1969 Panthermobile - GIF

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1969 Panthermobile.




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1969 Citroen M35 coupe - photo
1969 Ferrari Sigma Formula One show car - photo
1969 Ford Mustang GT - GIF
1969 Holden Hurricane concept car - photos

[Duke_of_URL]

Looks like the work of the great George Barris.

[bruce.desertrat]

Looks like the work of the great George Barris.

Nope, it's out of "Bob Reisner California Show Cars"'s shop, by Ed Newton That era was the heyday of radical customs by all those competing shops. Barris, Reisner, Ed Roth, and many more. 12-year old me really misses those days :-)

[Duke_of_URL]

“12-year old me really misses those days :-)“

Yes, those post-war times were highly dynamic, whether WWII, or Korean Wars. Artisans and craftsmen were seemingly available around every corner, and there was a steady stream of “apprentice labor” descending upon Southern California, daily, from across the fruited plane to learn a skill from a master craftsman to obtain steady employment and get a chance to participate in the hot rod/drag-racing craze sweeping the nation. Assisting car builders back then were the countless aircraft salvage yards and “war-surplus” stores, providing budget-conscious builders a cheap source of parts and materials for their custom works of art. Body shops had plenty of auto-body and paint magicians, the former trusting only their own metal-finishing skills and hot-paddled “body lead,” pressed on and filed to perfection prior to transfer to the paint shop. Painters stopped at nothing less than a perfect finish following dozens of coats of lacquer, meticulously block-sanded in-between coats by a team of aspiring apprentice painters, seeking their chance with “the gun.”
The vast number of artisans of the era and the knowledge base they took with them is overwhelming, and very difficult to ever replace. Most have departed this life, taking with them great memories of a glorious time in America.

[odd one]

We just recently lost Gene Winfield. I had always hoped to take one of his classes that he hosted....just waited too long.