That other hot rod show on Australia Day Weekend.

Thanks Carps.
This one just speaks to me.

Why am I not surprised?

So, whilst Fred is fantacising about what happens in the back of that old van, here's a few more pic's for your viewing pleasure.........

This one has had more than a bit of ink since it was built, looks great in person and Troy is a nice guy too.



Hollywood Hot Rods have just finished this 'Brand New '40' for Street Rodder Magazine's 2013 Road Tour.



Yep, it's a brand spankin' new '40 Coupe, there's not one original old part on the car anywhere, it's 100% new or repro.



Still on the orange pearl colour scheme, this isn't really a Ford, but indeed a '37 Chevrolet.



From the famed shop of Marcell and Sons comes this fantasy in bare metal.
Features styling cues from Delahaye, BMW, Bentley and many other exotic makes.
Impossible to see on the outer surfaces, but there's quite a few welding lines (albeit perfect welds) where all the hand formed bits of metal have been attached to each other to form a single unit.



The brass bits will be chrome plated for the finished and painted car.



Sharing a striking resemblance to this years AMBR winner, this little jalopy took the big trophy home in 1951.



Hey, it's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.



Wish I coulda brung this beauty home with me.



Could not find one fault or flaw anywhere on the whole car, even the colour and amount of glass is perfect.
One of the few cars I've ever see that I would not change a single thing if it were mine.



Black and chrome A pick-up, wasn't too shabby either.



Likewise, this '40 Ford tool carrier.



This little bugger still has me scratching my head, but Fred probably understands it.



Bare metal Deuce could be an AMBR contender next year.



Here's another brand spankin' new car that has no old parts, there was also a new '57 Chev Convert elsewhere, plus a whole bunch of new '55/6/7 'Vettes.



So, how do you like your '55 Nomad?

Stock…..



….. or slightly modified?



Let's close out todays batch with a pair of Deuces.

Repop convertible road-duster……



…. and the significanttly rarer original Cabriolet (also with convertible top, roll up and down windows).



The interweb is painfully slow at present, so this is it for today, but there's still whole bunch more (I love digital, shot over 4,000 pics) if you're interested.

bring them on, this is just great

Keep them coming. Always enjoy the shows.

What an incredible array of vehicles, thank you sooo much for the pics.

While Fred talks to this pair, we can look at some more hot rod pictures.

I gotta ask, why do computer geeks have to screw around with stuff that works perfectly well by making new programs that don't work as well to replace the ones that do?

After piss farting around with the new Photobucket for too many hours, when it hijacked the old system I have been using, here's the next round of images.

Red flaked '34 was lumped in with the Kustoms, probably coz it has Barris crests on the cowl panels, but I reckon it's all hot rod, pure hot road at that.



I guess it does have a kustom interior.



But no matter which way you view the outside, it's all hot rod!



Speaking of hot rods, this little deuce coupe is one of the nicest I've ever seen.



Again it matters not from which angle it's viewed, there's no question what it is.



I guess you could call this a hot rod too.



So Cal's latest is stuffed full with one of those new cyote engines from FOMOCO.



And this is a sports car, a very cool sports car, but a sports car all the same.



Here's another of the Aussies at the show…



Never knew a yoot could look so classy.



Speaking of classy, this mildly customised '40 convert is all that and more.



Yeah baby!



What is it they say about not making them like they used to?



Old show rod was tucked away in a corner and ignored by most passers by.



Yet another Ardun powered deuce!



Among all the subtle silvers, grey, and earth-tones, the blue cars all stood out quite boldly.



very boldly!

Here's another class act and one of the rarest of Uncle Hank's '32 model year cars.



In fact the last of the 400 series convertible Victorias.



From the front this one was just another deuce, from this angle it's more interesting.



The 37 Chev is right up there with the '40 Ford when discussion turns to great looking coupes.



Quite a few T buckets in this show, some appear to be from back when they were the latest Fad.



