tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33689820048777855932024-03-13T15:28:25.265-07:00Kustomrama Lynwood DivisionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151364268761984187noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368982004877785593.post-4780866667224236552014-04-04T02:23:00.003-07:002014-04-04T02:23:47.600-07:00Old Daily Driver Got Stolen.. But, I got a new one!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my new truck. I will tell you guys the tale how I acquired the truck, and about the former owner himself.<br />
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This was my past dailydriver that I first bought when I got here to the US last autumn. I needed a car to go back and forth to college and Brad Masterson shop in Lynwood.<br />
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I loved that wagon, and the girls did to!<br />
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However, while I was in Norway during christmas vacation building this 57 Ranchero for my older brother Superfleye, somebody decided to steal my wagon. More info and photos of the Ranchero here: http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Sondre_Kvipt%27s_1957_Ford<br />
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I went searching online for a new old daily driver, because I can't stay in California without a decent ride. I found an add on Craigslist, with this crappy photo on. At first, it looks like a worn out farm truck.<br />
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I clicked on the add, and found this photo. Suddenly the old farm truck became more interesting.<br />
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I browsed on to the next photo, and this popped up. Now it became really interesting. I was sitting at the airport in Oslo when I discovered it, and I thought about that car the whole way over to California. I was so curious about it's history.<br />
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Eager as a stallion, I filled up Brad's truck with gas and headed to San Bernardino where the truck was located.<br />
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I met the owner, George Contaoi. He is born in 1934, and is still young at heart. He was tinkering around with a 1972 Chevy C10 in his backyard when I came. It turned out, he bought the truck brand new off the show floor in 1955. He immediately had it customized by his friend [URL="http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Dick_Richardson"]Dick Richardson[/URL] of San Bernardino. The first time, he only shaved the emblems, installed chromed running boards, dual spotlights, and painted it Cadillac irresendant gold. Later on in 1957, Barris filled the tailgate, made a roll pan and rounded the corners on the bed.<br />
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George told me that the striping was done by Von Dutch. He took the truck to where Von Dutch worked at a Maserati shop in Hollywood to have it striped. He striped the outside as well.<br />
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On the tailgate, he made this funny man with a snake biting his hand off.<br />
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But let's rewind back to the 1950's, when George was my age. This photo was taken in 1957, at 11070 Atlantic Ave, Lynwood. The exact same walls as I work within this very day today. 57 years later. I've heard about the murals that Jeffries did on the walls, but I have never seen a photo of it. This is from when George was down there to have his truck modified. That is actually him standing in front of the wall. Luckily for us, George sits on a lot of photos from those days, I have got some of them, but he has the majority of them stored away in a container.<br />
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This is George's high school ride. I knew there was a club in San Bernardino at the time called, the [URL="http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Krankers_of_San_Bernardino"]Krankers[/URL], and I asked if he knew about them. He got all exited when I knew about them, and he opened up about his past. He even told me a secret even his wife did not know about! He was a founding member of a motorcycle club in 1949, that we all know as Hells Angels. [URL="http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Dick_Richardson"]Dick Richardson[/URL] was a member to! At the time, he was 16 years old, and had a 1935 Harley Davidson. They never did anything bad, they just drove around with their bikes and had fun.<br />
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The 1941 Ford he had was nosed, decked. It was heavily lowered, and featured pin-striping by Von Dutch.<br />
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George actually knew Von Dutch quite well, through the motorcycle scene.<br />
And Von Dutch painted his bike for him as well, in the mid 1950's.<br />
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In 1952, George bought a 1947 Mercury. It was lowered when he got it, but him, [URL="http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Dick_Richardson"]Dick Richardson[/URL] and Al Andrade turned it into a full blown custom. The top was chopped and hard-topped, and it featured a curved windshield from a 1952 Studebaker. He said that George Barris really liked how they did the hardtop, and fit the curved windshield. He never told Barris what windshield he used, according to George, Barris came up there two times trying to figure out how they had done that. The 1940 Ford next to it belonged to Jim Dramgool of Forest Falls.<br />
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The Mercury ended up as Hells Angels mascot car, and he claims it is still around today, tucked in a safe place.<br />
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In 1955, he bought this 1949 Oldsmobile. It was mildly customized, and carried a hot Rocket engine. He won every race he claims.<br />
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When he went into the millitary, he bought this 1957 Ford, which he also had customized. The headlights were rendered by installing 1956 Ford pickup headlight rings. It was nosed, decked and had electrical door openers. It also was repainted in a fancy lacquer job. He made the fake spotlights from a set of real Appleton S 552<br />
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Here we have George with the truck. Last time he drove the truck was in 1978.<br />
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I fell in love at first, and I just had to have the truck. It has no body rot, straight, and basically untouched and well preserved.<br />
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I deal was made, and he pulled it out for me. He wanted $5500, so I could not argue with that. Just the dash is worth that in my opinion.<br />
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My american mom, Sonja Serventi checking out the nice interior. Notice the reversed rim, George did that in the early 1960's.<br />
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George took me and Sonja for a ride in San Bernardino, showing us different points of interests from the old days. He built this house when he was 21, with a hammer, saw, and the truck.<br />
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Same make, same model, almost 60 years apart.<br />
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Here it is, reunited with the old Barris shop, 57 years later.<br />
