D.o you have any information on George Busti? He owned Creative customs in Detroit. He built some fadical customs in the late sixties early seventies, Including a64 pontiac grand prix and 64 chevy asysimetrical designed which you have a picture of on your site. He also won two Riddler awards in the 70s.
Would you like a posting of nostalgia custom car artwork for your site or to build and album from them? Samples are shown on my custom car site, http://www.rickwilsoncustomcarart.com. I'll be at the 2013 GNRS in Pomona.
Hey Ric! Your wepage is outstanding. Best wishes on your new book. There are several pix of the car that I have now have on your webpage. It is a 1948 Chevy 3 window coupe that was a tribute build for the High School Confidential movie car that Barris Kustoms did in 1958. I have had the car about 5 years - built in 1985. Repainted it 2 years ago and repowered it and made some minor changes to make it my own. The car has been very lucky at the Goodguys events with many awards among other local shows. As a driver I expect nothing but it just keeps on coming. Streetrodder magazine shot the car in November, should be out in May or June. I took the car to Del Mar for the 1st time and was asked to display at the GNRS for a company called Pacific Products. They have a whitewall cleaner that is simply amazing. Wipe on wipe off! I look forward to meeting you and getting a copy of your book. Best wishes, Kustoms forever. Jim Eckard - Glendale, AZ 602-872-6148
Just thought that maybe you could help me let the thousands of people who have been customers of Bill Papke of Papke Interprises, Inc. Who has specialized in 49 to 51 ford and merc parts forever here in Huntington Beach,Calif! Know that Bill has come down with lung and bone cancer. There is no doubt that there thoughts and prayers would go along way.Thanks Skip
A Dutch friend of mine bought 22 years ago a '49 Merc from Papke.Will bring him the sad news.
Just thought that maybe you could help me let the thousands of people who have been customers of Bill Papke of Papke Interprises, Inc. Who has specialized in 49 to 51 ford and merc parts forever here in Huntington Beach,Calif! Know that Bill has come down with lung and bone cancer. There is no doubt that there thoughts and prayers would go along way.Thanks Skip
For a number of years I have been looking for pic's of a car called madom fi fi. if you could gave me any info it would be grate. The car was showen in the 1962 worlds fair car show thank you for your time John
I hear that the Fabian done by Les Cove Auto Body is for sale I am the Grand son of Les Cove i would like to buy it or if anyone has any info about who has it they can email me at mailto:mailto:jcove123@comcast.net i am sorry for the lose of who owned the car i have been trying to find a car that was done by Les Cove my Grand father it would be nice to own a car that came out of the shop THANK YOU Jerry Cove
Rik, saw your Ayala thread on HAMB. This is impressive. My 49 Merc build stalled 5 years ago. Went to other hot rods etc. You're work has me stoked again. Will try to post some pictures, I would like your opinion on the design direction.
Rik,what an amazing site and collection of pics.I saw some pics of the Custom Carshow at Leiden (the Netherlands). Do you also have some other pics of those shows. I am collecting pics of custom car,custom vans (bedford and chevy) and lowriders of the 80's . Keep up the good work. Check also website of a friend of mine ,who is into scale modelcars. http://www.jevries.com or http://www.unitylowriderclub.nl .
Terrific Site, Rik! I have been pinstriping since the early 1960s. These pictures bring back so many memories. I used to pinstripe for Herb Gary at Gary's Auto Body, in Sea Cliff, NY. In the late '60s I opened my own custom shop. I built the now famous Baldwin/Motion muscle cars for Motion Performance. I'm still painting today & just did an airbrush demo for Pep Boys Speed Shops at the Barrett Jackson Auction in CA. I will be posting pictures on my web site soon... http://www.localbrush.com At present I have just had Spritz by Fritz.com (today's Big Daddy Roth) chop my 1940 Ford Coupe & stretched the doors 6 inches. He also curved the door posts. You can see a video on my profile page. I will also be posting pictures on my web site soon... The car is now in paint. I will be spending a lot of time on your site in the near future. Thanks Gary, TLB
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