Others seem to have moved with the times.



Yet others are just kinda cute and/or funky, with lots of Artus appeal.



And it doesn't matter from which angle they are viewed.



Here's another one for the MOPAR gang, channelled and full rendered '32 Plymouth, Hemi powered of course.



Last but not least, here's one that didn't make the cut,.....



......which should help put into perspective, the high standard of the top ten roadsters..



So what would you like tomorrow, some Kustopms maybe? Suede Palace? Later models?

Have you ever wondered what might have been had Bob Hirohatta purchased a convertible?

dont really care what u put up just as long as u keep posting these r great

very cool carps .. !

caught a glimps of this very car on speedhunters.com
" The old boardtrack Model T had the most miniscule air inlets at the show ... "

keep on plugging at the downloads ... loving the show

Carps wrote:Have you ever wondered what might have been had Bob Hirohatta purchased a convertible?

Well wonder no more!



The Jack Walker clone is good, but some of the smaller details are not exactly the same, this one is a perfect replica with the exception of the fact that it's a convertible.





The teeth in the side vents are a perfect match as too is the joint in the Buick side trim and the push buttons for opening the doors.



But the icing on the cake is the perfect replication of the original Von Dutch striping on the dash panel.



Under the hood and underneath the car, it is identical in every way to the now restored original Hirohatta two door hardtop.

Did ya pick the one detail that's not right?

I love George Jetson's moped.
I also like the fact that the orange van with the zoomies has an Iron Butterfly LP as part of the display.
But this has me intrigued.
Edwardian chain drive chassis and what is possibly an aircraft engine. It looks like it could be a Chitty Bang Bang but there seems to be something odd going on at the back. Movie car?


For those who don't know the Chitty Bang Bang series of cars were built after WW1 by Count Louis Zborowski (great name) using chain drive chassis & aircraft engines. He raced them at Brooklands. Ian Fleming appropriated the name for his childrens book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
This is Chitty Bang Bang 1

OK, lesson over. Sorry Carps. Now back to the eye candy.

Thanx Fred, since the open top cargo carriers are what strikes a chord among some of you folks let's check one of my favourites from a couple of different angles.



A cool workspace has air conditioning.



This one may appeal more to the tri-five fans,



Flareside bed helps make it a tad classier than regular step side truck.



Falcom looks pretty clean and innocent.



Betcha it's frightened a few of them nasty muscle cars than to the quad cammer under it's hood.



Think we had this '37 Chev from another angle, but it's nice enough to look at again.



Dunno if it's about the fruit they grow in the central part of the state but this is a popular colour in SoCal.



They grow lotsa oranges down Mexico way too, but the folks down there have a whole different opinion of what makes a neat paint job.



Plain and simple works, but model A is a little cramped for my big frame.



We all know that my most favourie pick up truck is white and lives in St Louis, but this one I think takes third place on my list.



It's that colour, stance wheels thang at work I reckon.



See, here it is working again.



Same colour different parts but same effect.



Different vintage but it's still working!



Even works for ugly trucks and the tars don't need to have white sidewalls, especially when everything else is black.



Works with the yellow hues, even pale cream.



But brighten the colour up a tad, use unique rollers and add a splash of contrasting white…..

I think my new second favourite picked up truck, is this one, just coz I dig a custom and candy wine paint is bit chin too.



Viewed from any angle this little truck is badass cool!



Since we're back in the Kustom hall, how about a radically customised pickemup truck?



I'm thinking it was once a Ford Econoline.



Certainly not something at the top of every customiser's list, but neat coz it's different.



John D'Agostino's '39 Cadillac isn't a truck, but it's a very kool kustom.



Oh, you couldn't see the Caddy?

Let's try again, how's this?



Better?



OK, so tomorrow we gotta introduce Zochi's Kustom and a few of the others from the more than hundred that were in this hall.

WOW some very cool ones there big thank's for sharing them

My pleasure!