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I got it placed in Sonja's garage, and took the front apart the same night I got it. I took all the parts to sandblasting on my way to school the day after, except for the fenders and hood. My plan is to get it up and running in reliable technical shape, then focus on the exterior/interior. I like to finish one part one the cars I work on instead of jumping all over the car.<br />
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Mmm, faded Von Dutch striping..<br />
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Old memories. George used to go out with his boat a lot in the 1950's. He trailered it with the truck all over the west coast.<br />
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And his boat was cool too!<br />
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I've saved all the little stuff I found inside it in a folder. Who other collects old ketchup out there?<br />
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40 years of grime. If only the grime could talk.. Would definitely been a boring story, just watching the sun go up and down in the field.<br />
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The seat don't have a single rip!<br />
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Headliner needs to be glued to the top, other than that, it's nice.<br />
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Never owned a car with Stewart Warner gauges before!<br />
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Old lead, still in good shape!<br />
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Right now, I've gotten this far. I've only owned it for a couple of days, and I only have night times to work on it. The firewall and frame is almost ready for paint. I will receive materials from Arizona this weekend, so hopefully I can paint all the pieces in the engine compartment soon. I get it from Arizona, because California has strict laws with the solvents, and the paint products are better in other states. I ordered a bunch of parts too, that I'm waiting to show up.<br />
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In this old photo, you can see where the striping was. George used to have a hood with four rows of louvers, but swapped it later with a solid one, due to the rain.<br />
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I blew the photo up, and here you can see it had holes for spotlights. That explained the primer spots in the corners of the dash!<br />
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I discovered this at 3am, and went straight in the garage to grind the pillars down. I found remains of the holes under the bondo, brazed shut.<br />
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George also had same exhaust setup as [URL="http://kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Johnny_Zupan"]Johnny Zupan[/URL] had on his truck, only with single pipes on each sides.<br />
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Here we are in the 1960's. I only have photo's of the truck from the 1960's, when it was raised, fit with blackwalls, and a home made camper. It also has a rear bumper here, with a trailer hitch. However, notice the striping around the gas filler neck.<br />
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He used the truck a lot for hunting in Utah.<br />
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Next time I got time, I will write more about the car shows he went to, and the photo's he took there. Here's a little sneak peak, [URL="http://kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Harold_Johnson%27s_1949_Chevrolet"]Harold Johnson's 1949 Chevy![/URL]Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151364268761984187noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368982004877785593.post-17865327032708026002013-12-18T04:40:00.002-08:002013-12-18T05:11:50.411-08:00The Re-Opening of the shop, and the 56th Annual Masterson FirepartyThis Saturday was a night I never will forget. We hosted the Grand Re-Opening of the shop, and the Annual Fireparty to remember the fire that caught the Barris Shop on December 7th, 1957. Bill Hines, George Barris and Jack Stewart made a special guest appearance, and it was really special to see them wonder around in the shop. Those people are artists, they created timeless art, in form of cars. It's something with it that's so unique..<br />
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Bill Hines rolled up at sundown</div>
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Jack Rudy with his 1953 Chevy</div>
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An ol' Masterson Kustom</div>
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Bill Hines Jr. showed me the golden engine that nestled under the hood.</div>
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Here Jack and George are remembering old times. What a trip! And Jack brought me a christmas present!</div>
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Kevan Sledge and Brad</div>
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Beatnick Joe enjoyed the party to!</div>
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Riky Barnes and the Pushers really got the joint rocking!</div>
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Brad, Kevan and I stayed up all night and talked about our future, and what we want to do! More about this later!</div>
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Rob, Kevan and I decided to take a nice Sunday cruise in my wagon. Here we are at the old Barris Shop, at 7674 Compton Ave.</div>
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Kevan had to buy beer at the famous Rex Liquor Store!</div>
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The wagon went out of gas in a really bad neighborhood in Inglewood! It was kind of thrilling!</div>
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And there we were!</div>
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Jack Stewart & Gene Winfield.</div>
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George got a new car! "Is that for me?"</div>
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"Hm, what is that? A Volkswagen?"</div>
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George & Marilyn Monroe reunited again!</div>
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Meanwhile, I hooked up with famous NASCAR legend Linda Vaughn. Her car did not start, so I lend a helping hand.</div>
