Washington

Bob Schoonhoven's 1921 Ford Model T Roadster of Battle Ground, Washington. Known as "Lil' Louie," the build was started in a basement in Vancouver, Washington in 1961. By 1967 Bob had turned it into a show-stopping sweepstakes winner, and it was featured on the cover of Rod & Custom June 1968, who called it "One of America's Top Ten T Buckets Ever Built."

Dick Kalivoda and John Hamlin's 1925 Ford Modified Model T Roadster of Seattle, Washington. The car had a racing past when Dick bought it, and the car is also known as Ed Norton & Armie Marion's 1925 Ford Model-T Roadster. Dick bought the car from Ed and Armie in the late 1950s,and he hit the strip with it in 1960.

The Slo Poks of Wapato, Washington was a small northwest club started in 1959-1960. The club rented a clubhouse building from Logan's Feed And Seed for club functions and to work on their cars. Photo courtesy of Kevin Bennett.

Ed Norton & Armie Marion's 1925 Ford Model-T Roadster of Seattle, Washington. Ed and Armie were members of the Clutchers of Seattle car club.

Kerry Kay's 1928 Ford Pickup

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Ed and Bill Perry's 1929 Ford Model A Roadster - The Perry Boys Roadster

Dick Page's 1932 Ford Roadster of Tacoma, Washington.

Jerry Sprague's 1932 Ford Roadster

Keith Treece's 1932 Ford Roadster

Ted Larson's 1933 Dodge

Jerry Berg's 1934 Ford 3-Window Coupe, of Seattle, Washington was built between 1956 and 1958. Jerry's coupe is known as The Northern Star.

Bill and Bob Glazier's 1953 Oldsmobile Convertible from North Bend, Washington, restyled by Barris Kustoms in 1958. Originally yellow, it was transformed into a Candy Apple Red custom with quad headlights, Packard taillights, a continental kit, and Dean Jeffries applied scallops and pinstriping. Stored away in the early 1970s, it resurfaced in 2024, catching the attention of Chip Foose, who cleaned up and woke up the iconic piece of custom history.

The Plum Cherry version of Jerry Berg's 1934 Ford 3-Window Coupe, was restyled by its current owner Ben Sebastian of Kenmore, Washington in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The build was completed around 1970/1971.

Dale Stevenson's 1935 Ford Sedan of Westport, Washington.

Ron Weiskind's 1935 Ford Roadster

Bill Grader's 1936 Ford Roadster, of Seattle, Washington.

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 lived in Tacoma, Washington when he 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 still owned the car in 2020. He had thousands of miles on the car since the restoration, and he was still working on it.

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Bruce Wanta's 1936 Packard Roadster of Bellevue, Washington. Named the Mulholland Speedster, Bruce's roadster was built by Troy Ladd and his crew at Hollywood Hot Rods. The build was completed in 2017, and it made its debut at the 2017 Grand National Roadster Show, where it won the prestigious America's Most Bautiful Roadster award.

Jerry Udell's 1935 Ford 3-Window Coupe of Seattle, Washington.

Richard Flynn's 1937 Ford of Seattle, Washington.

George McLaughlin's Roadster of Yakima, Washington. George's roadster was built in the 1940s. In the early 1950s George moved to Richland, bringing the roadster along.

Doug Rice's 1939 Ford Coupe

Gary Overby's 1940 Chevrolet Coupe was restyled by Gary in 1961.

Danny Hall's 1940 Ford Coupe

Dick Brooks' 1940 Ford Convertible, was originally restyled by Jean Sheppard of Seattle, Washington in 1952.

Gary Overby's 1940 Ford Convertible of Tacoma, Washington.

Paul McGill's 1940 Ford Convertible was restyled by Clusters of Grays Harbor member Paul McGill, of Aberdeen, Washington, in the early 1950s.

Jimmy Summers' 1940 Mercury convertible of Hollywood, California. The build was completed in 1946. Dick Page of Tacoma, Washington bought the car around 1970.

Jack Rushton's 1941 Ford Pickup was sold to Tacoma in the 1960s.

Bob Tormey's 1941 Mercury Business Coupe - The Titian

Harry Delalaye's 1946 Buick, of Seattle, Washington.

Sherwood Forrest's 1947 Chevrolet, of Lake City, Washington

Jerry Berg's 1947 Mercury Convertible, this was the car that Jerry drove in high school in Seattle in 1954.

Jim Berg's 1949 Chevrolet Convertible of Seattle, Washington.

Bob Mikko's 1949 Ford Convertible

Gary Overby's 1949 Ford of Tacoma, Washington was sectioned in 1961.

Vern LaCoursiere's 1949 Ford coupe of Tacoma, Washington. Vern is a member of the Tacoma Toppers car club. The Ford was his first car, and he bought it and restyled it in 1957, when he was 19 years old.

Chuck Traaen's 1949 Mercury of the Tacoma Toppers, in Tacoma, Washington was restyled by Dee Wescott of Wescott's Auto Restyling

DeWayne Iverson's 1949 Mercury of Tacoma, Washington. DeWayne purchased the car from a lot in Tacoma in 1963. The car had already been customized when he got it.

