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Atomic Punk is still my Fav! It was my screen saver for a very long time. Just love that car.

 

Start with a bubble and work it into a car....

 

#16 was on an episode of my classis car

 

Here are some more....

 

What's the second?

The last one is a Peel, an actual production car.


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This looks more like a bubble gum machine.

 

Subscribed. Love bubbletops soooo much.

 

Side car. I don't know anything about it. I think I found this pic here or FB?

 

mark moriarty owns/owned this. it had the bubble painted to look like pac man. he'd be a good one to ask about it

 

I'd guess that thing was built by the same dudes who build that thing in the attachment. If we go that far, there is another bubble, that cyclops trike seen in Mad Max.

I also found three more recently. I will add them and this lunar thing to the list tomorrow.










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subscribed, my favorites, BUBBLES, any more Fritz's painted, looks awesome

 

I wish Fritz wouldn't have got himself banned, I liked watching his work.

 

Well, he built a bubbletop, he's on the list.

Here some nice addon to sweet your sorrows. The first apperance of the Beatnik Bandit.








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Here:

 

#20 is a Starbird. The bricks are his Wichita, Kansas shop and I sorta remember having the model that said Starbird on it. Hope that helps.
Michael

 

I updated the list, added names/credits where you guys could help, took out the DeDia150 as it is apparently not a bubbletop, fixed pics, added prototype cars.

Keep them comming!

 

32. is Starbird in his Fantabula.

http://www.customclinic.com/fullcust/Starbird/Fantabula/fantabula.html

 

Thanks! Edited.

 

Still my favorite and built near my home town and i didnt even know it!

 

More.

 

More.

 

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I dunno about the last one.

 

WOW....good thread with lots of really cool ideas and builds.
Also a good example of what makes this hobby of ours so great, as in different strokes for different folks !!
I personally never cared for the bubble tops, but they show a great insight into a really different concept.
Thanks for posting...I did enjoy looking at all the pics....

 

Update.

Seems that almost all those I have actually known are the ones worth knowing. I'm scared to find out what the 80ies spawned.

 

Fantastic rods!

 

My favorites are the Jeffries Mantaray, Roth's Beatnik Bandit and Cushenberry's Silhouette - built models of all three when I was a kid.

 

I think out of the 40 that are on the list, Mantaray is in the last 5 for me. I just can't stand it.


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Full info on #19

From Rik Hoving's site:

http://public.fotki.com/Rikster/11_...om_cars/dave_puhl_customs/electra_dave_puhls/

I bet Bob K could fill in some interesting details about this car. He worked at the wax company that owned it for awhile.