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Proud of all the things this man has done to the Kustom world. It is people like him that has inspired me to do what I am doing, travelling half the world around to live in the shop where he once operated the worlds most famous Kustom shop.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Legendary <a href="http://kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Bill_Hines">Bill Hines</a> supervised the chop on this 1953 Dodge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the show on Saturday, there was a drag race at the local Drag Strip. Brad decided to try the T on the strip!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brad happy, because he won!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Wayne & Cannonball wanted to eat here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But we figured out nothing could beat the famous Cozy Inn Hamburgers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When the night came, there was a get-to-gether at the hotel. We stuffed the truck full of people and made a splash entry!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Wayne & Cannonball having a good time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Wayne was angry because we did not choose the Hong Kong buffet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But Cannonball did not give a shit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neither did Dr.Dre</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So we all smiled and ate what we got!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next morning, it was raining.. The tires on the Olds was a bit slippery in the rain, so we got a fresh set of tires on the way home!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we were ready to roll!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">America is a beautiful country I must say!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dre slept through the rain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But woke quick up when our front tire blew!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After closer inspection, we found out the tire was from 1996.. Brad got them from a friend right before we went for the trip!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to publish this photo, because I captured a lightning struck! Look in the middle above the pond!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right before the tire blew, the radio went nuts, adjusting the volume to max by itself, and it refused to crank down! So I slowed down the speed, good thing, because then the tire blew in not high speed!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally Brad returned with a fresh tire. This was in Pratt, Oklahoma, same place as the tire blew out on the <a href="http://kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Rod_%26_Custom_Magazine%E2%80%99s_Dream_Truck">Rod & Custom Dream Truck</a>!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Oklahoma, me and Dre took over the T!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's so nice to drive through USA in a 1923 Model-T!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost like driving a motorcycle, you feel free as a bird!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We drove through New Mexico without T-shirts. And yes, we got burned!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fuel pump on the truck kept messing a bit!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stopped and looked at every piece of junk we spotted along Route 66!</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151364268761984187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368982004877785593.post-38144032922195332042013-10-23T13:47:00.000-07:002013-10-26T17:09:28.263-07:00Rumble By The RiverThis week, I haven't had access to Wi-Fi.. But right now I'm sitting at a Starbucks in Long Beach, right across the old Welch Restaurant, which was owned by Wally Welch's family, and which his Merc was photographed in front of. That's what I like best of Los Angeles, the history, not what it has become..<br />
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Anyway, last weekend, me and my good friend Alex Barrios decided to go to Bakersfield at the Hot Rod Reunion. However, Sonja and Brad convinced us to go to the Taildraggers' car show, Rumble By The River in Laughlin, Nevada/Arizona! That's just what we did!<br />
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If you are the kind of guy that don't have the time to read and browse through the photos, just hit the play button and see the trip and car show!<br />
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We decided to take my little wagon. So on friday, we had to do some preparations before the trip. My motor mounts were kind of worn, so me and my friend Jay from college bought and installed new engine and trans mounts, installed a Stereo, replaced the light switch and lubed it up!<br />
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Alex stopped by when he was done at work, and polished the whole car! That old original paint rubs out nice!<br />
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We got a couple of hours sleep, and left around 5:30 am in the morning. I just love driving at this time, when nobody else is on the road!<br />
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The car ran great, and it's such a cozy ride to make road trips in!</div>
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The sun peeking out from the dessert! Magic sight!</div>
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We took a well deserved lunch break when we reached Victorville.</div>
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I like this old wagon, perfect daily driver!</div>
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Then I was able to enjoy the nice dessert scenery!</div>
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Alex acting like a rebel..</div>
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Then we finally hit the Casino's in Laughlin. We stayed here a bit and fooled around.</div>
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We just had to stop and take a swim in the beautiful Colorado River! BBQ was also a must!</div>
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We stumbled upon this guy in the river. His name was Don, from the West Texas town of El Paso. He was retired, and just spent his spare time to travelled around and explore America. He worked as a mechanic for Chevrolet for 50 years, and he was stoked about the wagon. He liked old cars, so we asked if he wanted to join the car show with us.<br />
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He was a kool fella with lot of stories to tell!<br />
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He tuned up the ignition and carb, making it run like a devil! This guy knew these six-bangers as his own pocket!<br />
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Don only had $20 on him. He wanted to join us to Los Angeles, but he did not have enough gas money. Luckily he won $280 on the slot machines!<br />
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Gaining back lost sleep!</div>
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All in all, I must say the trip and car show was great! Looking forward to next trip! When and where is the next car show nearby Los Angeles??</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151364268761984187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368982004877785593.post-33502227893575215482013-10-11T04:15:00.002-07:002013-10-11T04:32:22.556-07:00The Kansas Trip! Part IThere's one special event in my stay over here I've not written about yet. Our unforgettable trip Kross Kountry in July! Setting off with Partyswede Dr. Dre, two Japanese dudes refereed to as Canonball and John Wayne, famous skater Riky Barnes, Sonja and Brad. We left with three pre-1960 cars, traveling a total distance of 4000 miles heading for Kansas! It became my best trip ever! Be prepared, you'll soon see why!<br />
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We made this wooden shack to mount in back of the truck! The intensions were to keep John Wayne and Cannonball in the truck bed all the way to Kansas and back. Me and Dre drove the truck, Brad & Sonja the Oldsmobile, and Riky in the T. This would also function as my hotel during the trip.<br />
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Here's Toschi, aka John Wayne to the left, and Tad, aka Cannonball on the right. They were very exited about the trip!<br />