The Custom's hall, shot from centre of the building, more to my left, rich and behind me.



Richard Zocchi chose a rare '62 Chrysler 300 as the base for his car which is easily recognisable, despite the number of detail changes made to it…….



…like the front fender scoops and neatly frenched headlamps that go almost un-noticed.



Around back the changes are equally as subtle but no less complex, like the completely new backlight window.



Whilst the Zocchi and D'Agostino cars are almost in a class of their own, none of the other Kustoms could be consider anything less than first class, like this '48 Ford coupe wearing g a '50 Victoria roof.



It also had the 'spinner' dash.



But I reckon it may be a bit hard spotting what's following.



Pink or white are not colours I'd normally associate with trad style customs, but they kinda work OK……..



….. on yet another almost unrecognisable '46/8 Ford coupe.



This well known '48 coupe was customised way back when and is undergoing yet another restoration and appeared at the show stark bollicky nekkid.



If I had to have a try five Chevy, Ed Malinski's blue and white '55 would be the one I'd choose.



Mildly customised the cobalt blue paint really makes it pop!!



Another attention grabbing blue paint job was the Winfield style fade job on Keth Charvonia's not so common Kaiser.

Another Aussie, this time with two cars displayed was Justin Hills, with his well known Buick……



… and the recently finished '60 Dodge Polara.



Since all the mid fifties Buicks are now resident in Australia, the 'murricans are turning to the mid sixties Rivs for their Buick fix.



'49/50 Pontiac tail-lamps are more usually found on trad' styled hot rods, but they work well on this candy lime green late model.



From this angle there's no mistaking the origins of this radical Kustom.



However, looking at the other end, it could have started out as any one of a large number of early fifties vehicles.



There's no mistaking that Jim Eckard's ride started out as a late forties Chevrolet.



I guess no review of the Kustom class can be called complete without a few Mercuries and this 39 was one of a few in the show done in the Matranga style.



This 49/50 model was clean and featured an interesting side trim that I could n't identify.



This one was such a deep shade of blue it almost looked like it was black from some angles.



No questioning what colour this one is.



Or this one, which isn't a Merc, but a longer wheelbases Lincoln Cosmopolitan, which is not only chopped, but also sectioned.



The styling is a radical departure from traditional, I figure necessitated by the section job.



Likewise the paint treatment stepped somewhat out of the normal boundaries for a kustom.



Dunno if it was the colour, the build quality or just the style, but this one really appealed to me.



It takes a bit of imagination to get a kustom right, like selecting the correct tail-lamps from another vehicle, it's the little things like turning those lamps 90degrees from how they'd normally set, that separates the special cars from those that follow standard practices and 'rules'.

Some more cool ones the drool over have to watch out one does not get a dribble rash on the chin ,have you thought about doing a coffee table book of cars.Thank's again.

Yeah, it's coming, one day.

Nice as the green Caddy is, I'm soooo digging' this MOPAR, just for the subtlety and range of modifications. It's not 'till you see a stocker that you realise just how radically modified it really is.



Here's another pair of subtly kusomised machines, Mark Skipper's '51 Vicy being one of the stand out Kustoms of the event.

Look closely and you'll see the true extent of the work done to Mark's car.
Chopping the top on one of these usually creates a rather difficult, some may even say ugly back window opening.
Mark's solution? Use the backlight glass from a regular sedan.



No matter from which angle it's viewed, this thing just exudes cool class.



Jim Noteboom is another relatively prolific builder of Kustoms, usually wagon based.
His latest is a Cadillac wagon, that never existed in the GM line-up.



It's big enough that sleeping in the back on a road trip would be no problem, even for me.



Prolific customisers in the '60s, the Alexander Brothers have been a little quiet on the customising scene for a few years.
The good news is that are back, although not strictly a Kustom, their '33 roadster exhibits their talent for style and ability to scratch build intricate multi dimensional components.



Mild Kustom Chevy sloper looked pretty good in green.



