Custom Cars July 1959

Custom Cars July 1959

Danny Hall's 1940 Ford Coupe

Jim Seaton's 1955 Chevrolet of Santa Maria, California. The car was restyled by Barris Kustoms 1957 - 1958.

Lanny Ericson's 1956 Chevrolet

Jack Smario's 1957 Ford, of Pittsburg, California, was restyled by Gene Winfield at Winfield's Custom Shop sometime between 1957 and 1959.

Shirley Barris' 1958 Ford Thunderbird

Jim Doyle's 1952 Mercury Convertible

Jim Logue's 1954 Ford convertible of Long Beach, California. Completed in 1958, Jim's Ford featured hydraulic lifts from aircraft surplus parts to alter the ground clearance. Jim's Ford is the first known custom car to be fitted with hydraulic lifts on all four corners, and it might be the very first custom to ever to incorporate this groundbreaking modification. Jim's Ford is also known as "The Fabulous X54."

Contents and Featured Cars

Lanny Ericson's 1956 Chevrolet
Harvey Cross' 1947 Ford
John Montiero' 1953 Ford Pickup
Jim Seaton's 1955 Chevrolet
Jack Smario's 1957 Ford
Pete Eberhardt's 1955 Ford
Jerry Anolik's 1955 Ford Thunderbird
Shirley Barris' 1958 Ford Thunderbird
Ronald Schuber's 1950 Mercury
Danny Hall 1940 Ford
Scoopy-Do
Warren Steinbach's 1953 Studebaker
Roger Mahieu's 1956 Chevrolet
Lanny Pierson's 1952 Mercury
Richard Haye's 1949 Mercury
Joe Cannizzaro's 1954 Oldsmobile
Jim Logue's 1954 Ford Convertible - The Fabulous X54

Reader's Cars
John Weere's 1951 Ford
Gary Hezel's 1948 Cadillac
Gary Glier's 1950 Oldsmobile
Earl Crawford's 1955 Chevrolet