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We left in the evening about 6pm, and we were ready to drive all the way to our first destination, Santa Rosa, New Mexico.<br />
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Dre got to drive first. The steering was so loose and horrible that he hardly could keep it on the road.We pulled off the road, and I went under and adjusted the steering to where i was almost perfect! Trip saved.<br />
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I must say, that feeling of driving a worn out Chevy pickup from 1954, was quite a blast! Crossing those American dessert roads, along with a Hot Rod and a 1960's custom. Listening to old country and trucker music just wrapped up the feeling! Just look for yourself!</div>
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John Wayne and Cannonball fit perfect in the bed, aling with all the gear! We looked like real gypsy's!</div>
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This was our first pit-stop, somewhere in New Mexico. The rear end seal on the Olds went out after hitting a bump in the road.</div>
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Here's McGrew, that we later befriended on Facebook, filling 6 gallon of gas for us. The truck sure ran good with government filled gas!</div>
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When we thought all the action was over, we stumbled right in the middle of a Hollywood movie shoot, at the local gas station where we stopped to fill up the truck! We were bystanders for a while, and they filmed us blasting off with a sleeping japanese in the back! Tad actually slept through the firefighters, cops, and movie-shoot!</div>
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His backyard was just stuffed with old cars from the 1930's to 1960's! So cool to wonder around there!</div>
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We continued the trip, cross Bonanza country! Real nice scenery out there!</div>
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In Texas, Sonja was unlucky and drove over a piece of tire from a truck. As you might see, it hit the gas tank, which was just minutes before filled up to the brim..</div>
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And since we were in Texas, we just had to eat a big ol' steak!! Look how happy the boys were!</div>
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Lot's of good things have been happening this past few weeks! The shop is now almost done inside, only the ugly ceiling lamps left..<br />
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We would like to replace them with old industrial lamps, like the one on the photo. It's only that they're hard to come by unfortunately! With lamps like that, the scenery and atmosphere in the shop would be complete. It is without doubt, the koolest custom shop in history, and I'm so glad I'm able to work, and build my own car inside the 4 koolest walls in the world!<br />
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Enough about my fetish for old industrial lamps and 1940's stuff! A buddy of Brad, Ralph from Whittier called and said that he wanted to sell his 51 Chevy Tin Woody. He'd owned the car for 30 years, and wanted to part with it in able to buy a 1933 Chevrolet school bus, which he could transport his whole family in. We went over to see it, and man it was sturdy! Most solid original car from 1951 I've ever seen almost!<br />
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It's bone stock, except the engine which is a newer 235 truck engine from 1956. The engine was overhauled 1000 miles ago, along with transmission and brakes. It ran extremely nice and well, and the interior was as nice as the day it left the factory! The car looked kind of dull there it sat with ugly tires and rims, but I could see the potential in it!<br />
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Mexican Tom also threw in this old homebuilt Dune Buggy in the deal, or Doodle Buggy as they were called in those days. It basically a 39 or 40 Ford frame with an 8BA Flathead, Chevy rear axle, 3 Speed on the column, and only brakes in the rear. This thing was built in the 1950's, and recently discovered.. ..In a bush!! The thing was inside a big ol' bush in a backyard somewhere in Whittier. The house it was at, swapped hands, and the new owners began trimming the bushes, finding this inside it!</div>
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I really liked it's new stance. The patina was just so perfect! It looks kind of like an old candy green, it's just so nice to cruse the Pacific Coast Highway with it, both day and nightime!<br />
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It's quite practical, because we can stuff it full of people. There's 3 sofa benches in it, allowing room for 9 people in it. So now we can take the wagon instead of the truck. And it sure fits nice to the beach. This photo is taken outside the house I live in Newport Beach.<br />
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Did I mention that we have the awesomest neighbor of all time at the beach? He's a famous skater and punk band singer , the one and only, Riky Barnes! He's done a lot of cool shit in his life, and it's so kool to see this guy each time you come home to the beach. Anyways, he was out of town last weekend, so we took the opportunity to "borrow" his skate van, and give it a Von Dutch/Dean Jeffries flamejob.<br />
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We asked if we could wash it for him, and he replied "Sure, do whatever you want! Lit it on fire if you want to" We at Masterson takes thing seriously, and often literally. So on sunday, we told him that his van caught fire, and his stress levels increased sky high! I think he was quite shocked when he returned and actually saw the car though!</div>
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And of course there's a time lapse for the paint job as well!</div>
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Oh, almost forgot! Brad bought himself a car to! A homebuilt soapbox racer from the 1950's! We picked it up at a swap meet in Whittier.</div>
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Transportation wise was a bit sketchy. The other trafficants thought the little race car was falling out of the car..</div>
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Brad's dad brought the Fastback down from Sacramento as well this week! That baby sure is sweet.. I really can't describe how my stomach was cribling when I took it around the block in Lynwood. This sure is the life of my dream, and I enjoy it!</div>
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In my last blog post, you could see how we worked around the clock on friday. Well this week, we did the same thing! Friday morning, Bill Hines called us and asked if we could help him in the shop. Nobody can say no to legendary Bill, so we went over and lent him a hand.</div>
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His Lil' Bat was sitting in his entrance to the shop. This car was so awesome to see in real life!! It is built upon a 1980's chassis, so Bill feels comfortable using it as a daily transportation. </div>
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He is 92 years old, and handling heavy gauge steel plates is no walk in the park for him no more.</div>
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After we helped Bill, we went to Montebello to pick up a U-joint to Brad's T. On the way home, we stopped by the old Ayala shop, at 4074 East Olympic Boulevard in East LA. The same building was still there, not longer as a car shop, but a travel agency of some sort.</div>