This early '50's Ford uses a few Pontiac plus other GM bits and when done should look pretty good.



Shoebox coupe used trim from various different '50s era Fords and Merc's to good effect in creating the illusion that it's been sectioned.



This one had a few viewers scratching their heads, appears to have started life as a '48 ish Anglia or Prefect.

Of course the grandaddy of all car shows, should feature the grandaddy of all radical Kustoms and this show sure did that.



How many different cars models or parts can you identify?



Whilst not to everybody's taste there's no disputing it's a masterpiece of the Kustomiser's art using every trick in the book and then some.



And I do mean every trick!



I'm told it is eminently drivable and we even witnessed that on teardown night, it has air con so that the folks inside don't get toasted under the plexi dome on hot days.



It's also fully detailed from top to bottom, even tho you can't see the bottom when it's parked.
hell you cant see it when it's moving either, it gives the impression of floating on air.



This '54 Chevy was the complete opposite in terms of modifications, very mild yet so well executed.



It'd make a great daily driver.



Appearing on the surface to be equally as mild as the Chevy, this '56 Ford proved to be much more.
Look closely at the images and see how much you can pick.



Upturned and filled bumpers are but one change, however did you notice they've been reduced in size so as to sit more neatly against the body work?



There's plenty of neat and subtle customising to see here.



And it continues under the hood and beneath the car.



The custom fabricated dash is cool enough, but check out the upholstered pedal arms.



Also the neat body colour door trim mouldings that replicate the stainless trim fitted to the outside panels.



Sometimes it's the cars you might ignore and walk past, that display most of the neat tricks and detail.

Next up……… The Suede Palace. Where most of the cars actually shine. Or maybe some muscle cars, models or Mexicans?

A thousand thank you's for posting these brilliant photos - so many beautiful cars , so many modelling ideas.

Thanks for the '62 Chrysler pics. I'm working one one ATM and that gave me some new ideas.

zenrat wrote:Thanks for the '62 Chrysler pics. I'm working one one ATM and that gave me some new ideas.

Good to see you still here Fred, I thought you may be missing for a while after the mauve '56 Ford bubble top started talking to you.

Yes kids, that thing started life as a common old Cusso, look closely and you'll see some of the clues (top section of bootlid, firewall and hood hinges, lower portion of doors, bonnet, etc.).

The model car show was a bit of a disappointment as there was only maybe a couple of dozen models on display and most of those not what I'd call up to 'show' standard, here's a few I liked.

SW&C Willys was built out of box, with very nice paint and detail.



Kustom Pick-up was a pretty radical build and used a lot more parts than in the original box.





AMT Merc used some of the customising parts from the original kit issue and has outstanding paint job.



Starliner appeared to be out of box with a few kit bashed parts and a custom paint job to help it along.



Nicely weathered Tow truck uses many scratch built parts.

Since we're doing the Ms let's take a trip to the Mexico room and check out the low-riders.
These are some of the most incredibly detailed cars you'll ever see and the owners, some of the friendliest most enthusiastic car guys you can find to talk to.
These guys especially love to demonstrate all the trick operational features built into their rides.

However, most spectacular is usually the paint.



Every line on this 'flake and candy hued Chevy is in perfect alignment from one panel to the next.



Even between the outside and inside.



One of the things that has added appeal for me at least, is that crushed velour is now out of fashion and highly detailed soft leather upholstery is 'in'.



These guys don't just do cars, they also like the two wheelers so naturally there's a few low ride motorcycles on show.



Same incredible detail, including the engraving......



......and wild paint.



Of course not all low-riders have wild multi coloured paint and the guys are also open minded when it comes to make model and year, anything goes.



Yellow/lime 'Flake, Candy and Pearl mix on this Chevy was stunning.





As too was the candy apple over red metal flake on this one.



Green is also popular.



With matching upholstery of course.



Naturally they also have blues and purples on the colur palette!