Old School Customs
Top Traditional Custom Car Builders
Anotace
In the late 1930s, as roadster- and
coupe-driving hot rodders started families, they suddenly needed
reliable cars that could transport more than two people. Thus, custom
cars were born—passenger automobiles turned into one-of-a-kind art
pieces reflecting the aesthetic sensibilities of their owners and
builders. Today, the mild-to-wild styles and techniques that grew out
of the custom car movement might seem like they've been around forever.
Fortunately, a number of top-notch builders are keeping these classic
elements alive. This book profiles the work of some of the men who keep
making custom car history, and features dozens of chopped, sectioned,
shaved, decked, flamed, frenched, nosed, lowered, scalloped, striped,
and slammed Caddies, Mercs, Buicks, shoebox Fords, Chevys, and
Oldsmobiles that exemplify traditional custom car design. Author Alan
Mayes includes profiles of top builders from across the country—John
D'Agostino, Bill Hines, Richard Zocchi, Darryl Starbird, Bo Huff, and
Rick Murray, among others—each illustrated with color photography
profiling the builder's work. In addition, Mayes features archival
images detailing earlier work of these history-making custom builders
of today.