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When we returned to the shop, we decided to get rid of all the modern shit, and make a "uniform" inventory, instead of hummer & canary, using what ever you find. </div>
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Bench Building in progress!</div>
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Much better, looks like a blast from the past now!</div>
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Organized and nice!</div>
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Old tin snips from a steel manufacturer in Compton.</div>
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Friday night turned into saturday morning, and we decided to check out the Dean Jeffries Shop auction in North Hollywood at 8am.</div>
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This is Dean Jeffries shop in North Hollywood. His son Kevin sold the building for 3.5 million dollars, so all the inventory had to go. There were a lot of stuff that was already sold, and the most interesting stuff had been preserved by the family.</div>
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There were about 40-50 persons in the beginning. Once the fence opened, they ran in and grabbed all the kool stuff they could find in a hurry!</div>
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After the auction, me, Brad and Trace from the Long Beach Renegades went to eat lunch at Dean's favorite cafeteria, "The Old Neighbor". Trace used to take Dean to lunch here each saturday.</div>
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Working all night really have consequences.. Mr. Sandman strikes at dinner time, there's nothing else you can do beside sleep a little moment.</div>
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After a good rest, we continued expanding the work benches! Here's a little time lapse i put together with the Go Pro Camera. Click the play button to see what the Milk Rebels did!</div>
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It's so much better to work in a 1940's environment. It's important to keep your workplace nice and comfortable, plus it'll look better in pictures! Doing old time custom work in a genuine 1940/50's shop just feels so more right. Notice the lights, they are from Dean Jeffries.</div>
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We organized this place and made it nicer, tried to make it look like an actual garage!</div>
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We came back to the shop after a couple of hours sleep. By then, the temperature in the shop was way better! The plan was to replace the rear spring bushings on the T-Bucket! Custom cars/Hot Rods sometimes needs Custom tools!</div>
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12:46 am, the T-Bucket was done, and we celebrated with cold Monster beverages!</div>
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The atmosphere during the nighttime is so peaceful and calm, no cars passing by, people are asleep, and Doris Day on the radio!</div>
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And we just had to take it for a test spin! We went down the freeway to the harbor. A really old place, with lots of dirt-roads, old truck, trains and palm trees. It's almost like traveling in a time capsule!</div>
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Suddenly, a strange rattle noise appeared! Turned out, the U-joint was totally worn out!</div>
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The scenery at the harbor during nighttime was quite kool!</div>
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Later on we headed to Viva Mexico to listen to the Richmond Sluts!</div>
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We modified these bumper guards to fit a set of homemade lenses this morning. Neat trick that might come in handy some day. We can also make these for you, just send the guards to Brad!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">However, the next morning Rat Fink had ran away! He brought with him the fugly purple color and gay decorated electricity box! The light poles were also brought back to how they were in the Barris days, without gangsta tags!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My brother Sondre Kvipt made new designs for us on photoshop. We printed them out on transparencies and used a projector to figure out were we wanted them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were in lack of an office, so we made one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used the pressure washer to make the wood look old and whittered. These are the new frames for the doors.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brad and I painted my relative, Jim Kierstead's 1939 Merc on the door.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After 4 hours of hard labor, this is how it looked like when we were done at 8pm! Just in time to hear the Smut Peddlers play live in Costa Mesa!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">-We hopped in the truck..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">-Picked up some chicks..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">-And there we were!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve-O from Jackass was there as well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Smut Peddlers really rocked, and they made a lot of songs for the tv-series Jackass!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brad liked it to!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The morning after, it was awesome to see how the shop appeared in daylight!</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Most of you have probably never heard about Jim Kierstead. I would neither have known if I never went ahead and researched my ancestry. History is a very important subject to me. Many don't care about their ancestors, that's not the case with me! Your forefathers are very important, because you would not exist if it was not for them! It is also fun to find out more stuff about them, finding similarities between you and them, and what qualities you have </span></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">inherited</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"> from them!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">However, a lot of Norwegians emigrated to the US through the centuries, as did my family. Last year I decided to trace them down, and soon I discovered my long lost relatives overseas. Jim was one of them, and an interesting thing about Jim, was that a 1939 Mecury popped up on google when I searched online. It was not an ordinary 39' Merc, but a custom!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">The car was mentioned on Jim's nephew blog, and it said that it was built by Sam Barris. I tried to get in contact with the nephew several times without luck, so I wrote down the info and saved the pictures on Kustomrama, in hope that somebody would see it and mail me for more information and pictures about the car. Good thing I did, because I could not find the blog now.