the car that FONZI Merc Pile of Shit will ever be.

Can any one shed light on why Frank DeRosa's Caddy is labeled CRAP while people THINK that FONZI Merc is cool ?

 

Sure but you prolly wouldnt get it.

 

I would love to drive the wheels off of it. I'd take it everywhere. I wouldn't pay what it would cost for the oppertunity though.

 

Why would'nt i get it ? Shed some light !!

DeRosa's car is a finished, painted Show car...

FONZIS Merc is a pile of Shit... It always has been & always will be.

Whats not to get ?

 

DeRosa's car is a finished, painted Show car...

FONZIS Merc is a pile of Shit... It always has been & always will be.
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I agree
the shark= show car
the fonzi merc=shitbox

 

fonzi car is a back yard car that was built on a drit driveway for the love of customs it was his only car that he had and drove everyday . thier were driffrent cars but he had them one at a time and some were finsih cars with paint and some were in prime and were very rough when he was sick and dying but he still drove and work on his merc thats the big driffrent between the shark and forzi shitbox hope now you understand

 

Bro, you better step off Fonzi. Seriously. That dude is a legend and you're treading on sacred ground.

Go back and reread the thread on him and his cars and you should be able to figure it out. If not, be respectful and keep your opinon to yourself