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Sid Kayman's 1932 Ford Roadster of St. Louis, Missouri. Sid bought the car in 1944 or 1945, and it had already been channeled and hot rodded when he bought it.
Harry O. Lutz' 1939 Ford Convertible as it looked in 1948. Harry was from Ferguson, Missouri.
Johnny Zaro's 1940 Mercury Coupe of Maywood, California. Johnny's Merc was restyled by Barris Kustoms in 1948 at their Compton Avenue shop. Kurt McCormick of Imperial, Missouri bought the remains of the Zaro merc and had it restored. The restoration was completed in 1998.
Jack Walker's 1941 Ford convertible of Belton, Missouri was restyled by Doug Thompson in the 1980s.
Alvin Serpa's 1946 Ford originally restyled by Gene Winfield was sold to a guy in Springfield, Missouri.
Larry Cochran's 1950 Chevrolet of Belton, Missouri. Larry's Chevrolet was restyled by Doug Thompson. The build was completed in 1986.
Jack Walker's 1951 Mercury of Belton, Missouri. In the 1980s Jack decided to build a clone of the then lost Hirohata Merc. The build was started in 1983, and completed in 1985. It made it's debut at the 1985 Leadsled Spectacular in Springfield, Ohio.
Gerald Zielinski's 1955 Chevrolet of St. Louis, Missouri. Gerald was a member of the Road Angels of St. Louis and his Chevrolet was restyled in the late 1950s or the early 1960s.
The Dragettes was an all-girl hot rod club from Kansas City, Missouri. They were members of the Kansas City Timing Association, and according to The Southeast Missourian - Apr 21, 1959 the Dragettes was the only all-girl hot rod club in Kansas City. At the time, the club consisted of seven members. The members were either wives or sweethearts of members of other clubs.
Jack Walker's 1963 Chevrolet Corvette of Belton, Missouri. Jack's Corvette is also known as the Condor. Jack started to show the Condor in 1970, and it was the first custom car that he entered into the show circuit. After that, the car went trough several versions and changes.
Tom Kelly's 1969 Chevrolet Corvette of St. Louis, Missouri. Kelly's Corvette was restyled by Dave Puhl at House of Kustoms. Puhl had Harry Bradley design a few proposals that Kelly could choose from. The build was started in August of 1971 and completed in July of 1972.
Jim Seaton's 1955 Chevrolet of Santa Maria, California. The car was restyled by Barris Kustoms 1957 - 1958. Kurt McCormick of Imperial, Missouri bought the old custom sometime after 1975.
Ed Park's 1936 Ford Convertible of Marshall, Missouri. Ed's '36 was originally restyled by Red Swanson of Portland, Oregon in 1944. R.I. Steere of Tacoma, Washington continued restyling it in the early 1950s. Ed bought the car in 1959. After buying it, he parked it in his parent's chicken house until 1977. In 1977 he started a restoration that he completed in 1983. Since then the car has gone through a couple of iterations. Ed moved to Marshall in 2006. He still owned the car in 2020. He had thousands of miles on the car since the restoration, and he was still working on it.
Jimmy Hervatin's 1930 Ford Pick Up of Warrenton, Missouri. The truck, who is known as "Emerald Tide", was built from scratch after a Keith Weesner painting with the same name. The build was started in 2008 and completed in 2010.
Jimmy Hervatin's 1951 Ford F1 Pick Up of Warrenton, Missouri. The truck, who is known as "Lit Up", was built from scratch after a Keith Weesner painting with the same name. The build was started in 2010. In 2014 it made its bare metal debut.
The Road Angels was a car club from St. Louis, Missouri. Photo courtesy of Gerald Zielinski Jr.
Dan Benck of St. Louis, Missouri bought Lars Erik Ljungkvist's 1932 Ford Roadster in November of 2021.

Hot Rods of Missouri

Fritz Schenck's Outlaw Clone
Millard Mitchell's 1927 Ford Model-T Roadster
Jimmy Hervatin's 1930 Ford Pick Up - "Emerald Tide"<be> Lars Erik Ljungkvist's 1932 Ford Roadster
Sid Kayman's 1932 Ford Roadster


Custom Cars of Missouri

Ed Park's 1936 Ford Convertible
Harry O. Lutz' 1939 Ford Convertible
Ray Farhner's 1940 Ford Pickup
Johnny Zaro's 1940 Mercury Coupe
Herb Ogden's 1941 Buick
Al Lauer's 1941 Cadillac Convertible
Jack Walker's 1941 Ford convertible
Alvin Serpa's 1946 Ford
Walt Medcalf's 1948 Chevrolet
Chuck Porter's 1949 Ford
Sam Barris' 1950 Buick Sedanette
Larry Cochran's 1950 Chevrolet
The Rod & Custom Magazine’s Dream Truck
Buddy Alcorn's 1950 Mercury
Jimmy Hervatin's 1951 Ford F1 Pick Up - "Lit Up"
Jack Walker's 1951 Mercury
Jack Walker's 1952 Buick Special - Blue Danube Clone
Ray Erickson's 1952 Ford Coupe
Milton Melton's 1954 Cadillac - The Parisienne
Ralph Ferks' 1954 Oldsmobile - The Startling Starfire
Gerald Zielinski's 1955 Chevrolet
Jim Seaton's 1955 Chevrolet
Skip Batchelor's 1958 Chevrolet Impala
Jack Walker's 1963 Chevrolet Corvette - The Condor
Ray Farhner's 1963 Chevrolet Corvette - Outer Limits
Tom Kelly's 1969 Chevrolet Corvette


Car Shows of Missouri

Rust Revival
Sleds in September


Hot Rod and Custom Car Clubs of Missouri

Kansas City Cranktwisters
Kansas City Dragettes
Ridge Rodders
Road Angels of St. Louis
Road Runners of Florisaant


Upholstery Shops of Missouri

Bob Sipes
Union Auto trim

Shops Located in Missouri

Dave Fissel's Stitch N Fit
Stovevalt Upholstery Shop


Timing Associations of Missouri

Kansas City Timing Association


People of Missouri

Bob Sipes
Dan Benck
Dave Conrad
Ed Park
Fritz Schenck
Gene Winfield
Gerald Zielinski
Harry O. Lutz
Herb Glock
Jack Walker
Jimmy Hervatin
Keith Rogers
Kurt McCormick
Millard Mitchell
Ray Erickson
Ray Farhner
Sid Kayman
Skip Batchelor
Tom Kelly
Walt Medcalf




 

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