Hollywood

Robert Stack's 1931 Ford Model A Roadster, of Hollywood, California, was built by Al Jepson, Ed Winfield and Robert Stack in 1938.

Chris Casny's 1931 Ford Model A Coupe, of Hollywood, California was completed in 2010.

Jimmy Summers' 1932 Ford Roadster was built by Jimmy Summers of Hollywood, California in 1941.

Alex Xydias' 1934 Ford Cabriolet

Robert Fulton's 1936 Ford sedan convertible of Hollywood, California. Robert owned the car from 1947 to 1949.

Al Twitchell's 1937 Ford Sedan

Arthur Lellis' 1939 Ford Convertible of Los Angeles, California. Restyled by Art at Art & Jerry Custom Shop, the build was completed in 1946. Alan Young of Hollywood bought the car sometime between 1950 and 1952.

Bill Hughes' Roadster of Denver, Colorado. Frank Kurtis built the car for Bill in 1939, and it was built around a Miller-Ford race car engine. According to Veda Orr, Jimmy Summers of Hollywood, California owned the car for a while around 1946 / 1947

Earl Bruce's 1940 Ford Three-Window Coupe

Jimmy Summers' 1940 Mercury

Gil Sold his Mercury To Richard J. Stickley

Al Twitchell's 1940 Plymouth Four Door

Ben Mario's 1947 Buick

John Logg's 1947 Mercury Coupe, of Hollywood, California was built by Barris Kustoms for Cliff Rockohn.

Coachcraft 1949 Cadillac

Lawrence Kilty's 1949 Cadillac Convertible

Chuck Porter's 1949 Ford

Al Twitchell's 1950 Ford Convertible

Chris Casny's 1950 Ford Tudor, of Hollywood, California was completed in 2011

Ralph Testa's 1950 Mercury

Al Twitchell's 1952 Ford Station Wagon

Clark Gable's 1952 Jaguar XK 120 of Hollywood, California. The car was mildly restyled by Barris Kustoms in 1952 before it received a padded top by Carson Top Shop.

George Cavanah 1953 Dodge Sierra Wagon

Johnny Zupan's 1956 Ford F-100

Jeffries Studio of Style - Color Specialist - Flaming - Striping. In the late 1950s, Dean Jeffries saw a demand for his business growing to compete with Barris instead of complementing Barris. He left Barris and moved into his own shop at 5807 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Photo from of The Kustomrama Business Card Collection.

In 1966 Larry moved to Mexico to pursue an acting career with his wife, leaving behind a big gap in the market. While he was away, two "Watson" paint shops sprung up in the area offering custom paint jobs to teenagers that didn't know better. One of the shops, Watson's Custom Kars was located in Downey. The other one, Watson's was located in Van Nuys on Burbank Blvd. Late in 1966 Larry returned to California to open up a new shop in Bellflower. Back in business, he made flyers that contained an important notice about the imposters that had been using his name while he was away. Scan courtesy of Von Franco.

Chris Casny's 1957 Ford Thunderbird of Hollywood, California was stolen in October 2010.

Chris Casny's 1959 Ford Thunderbird, of Hollywood, California.

D & B Auto Sales was a used car lot in Hollywood, California specialized in custom built cars and hot rods. In 1948 the shop was located at 8221 Santa Monica Blvd. The shop was later renamed Custom City Auto Sales. Scan provided by Rik Hoving's Custom Car Photo Archive^[1]