Missouri

Millard Mitchell's 1927 Ford Model-T Roadster

Sid Kayman's 1932 Ford Roadster of St. Louis, Missouri. Sid bought the car in 1944 or 1945, and it had already been channeled and hot rodded when he bought it.

Harry O. Lutz' 1939 Ford Convertible as it looked in 1948. Harry was from Ferguson, Missouri.

Ray Farhner's 1940 Ford Pickup

Johnny Zaro's 1940 Mercury Coupe of Maywood, California. Johnny's Merc was restyled by Barris Kustoms in 1948 at their Compton Avenue shop. Kurt McCormick of Imperial, Missouri bought the remains of the Zaro merc and had it restored. The restoration was completed in 1998.

Kurt and Herb Ogden's 1941 Buick. Photo by John Meyer.

Al Lauer's 1941 Cadillac Convertible

Jack Walker's 1941 Ford convertible of Belton, Missouri was restyled by Doug Thompson in the 1980s.

Alvin Serpa's 1946 Ford originally restyled by Gene Winfield was sold to a guy in Springfield, Missouri.

Walt Medcalf's 1948 Chevrolet

Chuck Porter's 1949 Ford was sold to Herb Glock of Liberty, Missouri

Sam Barris' 1950 Buick Sedanette

Larry Cochran's 1950 Chevrolet of Belton, Missouri. Larry's Chevrolet was restyled by Doug Thompson. The build was completed in 1986.

Buddy Alcorn's 1950 Mercury

Jack Walker's 1951 Mercury of Belton, Missouri. In the 1980s Jack decided to build a clone of the then lost Hirohata Merc. The build was started in 1983, and completed in 1985. It made it's debut at the 1985 Leadsled Spectacular in Springfield, Ohio.

Jack Walker's 1952 Buick - Blue Danube Clone

Ray Erickson's 1952 Ford Coupe

The Rod & Custom Magazine’s Dream Truck

Milton Melton's 1954 Cadillac - The Parisienne

Ralph Ferks' 1954 Oldsmobile - The Startling Starfire

Gerald Zielinski's 1955 Chevrolet of St. Louis, Missouri. Gerald was a member of the Road Angels of St. Louis and his Chevrolet was restyled in the late 1950s or the early 1960s.

The Dragettes was an all-girl hot rod club from Kansas City, Missouri. They were members of the Kansas City Timing Association, and according to The Southeast Missourian - Apr 21, 1959 the Dragettes was the only all-girl hot rod club in Kansas City. At the time, the club consisted of seven members. The members were either wives or sweethearts of members of other clubs.

Jack Walker's 1963 Chevrolet Corvette of Belton, Missouri. Jack's Corvette is also known as the Condor. Jack started to show the Condor in 1970, and it was the first custom car that he entered into the show circuit. After that, the car went trough several versions and changes.

Ray Farhner's 1963 Chevrolet Corvette, known as Outer Limits, was restyled by Ray Farhner of Farhner Custom Shop in Kansas City, Missouri in 1963.

Skip Batchelor's 1958 Chevrolet Impala

A Road Runners of Florissant plaque.

Tom Kelly's 1969 Chevrolet Corvette of St. Louis, Missouri. Kelly's Corvette was restyled by Dave Puhl at House of Kustoms. Puhl had Harry Bradley design a few proposals that Kelly could choose from. The build was started in August of 1971 and completed in July of 1972.

Jim Seaton's 1955 Chevrolet of Santa Maria, California. The car was restyled by Barris Kustoms 1957 - 1958. Kurt McCormick of Imperial, Missouri bought the old custom sometime after 1975.

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 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 moved to Marshall in 2006. He still owned the car in 2020. He had thousands of miles on the car since the restoration, and he was still working on it.

Jimmy Hervatin's 1930 Ford Pick Up of Warrenton, Missouri. The truck, who is known as "Emerald Tide", was built from scratch after a Keith Weesner painting with the same name. The build was started in 2008 and completed in 2010.

Jimmy Hervatin's 1951 Ford F1 Pick Up of Warrenton, Missouri. The truck, who is known as "Lit Up", was built from scratch after a Keith Weesner painting with the same name. The build was started in 2010. In 2014 it made its bare metal debut.