![]() ![]() The paint was deep purple and had a lavender top.The car was reshaped a few years later to meet the standards for the new car show scene. Sam chopped the top beautifully, extended the rear fenders, incorporated a continental (spare tire) kit at the back, reshaped the front using a 1949 Mercury grille surround and a Canadian Ford Meteor grille, and set the car at a perfect ride height. Larry Ernst bought the car new and drove it from Ohio to California to have it customized at Barris. The Barris brothers Sam and George built this 1951 Chevy Hard-top for an Ohio Priest. This custom car survived and has been restored in the 70's. The car is typical for the mid 40's customs with its Packard grille, 1937 Studebaker ripple bumpers, wide white wall tires, Cadillac Sombrero hubcap, somewhat tail dragging stance and a super gloss mile deep black lacquer paint job. It first had a padded top by Carson or Hall, but later Harry created a removable steel top for it as can be seen in this photo. Harry Westergard – one of the custom car pioneers – built this 1939 Ford Convertible for Mel Falconer in 1946. I hope you will enjoy this post as much as I do, because I learned a lot from it. We've placed the photo's in chronological order so you can see the evolution in the styles. Rik's work has been twiced featured in The Rodder's Journal.įor this story we have selected a group of some of our favourite customs from Rik's photo archive and if he could write a small explanation to go with the pictures. The vast majority of the cars that Rik colourizes have never been published in colour before. As many of the old school customs had amazing paint jobs, it's a real treat for fans of these cars to see them in all their colourful glory. The idea is to take original black and white photos from the 1940s and 1950s and hand paint the colour into them. It's another thing that Rik does besides collecting pictures. Maybe you noticed something strange in the opening picture? That's because the picture was originally black and white. This photo archive is a must see for anyone interested in old school customs and American car culture. It seems he has collected a massive amount of pictures from custom cars that were build from 1940 till the mid1960s. When Rod gave me a link to Rik Hoving's vintage photography site I really didn't know where to start looking. Another cool thing was that I could learn a thing or two from Rik and his passion for custom cars. I'm not a person who is an expert on these American Customs but because Rik lives in Holland it meant that the communication was much easier. There was a guy living in Holland that had built up the largest internet Custom Car photo collections anywhere. Well, that pretty much sums up Rik Hoving and me.Ī few weeks ago, Rod told me he had a special assignment for me. A Custom Car expert and JDM enthusiast born and living in the wrong country. ![]()
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