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Welcome to Kustomrama - Traditonal Rod & Kustom Wikipedia
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Featured Stories
Tom Pollard's 1929 Ford Roadster
Known as "Dragnets Big Rod", Tom Pollard's 1929 Ford Model A Roadster was originally built by Kazar "Cozy" Simonian in the late 1940s. Once completed Cozy had spent all his paychecks building the car, and had to sell it on order to get some money. Tom bought it, and made it famous as the Hot Rod from NBC's Dragnet even though it never appeared in any episodes of Dragnet.
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The Donz Lancer
The last few weeks I have featured some custom cars influenced by the 1951 GM LeSabre Concept Car. Some are built as lookalikes, while others are inspired by certain design elements on the Harley Earl creation. This weeks featured car was built by Donz Custom Shop in Orlando, Florida and has a rear end treatment very similar to the 1951 GM LeSabre.
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Carl Cerny's 1949 Chevrolet
This clean 1949 Chevrolet custom was Carl Cerny's personal ride. Carl ran Cerny's Custom Shop together with his brother George. The boys turned out some really nice customs during the 1940s and the 1950s. George received a lot of ink with his chopped 1950 Plymouth Suburban, but I haven't been able to find out much on his brother Carl.
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Kustomra'mag
Kustomra'mag 5
Fifth issue of Kustomra'mag is just released. Kustomra'mag 5 features 80 pages of exclusive coverage from the A-Bombers Old Style Weekend 2008.
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Kustomra'mag 4
Fourth issue of Kustomra'mag is just released. Kustomra'mag 4 features 80 pages coverage from the Jokers Car Show 2008, CKOS Lead Parkin' 2008 and Power Hot Rod Reunion 2008.
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Kustomra'mag 3 - The Viva Las Vegas Special
Kustomra'mag 3 features 80 pages of exclusive coverage from the Shifters Car Show at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 2008. This is the biggest issue of Kustomra'mag so far.
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News
03.09.2010 - Bob McNutt's 1939 Ford For Sale
Bob McNutt's 1939 Ford Coupe is currently offered for sale on eBay and on www.nostalgiawhse.com. The asking price is $ 47,500.00. The car was originally restyled by Bob McNutt in the late 1950s, and was exhibited at the 1st annual Dallas Autorama. The car was packed away for many years until David Guymon bought it in 1994 and restored it in 31 days.
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02.12.2010 - Plymouth Belmont Offered for Sale
In the early 1950s Charles Martz started a Sport Custom craze when he released his Build Your Own Custom Sports Car book. Many Sport Customs were built as a result of the book, but not so many succeeded with their creations. One of the best looking attempts was done by Chrysler Corporation in 1954 when they made their Plymouth Belmont. The car who has been privately owned for many years are now currently advertised for sale on Hemmings
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02.09.2010 - www.barriskustomcity.com
Last year Piero De Luca and Brett Barris gave us a peek into the George Barris photo archive by releasing the The Kustom Photography of George Barris DVD. Now they're back again with www.barriskustomcity.com where they will display and sell a lot of early Barris Kustoms Merchandise and photos. I'm really thrilled about this concept and look forward to see what they dig up from the archive.
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Featured Events
Galsa Race 2010
March 6th, 2010 the Finnish Street Rod Association held their Galsa Race in Tuusula, Finland. The event looks like a bunch of fun, and it looks like snow is no obstacle for the Finnish hot rod and kustom enthusiasts.
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Detroit Autorama 2010
February 26 - 28, 2010 the 58th annual Detroit Autorama was held at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. The first Detroit Autorama was held in 1952 in order to raise money to build a drag strip. In 1956 Don Ridler was hired to promote the 1957 show. By adding bands to the show and scoring with major publicity stories in the news media, Ridler quickly succeeded in developing the Detroit show.
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Billetproof Florida 2010
February 27, 2010 the third annual Billetproof Florida was held at the Alachua County Fairgrounds in Gainesville, Florida. Even though it seemed to rain all day, a lot of cars met up for the Poor Boys event. Last year the show was held at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, but was moved to Gainesville for the 2010 event due to lack of space.
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Featured Videos
The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
The Giant Gila Monster is a drive-in double feature movie from 1959 about a gang of hot rodders that have to save the world from a giant monster. Armed with nitroglycerin he drives his hot rod in to the prehistoric monster and blows if offs the face of the earth.
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