Clarkaiser Custom Shop
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The Clarkaiser Custom Shop consisted of two legendary postwar customizers named Ron Clark and Bob Kaiser. Clarkaiser Custom Shop was located in Detroit, Michigan.
Dick Dean
In the mid-1950 Dick Dean opened up a custom shop in Wyandotte, Michigan called South End Kustoms. When he was low on money, he would contract out to different shops. "Clarkaiser was one, the other was the Alexander Brothers," Dick's son Keith Dean told Sondre Kvipt of Kustomrama in 2021. This was during the time between 1956 and 1959.[1]
Custom Cars by Clarkaiser Custom Shop
Chuck Ninowski's 1948 Mercury Coupe
Les and Adle Volpe's 1948 Mercury
Alan Reason's 1950 Ford - Utopia
John Cassaubon's 1950 Ford Club Coupe
Tony Volpe's 1951 Ford Convertible
Larry Ernst's 1952 Ford Convertible - Pharaoh's Pacer
Stan Lendzon's 1952 Buick
Frank and Charles Gilardone's 1953 Ford
Bob Palmer's 1955 Ford Thunderbird - The Golden Bird
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