History Mid-Late 50's Hot Rod, Drag & Customs PHOTO ALBUM

In my never ending quest of finding old custom car photos I stumbled across a collection of photos taken at Californian car shows, out door gatherings, drag races and some photo shoots.
The photos appear to be taken by a gentleman named Jim Roten. His on-line photo collection was open for the public, but I have not been able to cantact the owner to see if I could "borrow" his collection for my own site.
However since it was a public album I feel I can share them here on the hamb, so that wel all can enjoy them instead of them hiding away in a rarely discovered on-line photo album...

A selection of the Hot Rods, Customs and drag race photos of the Jim Roten collection.








Barris redone Caddy show car




Painted by Barris/Jeffrey's




Wonderful mild 51 Mercury... but what is really intersting is the Harry Westergard built Buster Rugard's 1946 Chevy next to it...








Thats sure looks like one of the first home built double cabin pick-ups next to this roadster...




Interesting 31 Roadster.. and again with the Rugards Chevy in the background




Gene Winfield Mercury... but what is the girl doing in the car???




Extreme rounded corners on this Shoebox...





Edited
Well since some of the first posted image links do not work no more.. I guess its easier to place a link here to the whole album on my site.

 

Joe Bailon...







Zupan...






Chuck de Witt's Barris Built Ford in a rarely seen two tone.... I like it!!!

 

drag racing....

 

Awesome pics man. Thanks for sharing.

 

Some out door shots...

 

These fading and cracked photos are amongst my favorites....

46-48 Mercury convertible with padded top.








Could this be a Watson Paintjob???








Mild Mercury Custom... brand new car...

 

Thanks for the pics Rikster! Some really cool stuff here!

 

wow! cool pics , thanks..

 

That's a real awesome find you made, Rikster...thanks for sharing them with us.

 

Very cool photo's, yes indeed it's always great to view these old shots and see some great old rides. i really like this group photo below.

CRUISER

 

WOWSA! That's some incredible stuff. Thanks to Jim Rotten for taking the pics and Rikster for sharing. Is there any more??

 

Thank you for sharing!

 

Awesome! Thanks! Shiney paint!

 

cool man

thanks Rik

 

Beautiful Stuff.....Thanks for letting us look at them!

 

Thanks!

 

Killer pic's Thanks, I spend way to much time on your site

 

great pictures -thanks

 

Rik ---thanks for posting the photos,looks like this guy had more money
than most of us.He had a good camera.The 32 was favorite of mine,
draw a couple picture after see it in a magazine.Back than I must
haved liked front fender mounted spares.---TwoChops

 

Glad everybody likes them as much as I did.... I was very thrilled when I found them.

More?..... Yes there is... I will post more later

 

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait the rest. --mika

 

Thanks Rikster! Great way to start my weekend, look forward to seeing the other photos.

 

Thanks, Rikster! Some very cool photos and cars...

Malcolm

 

Thanks Rik.....almost looks as through the eyes of Andy Southard. Monerey Car Capades?

 

awesome stuff rikster,how do you do it?..very nice. the outdoor shot of the shoebox is really cool,whos is it? whats the story?

 

Great photo's thanks for the show !!

 

Really nice pics, thanks for posting them!

 

Thanks for the memories. I recognize a lot of them from my little pages magazines. My favorites are the bronze and green flamed deuce that was a cover car and the Zupan Merc which to me epitomized the perfect treatment for a 49-51 Merc molded grille and perfectly placed scallop accents.

 

Thanks!!!!!

 

A few more....

I think this is the guy – Jim Roten – and his own custom who took all the photos





I think some of these have some color added to the black and white photo...
Not sure if it was done by hand, or if it was a chemical process.













Engines...