Batgirls motorcycle... not what she'd get in the new batman movies... frills? Really? Yikes

via: http://nostalgiaonwheels.blogspot.com/2009/12/batgirls-custom-yds-3-catalina-circa.html

The twin mill, damn... wish I'd taken this photo

Above: http://www.kellyandsoncrazypainters.com/gallery.html

Above by Dave Lindsey, http://socalcarculture.com/ view the full gallery at: http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car_shows_2006/the_brucker_collect/

Meet the gang at Roth's

Click on them for the extra big size

The Barris taxi for the Bob Denver tv show "Good Guys"

Read all about it: http://books.google.com/books?id=MoLmwZfLk_cC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=barris+taxi&source=bl&ots=liHlPj1jMC&sig=-rRVZTxcp-wk5V066b4Tu7ESw3w&hl=en&ei=FPhLS-jbIIaIsgPa5emiCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=barris%20taxi&f=false

But the cool kustom stuff was a grappling hook to slow or stop it, no tires and rims were the same, the taxi meter was a pair of coffee pots linked together top to top to form an hourglass that had metalflakes (that usually are put in hot rod paint)

Ever heard of Norm's Henway? I just found it in the late 70's Hot Rod

I can't find where I pulled the above image from, Brandon Flannery took the photo, and says the image was probably from the HAMB / JalopyJournal

It's not like Gray wrote, (click on the image for a very large readable size) this wasn't a restoration, the Henway is a creation. A play on the old joke, what's a Henway... about 3 pounds.

The rest of these images are from the Jalopy Journal and obviously not the same vehicle

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121424&page=2

I just noticed that all 3 of these appear to have different rear windows

New views of a bitchin' custom I've posted a photo of before

Above via: http://atomicsbcn.blogspot.com/2009/12/yhrcs-09.html

Above via: http://speedseekers.blogspot.com/
The below photo I found a couple weeks ago: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/cool-images-from-los-boulevardos-too.html

Watson's

via: http://voiture-jaune.tumblr.com/

3 of these via: http://speedseekers.blogspot.com/2009/11/larry.html the 2nd and 4th photos I've posted before, and one was from http://customsickles.blogspot.com/, the other was from http://1950pickle.blogspot.com/2009/05/rise-and-fall-of-few-of-custom-cars.html

I wouldn't drive, build, design, or own them, but I give them credit for being stunningly impressive

Above via: http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/12/10/event-gt-gt-mooneyes-hot-rod-custom-show-09-pt3.aspx and I found the above days after the below

Via: http://losboulevardos.com/

Some new trend? Maybe, they are striking and memorable for those headlights

Cool images from Los Boulevardos ( too lowrider for customs, too custom for lowriders )

I found another photo of the above custom... it's a radical look for something new, I haven't seen many far out customs since the late 60's early 70's craze

These are the most beautiful scallops I can recall seeing, and I've never seen any running down the trunk!

Via: http://losboulevardos.blogspot.com/

An inventive sidecar maker.. amazing, well executed

For a full gallery: http://www.t-motor-sidecar.com/main.php?site=44&kategazon=2

Hungarian Henrik Tóth and his incredible Yamaha Wild Star sidecar. Toth's other T-motor Sidecars and his wild west village just outside of Budapest

via: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/2009/04/henrik-toth.html

He's got the look, confident and cool, a hot rodder of talent and grit

Man Rides Cross of Car and Motorcycle
a cross between a Model T and motorcycle scrap parts, it can carry three persons. The whole thing cost only $18 and is the work of Gayle Lockhart.
Via: http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/Enlargement.aspx?id=VV3180&ext=1&wdid=ceac4b9907e44a15b77fc2d954cd6ad5

The coolest unique custom ideas

I love the piston tail-light, that is a first. Damn, I would love to see a set of these on a rat rod
Via: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/

I bet you never knew Von Dutch and George Barris made pinstripe decals you could buy in stores!

Car Craft August 1957

For more: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/anyone-in-world-could-have-bought-and.html

New Ed Roth stuff! Business card, Monster Catalog cover

For Von Dutch's business card: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/von-dutch-business-cards.html

photos via: http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/ed-big-daddy-roth-rat-fink-king-of-south-cali-kustom-kar-kulture/ where there is a long write up, and many more images

Norm's Kookie T photos from 1957 Life photographers

Go FULL size on this and the first photo to check out the kids seat... world of difference from the ones you'll see today

racing at Santa Ana, and below, the far lane is Tommy Ivo

These photos found at: http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/the-great-1950s-t-bucket-rod-rivalry/

For a gallery of the recreated Kookie T:http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/replica-of-norms-kookie-t-i-doubt.html

For more about Norm: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/11/norman.html

For a gallery about Tommy Ivo ( in the above photo he's racing in the far lane ): http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/tommy-ivos-bucket-t-on-tv-and-in-movies.html