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">By </span><a href="http://ancestry.com/" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" target="_blank">ancestry.com</a><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">, I was able to find out when he was born, where he and his family lived, and when he died. He was born on may 30th, 1923, the eldest son of James and Ruth Kierstead. They moved from Utah to 909w 85th street in Inglewood, California in the 1920's. Jim also had three brothers, which one died in 1935 at the age of 5. He was playing in the backyard while his mom did laundry, and he accidentally fell into the big tub of water and got boiled to death. This must have been extremely hard for the family, and poor Jim was only 12 years old when the accident </span></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">occurred</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">When World War Two broke out, Jim got enlisted and joined the Navy, the submarines to be more specific. He was well built, and was the boxing champion of the submarine corps. It was during this time that he got known with Sam Barris, and the two of them became friends. And when the war was over, Jim bought himself a dark green 1939 Mercury 2-door coupe. Harold Johnson, the brother of Jim's wife remembered he went with them to pick the car up, and they paid it with 1000 dollar bills. Jim was making a good life working as a lather at the time, and earned good money.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Harold would spend all the time he could, helping Jim and Sam out on the car. According to him, Sam would to the lead and torch part, while they did the other stuff, like filing and sanding. This was most likely the first 39-40 Merc that Sam chopped, and it looked killer when it was done. They did not raise the windshield, so it appeared somewhat the same as Johnny Zaro and Al Andril's 1940 Mercs. The removed the running boards, flipped them over vertically and welded them to be like rocker panels. Jim wanted the car to be as smooth as possible, so they removed all the chrome on it. Looking at the pictures, it looks like he used front bumpers from a 1941 Chevrolet, both up front and rear. The fender skirts appeared to be the long units from a 1941 Ford. The Barris' brothers would always do the car in grey primer while under construction, apply white when all the body modifications were done. The owner would usually drive around with it for a while to clear out all the bugs before final paint.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">In 1946, Jim got married to Helen Johnson, also of Inglewood. Helen was Swedish, and hailed from Kansas, but they moved to California in the 1930's. They were a nice couple, and would often go out dancing jitterbug. They were so good at it, that Hollywood film scouts discovered them, and wanted them on the screen. However, Helen did not like the Hollywood business at the time, and they refused the offer. A year later, they got a baby boy, Tim was his name. This was in the autumn of 1947, and the world was really smiling at them, he had a beautiful wife, a new born son, good job, their house was almost completed, and his Mercury only needed paint.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">In December 1947, the car was painted in black Lacquer. Polished and prepped, Jim and Harold were supposed to drive to Reno on the weekend of December 6, debuting the car for its first long run as a completed custom car. Harold was in Redando Beach with Dick Owens, a though guy that was in the Guadal Canal during WWII, he also had a chopped 1940 Merc with a Carson top. However, it was raining hard and Jim was heading south on Sepulveda. Between El Segundo Blvd and Rosecrans Ave, he could see a Duesenberg heading towards him. One of the cars crossed the double striped line, and the Duesenberg hit Jim on the left front fender. Jim's car was totaled, and Jim was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. He left behind his two months old son, newly wedded wife, his two brothers, parents, and his nearly completed house. The church was over crowded when his funeral was held, a lot of people knew him, and he was known to be a handsome nice man.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Well, 70 years has passed by, and I have a hard time finding people that knew him at the time. I feel I have a lot I common with Jim, with the experiences he had, and his interests. He was born on May 30th, 1923, I'm born on the same date as his father, June 21st 1993, he lost his brother when he was 12 in 1935, I lost my brother when I was twelve in 2005, they were four brothers, we were four brothers, his girlfriend was born on december 5th, my girlfriend was born in december 5th, he had a 1939 Mercury, I have a 1939 Mercury, he built his with Sam Barris, I'm building mine with B</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">rad Masterson who looks up to Sam Barris, he built it at the old Barris shop, I'm building mine in the old Barris shop.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">I especially like Jim's 39 Merc, so I am going to clone his car. My brother Sondre made a new logo for the shop, with the 39 on. So I'm doing everything I can do to spread Jim's story so his legacy will not be forgotten. He was a pioneer, along with Harold and Dick, and they truly deserves to be remembered. I've spent countless hours on the web and on the phone trying to find more out about him. I've visited his son Tim twice. He is a really nice guy, and he actually had a 1940 Ford that was according to him restyled by Barris at some point. It was chopped and channeled, but the KuKluxKlan stole the car from him in the 1970's. He has also been into cars all his life, and has owned a lot of old cars during the years.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Then I went to the flower shop to buy some nice flowers for Jim's grave. The staff at Inglewood park cemetery showed me on a map where his slot was, but I could not find it. The grass covered it, so i had to do some digging. It turned out nice with flowers, and I'm sure Jim is happy with how it looks now.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Then I stopped by Inglewood High School, to check out if I could find him in any of the yearbooks. Inglewood High School is were the safety education film, "The Cool Hot Rod" was shot in 1953. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cstlYdYJorQ">(Click here to watch The Cool Hot Rod)</a>. I examined the yearbooks, but I could not find him. It was not wasted time, because I found a picture of a 1940 Mercury with dual spotlights from the 1940 yearbook, so that was quite cool. I then went to Morningside High School, but they did neither have any records from him there. </span><br />
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<b>First Day At College!</b><br />
Well, I finally started school. Last week after taking some tests and orientation, they enrolled me into classes like math, chemistry, and english.. Turned out, all international students have to go through that shit to get an A.A. degree. I could not do anything else than accept this offer. Anyhow, it's worth it to be able to stay in this country and document all the history that might be gone in a couple of years.<br />
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<b>My Luck Turns Around</b><br />
