History The Kustomrama Survivor Truck - 1955 Ford by Barris & Dick Richardson

Man, this story is great. Love seeing it brought back.

 

More. more. more.

 

AMAZING! Congratulations, man... you hit the F100 jackpot! And also, THANK YOU for sharing this story with us.

George is clearly a rare individual, and getting rarer every day. What excellent taste and foresight he has! You, the truck, and he are all so very lucky to have found one another.

Now then, young man... keep it coming!

 

Well everybody, sorry for not keeping you updated on the truck, but I got some leads on my wagon, and I've been following them the past few days! And I'm so happy to pronounce I found it!!


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that is rad man. glad you got it back.

 

Awesome on getting the wagon back.

Details please

 

Kvipt,
That is awesome! Do you have any details about it's abduction and time as a prisoner?

 

That's excellent news, Olav! I hope it's in relatively good condition so that you can continue your pickup saga without interruption. I'll bet you're one happy guy today!

 

Another twist in the plot!
Awesome news. You are lucky to get it back with no harm done too!

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Wow man! You are living right!! Congrats on getting the wagon back. What's the plan now that you have both cars?

 

Great news about the wagon. Is it okay?

 

This has been an amazing ride, thanks for sharing this fascinating story.

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Olav,

You are obviously doing something right! Congratulations on getting your wagon back. Like others have said I too would be interested in hearing any details you might have regarding the theft and recovery of your wagon and the scumbags who stole it.

Thor

 

Outstanding sir.Keep us posted about the recovery.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Lets hear the story on the wagon! is it okay?

 

There are no words worthy of this.....

Congrats Olav!!

 

Its so rad you got your wagon back too- been watching on IG- that RULES!!

 

can you reccomend some lottery numbers for the rst of us? you already have won!!

 

Thank you all guys, well I'm not always that lucky..

Well! Good news is that i have the car! Bad news is that a young girl snagged in front of me on the highway and slammed the brakes for a slow going vehicle. I turn left and side swapped my right front fender and door.. I can't give any details about who stole it, because it is still under investigation.


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It doesn't matter who stole it, it matters that you got it back. In the form of possible irony, the repairs to the wagon might be good "practice" before you get to that part of your truck restoration. Just sayin, or maybe trying to help make lemonade from the "lemon"...?

 

Great thread. I really like the older custom f-100's, and that is the real deal.

 

This gets better and better! Thanks for keeping us updated.

 

Glad to hear you got the wagon back in running shape and hopefully intact. Too many times we hear about stolen cars recovered that aren't running, parted out, crashed, or otherwise completely f'ed up. The car gods are smiling.

 

Now I got a chance to restyle it slightly, French the headlights as an example


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Great news on getting the wagon back...sorry to hear about the little mishap...

 

Simply incredible! Congrats for everything. Great thread, sent shivers down my spine when I saw that eye.


That tailgate would look really cool hung up at a historically significant olde tyme kustom shop.....

 

dude! cant believe you got the wagon back. that just tops it all off. the kustom gods are smiling upon you. keep up the good work and dont worry about the damage these old cars are meant to take a lil' beating every now and again.

 

The chassis is more or less done, just waiting for some back orders from Bob Drake. So now I have begun to paint all the parts for it!


My buddy in Bell Junior Conway helped me match the color from the tailgate. Base urethane with clear will cover the engine compartment, however Bill Hines mixed the paint for the exterior, in Lacquer. So when the car starts to get patina again, it will look like 50's patina.



Also found an extra tailgate at the long beach swap meet!



Found this too, but I could not afford it :/



Turned out that chrome polished good out!


Applied epoxy and high build primer on all the parts in the engine compartment tonight.



It's so cool to restore this truck in the old barris shop, spraying paint mixed by Junior Conway, shooting it where Von Dutch, Dean Jeffries, Larry Watson, Ed Roth among others once nestled.


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Congrats on the wagons return