Photo by Gilbert Robles...

This photo was taken by Gilbert Robles of Los Phantoms Car Club.  The model was posing by

Lawrence Orlick's 29 Model A at Viva Las Vegas 2011. 
I will be posting more of Gilbert's photos soon.

The Friday View...

People say they want more of the cars on Friday.  Let me know what you think?

Chopped Shoebox Ford...

It looks like this is not only chopped but hardtopped.  If anyone has anymore photos of this one please email them to me.  This car must have been extreme back in the day.

My Kustom Photos from the Past...

 I photographed this chevy back in 1984.  It was one of my favorites at the KKOA Sled Scene West Show in Lodi CA.

This was John Edwards Shoebox Ford.  We had cruisin'  Long Beach and Orange County and then it went to Japan.

 

That's my 55 Plymouth and Aarons 32 Ford.  We stayed at the same place just outside of Paso.

This was a very Stylish Lincoln.  This was taken at the Orange County Cruise.

This photo was taken at the old West Coast Kustoms Los Banos show.

Old Primer Nationals Photos...

Just random photos of car at past Primer Nationals
 show in Ventura CA.  After I pulled up the photos I noticed only one of the cars is actually in primer.
That show is coming up in a couple of weeks but it is now called Ventura Nationals.  Maybe because of the great number of painted cars, who knows?

Stylish Mercs...

I love this photo.  They are so shiny, almost like they are wet.

The Friday View...

Still summer so it's time for some swim suits.  I really don't think they ever go out of style. 

They could wear them year round.  The Chevy looks nice too.

Garza Kustoms...

A nice shot of some of our cars in Pismo Beach.  That's my '55 Plymouth, Arnolds '61 Oldsmobile and Mike's '50 Ford.

Grease & Greens Car Show...

Grease & Greens Car Show at the Guadalupe Salad Bowl Festival

After hours stage down 9th St. Greaser Alley from 5:00 til 9:00pm

featuring

Electric Grease

&

The Hydramatics 

'39 Mercury...

Stylish '39 Mercury, you don't have to do much to make them

 look good. Just lower, skirt and add flipper hubcaps. 

Lowered Cadillac...

There are certain cars that don't need much to look good as a Kustom.  The Cadillac is one of them.  Kustom doesn't mean it has to be radically chopped or customized.  Kustom could be anywhere from mild to wild.  I prefer somewhere in between.  A big car like this Cadillac just has to be lowered in my opinion.

The Friday View...

So much more style back in those days.  Don't you agree, today it's skinny jeans, flat hair and a t-shirt.

Parking Lot Gatherings...

Today there are many "Donut Derelict" type gatherings throughout California.  The most famous and what they call the original appears to be in Huntington Beach CA.  I know of some of these gatherngs in Central and Northern California.  Where I live on the Central Coast they have one in Pismo Beach.  Orcutt also has one but it is now on Sunday morning.  The photo above with Kustoms & Hot Rods, shows that these types of gatherings have been going on for quite a long time. 

Go Cat Go - you may want to pause the music player for this

'51 Ford Coupe...

LeRoy Gualart's Sweet Shoebox Ford

Later more Kustom mods were done but this is my favorite version of this car.

Clone of the Barris built Larry Ernst Chevy...

Keith Ashley's 1951 Chevrolet Bel Air

Old Harley's & Kustoms...

John Edward's and Alonzo rode their Harley's to Paso years ago and met up with longhair Gregg.  We all hung out at the gas station across from the park on Friday night.  Alonzo's chrome bike belonged to his Dad years ago and was later given to him.  I think John's bike is the same 57 Panhead that has won many awards over the past several years.  As far as Greggs bike, I don't know what to say.  He told me it is very old and has been built with numerous parts that he just had laying around his property.  If you don't know Gregg it would be hard to explain but someday I will do a feature on Gregg his property.  You would be amazed of all the old things he has laying around and stored away.  That bike always has a huge crowd around it.

The Friday View...

Front side and rear view.  The all look good, don't you agree?



Kustom 1940 Mercury...

This 1940 Kustom Mercury was owned by Lawrence Garrison of Massachusetts.  During WWII the car was shipped to San Diego.  In the 1960s Dave Christensen found the car and later passed it on to his grandson Matt Volk.  Matt is a friend of mine and he managed to get the old custom up and running and on a Friday night at the "Paso" WCK 2004 event he and I were parked in the gas station parking lot across from the park.  That Mercury along with my Chopped 40 Chrysler brought a lot of attention to the gas station that night.  Just recently after getting my 1946 Ford, I found out that it also belonged to Dave Christensen (Matts Granpa).  Matt aquired it along with the Mercury and some other cars and the 46 went through a couple of other owners before I ended up with it.  The Garrison Mercury was listed on ebay a while back but I don't know if it sold or how much it went for.