I woke up Monday morning about 6am. Ready as an egg, I left the shop at 7 in Brad's yellow T-Bucket! I parked in front of the Automotive Department and headed towards the International Student Center to get my final class schedule. My first class was scheduled 12:30, Math 60 it said. Returning back to the T-Bucket, a man ran out from the Auto Department. He asked if I drove the T-Bucket to school, and I said yes. He had never seen a students driving a Hot Rod to school in his past 30 year career of working at the school, and was quite impressed by the whole thing. He got even more fired up when he found out that I was a 19 year old kid that had travelled half the world to attend Auto & Body in California. He wondered what classes I had, I showed him my schedule with all the dull stuff. I saw he got kind of confused when he saw what they'd put me up to. He could not believe they'd put me in all those bullshit classes when my main focus was automotive courses. "We must see the Dean, this does not make sense at all!" He explained to the Dean that it was ridiculous to enroll me into those classes I had received. "He has travelled all the way from the North Pole, give the boy a chance!"<br />
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And I got to enter the automotive courses I wanted to! I thank the Kustom Gods for that! Just unbelievable! After that, I drove back to the shop and continued working for Brad. Tomorrow, I don't have classes until 5:30pm, such strange times they have classes in this country!<br />
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<b>This week at Masterson Kustoms</b> have been a great week with many cool adventures! On monday, Brad wrote a list of things to do on the different cars. I went away and brazing holes, filing lead, adjusting door gaps, and making shelves and brackets for an old 1958 International bread truck, that is going to house two Triumph bikes and race gear.<br />
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<b>Collecting parts for my 1939 Merc!</b><br />
On the way home from Kansas, I stopped by all the junkyards I could find, trying to collect parts for my Mercury. There was only one guy that had 1939 Merc parts. 20 years ago, he had a 39 sedan that he sold, but for some reason, he kept the dash. Exactly what I was looking for, since it's missing in mine. A deal was made, and I was the happy new owner of a rusted and old 1939 Merc dash! However, this is how it looked after sandblasting and powder coating! It's not going to be white, Brad said it was easy to wire all the gauges and stuff if it was white on the back.<br />
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<b>Brazing </b><br />
Brazing is something new I have learned here. In the 1940's, brass was used in areas where the metal would warp easily. Like molding fenders, welding seams after a chop job, filling drip rails and such was common to use brass on. The material is very nice to work with, and it is also strong. It's nice to practice on this 1940 Merc, it will be almost like mine, chopped with molded fenders, etc. And it kind of reminds me of an old Barris custom that once belonged to a relative of mine in 1947. Just look at the pictures.<br />
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<b>Alex SoRello</b><br />
On tuesday, Alex, the guy who has been working with Brad the last year tried out welding for the first time. Alex is Brad's childhood friend from Sacramento. They were like peas and rice back then, skating the streets of Sacto and messing around with go karts, having fun with no cares in the world. When Alex was 18, he was put in Folsom Prison for robbing a pizza place. Here he stayed for the next 8 years, loosing some of a man's best year behind the walls of Folsom.. When he got out, he found a girlfriend, got married and settled down in Sacramento. As time went by, he got two kids, that he loves spending time with. Around a year a go, he got divorced, and started working for Brad. He's in the learning phase, picking up tricks by watching. At present, he is working as a "shop quality preserver" as I call it. He really likes cars, and is willing to learn the art of building them. He has a 1923 Ford up in Sacramento with a Ford OHV V8 that he is working on in his spare time.<br />
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<b>Dr. Dre</b> looked like needed a real doctor on tuesday. I think he was kind of hangover after partying with some russian girls on Monday, he never told what happened. His real name is Andreas "Fisk" Johansson, but here they just call him Dre. He usually visit the shop for two or three weeks at the time, twice a year. He works hard in Sweden, and travel to California when he can afford it. He's currently looking after an American lady to marry, so he can get a greencard and move over. Back home in Sweden, he has a 1950 Olds 98 4-door that he is restoring. He's missing the trim piece around the windshield for it, so please comment if you have the parts he need.<br />
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<b>When everybody has gone home from the shop</b>, I usually crank up Glenn Miller on the stereo and keep scanning old documents and pictures from Masterson's Barris archive. About 4-5 AM, it's bedtime.<br />
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<b>The Barris Compton Shop</b><br />
On wednesday, we went and bought some square tubing for the Bread Truck. We were in the Compton area, and I requested to visit the old Barris Custom shop at 7674 Compton Ave. Look at it, a lot has changed since the 1940's unfortunately..<br />
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<b>Rex Liquor Store</b><br />
We also had to stop by the famous Rex Liquor store, that's right across the street to buy some Dr. Pepper!<br />
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That's Dick Fowler's neat looking 1938 Ford in front of the store.<br />
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George and Sam rented one of the stalls for their custom work. The other belonged to a brake garage. The front half of the old Barris shop has now been refurbished into an insurance office, and in the rear, they rebuild carburetors. Alex, who owns the place along with his brother Eric, told that when they refurbished the office, they found an aluminum sign which it said "Custom, Body & Fender Works" on. They did not know what it was at they time, and threw it away..<br />
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The owners recently discovered these words in the pavement outside the shop. It says Kustom. But I doubt this is from the 1940's. They did not spell Kustom with K until the Lynwood Shop, and the pavement looked to new as well.<br />
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Here it says Sam Barris, and a date beneath it.<br />
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Then back in the shop, we could continue making all the brackets and shelves for the bikes and gear. We also bought steel to make for pogo sticks, which is used when chopping a top.<br />
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<b>Big Boy Bob</b><br />
On Wednesday after work, Brad, Roby Ballard and I went to Big Boy Bob for a hamburger. There were a lot of cars there, and very good food! It's nice to see equally minded people hang out on wednesdays on Bob's.<br />
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<b>T-shirt designs!</b><br />
Sondre Kvipt, my older brother was working on designs for The Kustomrama Lynwood Division t-shirts and work shirts this week. Since I am building a clone of my relative's 1939 Merc, it would be cool to use that car as a design. I think it came out pretty neat, looking sharp and period correct!<br />
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<b>Swap Meet</b><br />
On friday, me and Brad went to a Swap Meet up in Pasadena! I bought some old tools up there. Found an old Milwaukee grinder from the 1950's, and an electric Dyno-Mite drill. Also found this old cool work lamp, a Rab lamp attached to a music stand. Brad's grandfather gave Brad the same stand which he had in school in the 1930's. So I like to think a young student saw this music stand in the 1930's-1940's, and thought it could be a great lamp stand in his garage :) The Coolest thing was that I found out that all the stuff worked when I tried them!<br />
