The 116th Street Garages

This 1947 Ford convertible belonged to a friend of Ken Bausert from the 116th Street Garages. "On the west side of the 116th street and Atlantic Avenue in Richmond Hill was a repair shop called "Doggler's Repair Shop." A couple of my friends in the area worked there. A lot of the houses that were on Atlantic Avenue had garages on the east side of 116th Street. My friends would rent those garages to work on their cars. One of them was always there working on their cars, so people would often stop by there to have a look or hang out." Built to go, the 47 Ford was powered by a late model Buick OHV 8 engine. Ken snapped this photo on his way to the Westhampton Drags. Photo from The Ken Bausert Photo Collection.

John Consiglio in a 1934 Ford coupe project. The work was started by one of the guys at the 116th Street garages. He was in the process of chopping the top, but the car was just a body shell and needed a ton of work, so the fellow decided to get rid of it. He was going to tow it to a junkyard when Sal Consiglio, John Consiglio and Ken Bausert chipped in $5 apiece and bought the thing for $15. "After that, we didn't know where we were going to store it and what we were going to do with it so, in a week or so, we wound up towing it to the junkyard," Ken told Kustomrama in 2017. Ken believes this photo was taken in the autumn of 1961. Photo from The Ken Bausert Photo Collection.

On the west side of the 116th street and Atlantic Avenue in Richmond Hill, New York City, New York was a repair shop called "Doggler's Repair Shop. A couple of Ken Bausert's friends in the area worked there. "A lot of the houses that were on Atlantic Avenue had garages on the east side of 116th Street," Ken told Sondre Kvipt of Kustomrama. "My friends would rent those garages to work on their cars. One of them was always there working on their cars, so people would often stop by there to have a look or hang out."