History Driving the Kookie Kar back to 1958

I have one of those Disney skulls..need to make a shift knob

 

I wonder if any of Edd Byrnes close friends has called him yet wondering if he was there. This car is still warming hearts. Thanks Norm!

 

Norm would say "what's all the fuss about?"
Just a guess, he was a showman, who had a humble side!
KK

 

A huge Congrats to Mr. Myers for a job well done. If I would had a little change in my pocket when the auction was done I would have tried everything possible to get the car and would have done the same thing Mr. Myers done.
Damn it looks nice.

 

Here's the video with the three Hotrods that won. The Hotrods are at about 2:36:00 inthe video. I would have thought the Kookie car would have won the Dean Bachelor award, not the nickle car.

 

Just realized I never posted pics of the upholstery job by Sid Chavers Upholstery:

images by Sid @Hotrodstitcher Chavers
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This car was simply a work of art. Congratulations

 

@Tweety's Resurrection -

... and congratulations to you guys ... it’s such a great honor just to be invited to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance ... hope y’all enjoyed the experience.

 

Congratulations to everyone! I'll post my photos Tuesday when I get home. I meet Norms niece, she said Norm world have been so happy to see the car at Pebble Beach. Bob

 

Congratulations Team Brizio


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Excellent Photos And Appreciated..

 

Here's my favorite photo from yesterday ... its what sports photojournalists call a "jube" (i.e., short for jubilation) shot:

image by David Paul Morris (for Bloomberg)​

Congratulations to Beth & Ross Myers, Roy Brizio Street Rods, and the entire Kookie Kar restoration "team" (including @jakespeed55, @hollenbeck32, & @Hotrodstitcher) on 1st Place in Class R ("Historic Hot Rod Cover Cars) at the 69th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance ... Well done!

 

Oh man did they ever knock it out of the park.
Fantastic.

 

Noticed all of the snaps around the body that appear to be for a tonneau cover. Yet, I’ve Never seen a photo of one on the car. Anyone have info?

 

For the top Norm would run

 

Thanks

 

Amazing!
and props to denis4X4 for proper spelling of tonneau!

 

Norms niece came to pebble she was the baby sitting in a car seat in the LIFE magazine story

 

Norm's neice, Mary (@The Rod God) sitting in her uncle's Kookie Kar back then:

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... and standing next to her uncle's Kookie Kar at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Sunday:

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A very young Roy Brizio sitting in Norm's Kookie Kar:

image from the Brizio family archives​

... and Roy Brizio celebrating with Beth & Ross Myers at the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Sunday:

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left to right: Jim Vickery, Darryl @hollenbeck32 Hollenbeck, Roy Brizio, & Jack @jakespeed55 Stratton
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I am wondering re the norms t what might be the longest it has ever traveled as I would think it is subject to overheating due to small radiator, the way it is plumbed and I thought it had no fan? Anyone have an idea on this?

 

That’s big! I still wonder how it does even with that fan! It is a fan!

 

He told me he drove it to Vegas ..

 

I posted the old Brizio family album snapshot on the Photoshop thread and requested a bit of color correction. The Moose came through with this version.

 

WOW, how cool is that photo of Roy in that car, talk about Full Circle!
Congrats to Roy & the crew, and to Ross for making it happen. Well done, gents!

 

Anybody know if the car is in Pleasanton this weekend?
Headed over tomorrow...Hope to see it in Roy's always impressive display.

 

By looking at the photos the restored car's radiator is hanging down a little more than the original I think. So maybe a different and bigger one was used. Norm told me one time when waiting in a long line of traffic to get into a drive inn he would have to shut the car off and get out a push it by hand until he got to the entrance.

 

It wasn’t there today (Friday) ... and I doubt it will be on Saturday or Sunday.

NOTE: It was behind ropes at the Roy Brizio Street Rods shop when the “Gary Meadors Memorial Hot Rod Week” tour stopped for lunch at Roy’s shop on Tuesday afternoon:

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