Lloyd Myers' 1949 Mercury convertible of San Jose, California. Lloyd was a member of the San Jose Rod and Wheelers car club. The Merc was completed in 1959. Later on it was sold to Chehalis, Washington.

Jim Leavitt's 1950 Chevrolet Styleline Tudor of Redmond, Washington.

Vern LaCoursiere's 1950 Ford convertible of Tacoma, Washington. Vern was a member of the Tacoma Toppers. The Ford was his second car. Restyled in 1959, all work was done by Vern when he was 21 years old.

Ralph Testa's 1950 Mercury

Tim Smith's 1951 Ford Victoria of Tacoma, Washington was restyled by Dick Page in 1965.

Bill Dyne's 1951 Mercury of Burlington, Washington

Norman Brown's 1951 Chevrolet of Bickleton, Washington. The build was started in 1952 and completed in 1955. In 1965 Norman sold the car to Bob MIkkelsen. Bob still owned it in 2017.

Chuck Johnson's 1952 Ford Victoria of Tacoma, Washington. Chuck was a member of the Tacoma Toppers, and the Victoria was has first car.

Bill Hoffman's 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air is supposedly stored away in a barn in Vancouver, Washington.

Vern LaCoursiere's 1953 Mercury of Tacoma, Washington. Vern was a member of the Tacoma Toppers, and the Merc was his third car. Dressed up with an all-white Mexico Upholstery, Vern gave the car a Candy Purple Panel Paint Job in 1960 when he was 23 years old.

Jack Preston's 1953 Studebaker, was restyled by Jack and his brother Jim Preston of Tacoma, Washington.

Russ Cook's 1957 Chevrolet Corvette of Lake Oswego, Oregon. Russ bought the car in 1979. By then it had already been restyled. The car was originally built by Von Hunter of Portland, Oregon sometime around 1967. Randy Koch of Gold Bar, Washington became the caretaker of the car in 2003.

The KHJ Surfin' Bird was restyled by Bill Cushenbery at Cushenbery Custom Shop for 93 KHJ Boss radio's "Big Kahuna" promotion in 1966. The Surfin' Bird is one of the last known true custom cars to be completed by Cushenbery. Frank Stubbs of Renton, Washington purchased the car in 1989.

Lee Talbot and Sam Chakries' 1953 Studebaker Pickup was restored and owned by Dick Steinkamp of Bellingham between 2008 and 2009.

Buzz McLeod's 1954 Ford Convertible of Seattle, Washington. Buzz was a member of the Draggin Sirs of Seattle car club, and the build, named "Little Star" was completed in 1958.

Ralph Ehorn's 1954 Ford F-100

Don Ellis' 1955 Ford Thunderbird of Portland, Oregon. Ellis was a member of the Ramblers of Portland car club, and the Thunderbird was restyled by several of the guys in the club. The build was started in 1958 and completed in 1959. By 1981 the car had been sold to Vancouver, Washington.

Herman Miller's 1955 Oldsmobile of Vancouver, Washington. Miller was a member of the Slo Poks of Vancouver car club, and his car was known as the "Candy Lady."

John Buchan's 1956 Chevrolet

Larry Nixon's 1956 Chevrolet Nomad of Tacoma, Washington received a custom paint job by Dick Page in 1967.

Terry Chaplin's 1956 Ford Crown Victoria of Tacoma, Washington.

Gene Dickson's 1956 Plymouth, of Seattle, Washington.

Bob Schoonhoven, of Seattle, Washington bought Bob Huffman's 1965 Chevrolet Impala in 1969.

A photo taken at the Shelton Drag Strip in the 1950s. The race was held on an abandoned WWII airstrip in Shelton, Washington, and according to Bob Mikkelsen, all the teens would go out and mark off 1/4 mile and use it as a dragstrip. Photo from The Lyle R. Johnson Collection.

The second annual Tacoma Hot Rod Show was held March 2-4, 1956 at the Tacoma Armory in Tacoma, Washington.

Custom painter Dick Kalivoda's business card. Dick was from Seattle, Washington. Photo courtesy of Dick Page.

You have been assisted by Jim Daly. A Coachmen of Seattle courtesy card. Photo from The Lyle R. Johnson Collection.

A Piston Pushers of Seattle courtesy card. Photo from The Lyle R. Johnson Collection.

An Emperors of Seattle courtesy card. Photo from The Lyle R. Johnson Collection.

A newspaper article that announced the entrants and the winners from the 1956 Roosevelt Hot Rod Show, a show held at Roosevelt High in Seattle. Photo from The Lyle R. Johnson Collection.

The 1964 Pacific Northwest Motorama was held November 6 - 8, 1964 at the Tacoma Armory in Tacoma, Washington. The show was presented by the Tacoma Toppers car club.

The 1965 Pacific Northwest Motorama was held November 5 - 7, 1965 at the Tacoma Armory in Tacoma, Washington. The show was presented by the Tacoma Toppers car club.

Jim Seaton's 1955 Chevrolet of Santa Maria, California. The car was restyled by Barris Kustoms 1957 - 1958. Curt Brennan of Cheney, Washington bought the old custom in 1975.

Fred Cain's 1940 Ford coupe of Wilmington, Massachusetts. Fred's coupe was originally restyled in 1948. It was found in Ritzville, Washington around 2001.