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Brad and I also went and bought work clothes. We bought the old time stuff, so now we can work with style. The shirts are going to have this prints on the back.<br />
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<b>Saturday, Disneyland!</b><br />
After the week was done, and saturday was comming up, we decided to go to Disneyland! Sonja's friends, Renee and Sarah met us there, and we all had a blast!! This was my first time there, and man, that place was so good engineered! The whole place is a true piece of art, just go there and study all the small details! I also recommend the rollercoasters and log-run! We stayed there until midnight, and went to Viva Mexico to cool down.<br />
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<b>Could not sleep</b> last night, there's just someone on my mind all the time.. I'm not talking about a girl, but my third brother, who is no longer among us. It is his birthday today, and he would have turned 25 years old. Unfortunately I don't have the ability to congratulate him, but I know his spirit is still with me. Sometimes, late at night, I can often smell his perfume, and then I just know he is there!<br />
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<b>His name was Are Kvipt</b>, a real happy and satisfied boy who was as much into old cars as me and rest of my brothers. He was born August 8th, 1988, and was closest to my age of the brothers. We grew up together far away on a farm, miles away from civilization and friends. This brought us even closer, and we had each other to play with. We shared the same interests, and used our mind and fantasy to create cool vehicles, homemade bombs, stealing mom & dads car for a small trip, go fishing on the lake, go hunting, snowboarding you name it! That is what country boys do!<br />
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<b>It was the summer of 2005</b><br />
He had completed his first year of high school, and worked at a water amusement park. All of us brothers moved out of the house when they turned 16, to go to high school in the nearest town, 80 miles away. This was his first summer away from home, and it would also be the last. On August 1st, he and a friend got each tattoo. They took their motorcycles to the tattoo artist in the neighbor town, he actually got tattooed the flying eye-ball by Von Dutch. And on the way, the tattoo artist's brother offered them a ride back in his car. The fact that the driver was under influence, and to much speed, they head-on collided with a car, killing my brother, his friend and the driver.<br />
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<b>My Torch Is Lit For Are Kvipt</b><br />
That was the hardest time of my life, and I almost remember nothing from the 2-3 years after the accident. It was just a enormous shock, and I kept telling my self that it was not true.. But I can't feel sorry for my self, loosing a brother and bestfriend is one thing, but loosing your son is 100 times worse. Poor mom and dad, it was hard for them, but they'd managed to keep it going. 8 years has gone by, and it tears my heart apart when I'm thinking about it. However, I know he is well wherever he's at, and I really miss him a lot. He's the first thing I think about when I wake up, and the last I think about when I go to sleep. I went looking for a candle to light on his birthday, but I could not find any in the ol' Barris Shop. So I figured I could lit my torch, I know he would have liked that better anyways! I can feel he is with me, maybe in another dimension, but he still takes care of me, I know it!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02151364268761984187noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368982004877785593.post-90716585873289168762013-08-08T05:00:00.002-07:002013-08-08T05:07:46.603-07:00Kustomrama Lynwood Division - Established<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My name is Olav Kvipt b. June 21st 1993</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">, the youngest of the Kvipt brothers from Fyresdal, Telemark, Norway. I moved here to the old Barris Shop premise at 11054 Atlantic Ave. Lynwood on July 15th. Here I'm gonna stay the next three years. My main purpose is to study Auto & Body at Cerritos College, plus Machine Engineer within oil & gas.</span><br />
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<b>My Goals In Los Angeles</b><br />
I liked my life in Norway a lot, but my main goal has always been to travel to California and build custom cars. Brad Masterson of Masterson Kustom Automobiles took me under his wing, and I have the feeling that we will have a good time here. I have known him for quite a while, and he figured he could use my skills here in Lynwood. So far, we've only made a wooden top for his Skate Truck, preparing it for The Kustom Kemps of America show, up in Salina Kansas. This is my first real work week here, and I must say I like it very much. However, as you might know, I'm one of the two Kustomrama journalists, and I'm here to get hold of as much information and stories from the people who were here in the 1940's and 1950's, which drove, built, or knew people who had custom cars and hot rods.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Gratefull Of My Older Brothers</span></b><br />
I'm so happy that my oldest brother Kjetil teached me how to do bodywork, upholstery, paint, welding, and much more. He is a real great customizer, with eyes for proportions, and hands for fabricating! And I'm also very happy that my brother Sondre introduced me to the Kustomrama when I was 13. They are the greatest persons I know about on this planet, along with my parents of course! They are not only my brothers, but I consider them as my best friends as well! We all share the same hobbies, always have, and I got a strong feeling that it will continue that way. My goal is to represent them as good as I can, and show the world what we Kustom Norwegians are good for.<br />
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<b>The Brad Masterson Collection</b><br />
After my work is done in the shop, I use the evenings and nights to scan and document Brad's incredible collection of old Barris memorabilia and pictures mainly from the late 1940's to mid 1960's. When he worked for George up in North Hollywood, George had a real clean up, and threw away a lot of his old stuff that he considered garbage. Well, as the saying says, another man's garbage is another man's gold. Brad rescued all these papers and photos by diving into the container and fetch the stuff. I'm real happy that he did, because I've found some neat old pictures from the 1940's of really nice unknown customs that I have never seen before! I will share them all to you folks, I've scanned about 700 photos, and my computer memory is now full..<br />
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<b>Please Stop By!</b><br />
If you wan't to share your history about how you got into customs, or have old pictures from the time youngsters in customs roamed the streets, please stop by at Masterson Kustoms in Lynwood!<br />
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Be sure to follow my blog, I won't disappoint you, at least not if you'll like old customs and hot rod!<br />
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