1958

Richard Peters' 1929 Ford Model A Pickup, The Ala Kart, won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award at the 1958 National Roadster Show in Oakland.

Karl Zipf's 1930 Ford Coupe

Per Røed's 1932 Ford Cabriolet as it appeared in 1958. Per's cabriolet is considered one of the first hot rods of Norway.

Peter Billing's 1932 Ford Cabriolet was built in Lidingö, Sweden in 1958.

Jerry Berg's 1934 Ford 3-Window Coupe, of Seattle, Washington was built between 1956 and 1958. Jerrys coupe is also known as The Northern Star.

Joe Brienza's 1934 Ford Convertible of West Islip, New York was completed in 1958. The build took two years.

Larry Sanford's 1940 Mercury 4-door Convertible

Frank Livingston's 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline, The Caribbean as it appeared in 1958. New for the year was the two-tone green scallops by Mel Pinoli.

Tony Alvez' 1950 Cadillac Convertible as it appeared in 1958

Joe Tocchini's 1951 Ford Victoria, The Mystery, won the Custom Car D'Elegance award at the 1958 National Roadster Show. It shared the first place with Bill Carr's 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, The Aztec.

Bill Wolfe’s 1951 Mercury was restyled by Winfield's Custom Shop over a 2 years period. This is how it looked in 1958

Don Hurley's 1951 Oldsmobile 88 - The Kopper Dust

Ron Lerdahl's 1952 Ford Convertible, of Salt Lake City, Utah, as it appeared in 1958.

Bill Hoffman's 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air was restyled by George Schultz and Von Hunter at Wilkenson's Body Shop of Portland, Oregon in 1958.

The first version of Lee Talbot and Sam Chakries' 1953 Studebaker Pickup was completed in 1958.

Bill Carr's 1955 Chevrolet, The Aztec, won the Custom Car D'Elegance award at the 1958 National Roadster Show. It shared the first place with Joe Tocchini's 1951 Ford Victoria, The Mystery

Jim Logue's 1954 Ford Convertible, that was completed in 1958, is known as the first car ever using hydraulic lifts from aircraft surplus parts to raise and lower the front and rear suspension.

Butch Flobeck's 1954 Mercury of Piedmont, New York made its debut in 1958.

Bob McNulty's 1955 Chevrolet Corvette as it appeared in 1958.

Stan Makrush's 1955 Chevrolet Convertible of Foxboro, Massachusetts was restyled around 1957/1958. The car is known as the Gypsy.

Helen Avila's 1956 Chevrolet, She Devil, as it appeared in 1958.

Jack Arnold's 1956 Mercury was completed in 1958. Jack horse-traded a set of Appleton spotlights for the Larry Watson paint job.

Chuck O'Malley's 1956 Dodge Convertible of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania was restyled at least three times between 1958 and 1963. This is the first version, that made its debut in 1958.

The second version of Darol Jorgenson's 1957 Chevrolet Corvette was completed in 1958

Dave Jenkins' 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air as it appeared in 1958.

Phil Sowa's 1958 Chevrolet Impala of Fall River, Massachusetts was restyled in 1958.

Dick Jackson's 1958 Ford Thunderbird was restyled in 1958. The car was later sold to Calvin Wiekamp.

The Rod & Custom Magazine’s Dream Truck was crashed 15-20 miles shy of Pratt, Kansas Ocotber 21, 1958 on the way to the 4th annual International Motor Sports Show in Des Moines, Iowa where it was one of the main attractions.

The program for the 4th annual International Motor Sports Show held in Des Moines, Iowa in 1958. The Rod & Custom Magazine’s Dream Truck was featured on the cover, and the truck was one of the main attractions that year. Unfortunately it never made it to the show as it was wrecked on the way over to the show.

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By 1958, George Barris of Barris Kustoms and Joe Bailon of Bailon's Custom Shop were known as the two greatest custom car builders of the West. At the ninth annual National Roadster Show in February, both shops entered two radical and futuristic custom cars. Barris Kustoms displayed Bill Carr's 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, better known as the Aztec, and Joe Bailon displayed Joe Tocchini's 1951 Ford Victoria, better known as the Mystery. Their matched skills resulted in a tie in class, and both cars won the Custom Car D'Elegance award.^[1]