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Ala Kart is a custom car, a customized 1929 Ford Model A roadster pickup, built by George Barris, Richard Peters, and Mike "Blackie" Gejeian in 1957. [1] Originally owned by Peters, it is a two-time winner of the Grand National Roadster Show "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" (AMBR) trophy (1958 and 1959) and Hot Rod cover car in October 1958. [2]
The project was designed by model designer Tom Daniel in 1967 for the Monogram Company, inspired the trend of west coast surfers wearing German WW-I helmets.. After being displayed at the 1967 Chicago Toy Fair [2] the popular model kit hit the shelves in 1968 selling over two million units.
The rat rod's inception signified a throwback to the hot rods of the earlier days of hot-rod culture—built according to the owner's abilities and with the intention of being driven. Rat rods are meant to loosely imitate, in both form and function, the "traditional" hot rods of the era.
Model Ts were hot-rodded and customized from the 1920s on, but the T-bucket was specifically created and named by Norm Grabowski in the 1950s. [citation needed] This car was named Lightning Bug, [citation needed] better known as the Kookie Kar, after being redesigned by Grabowski and appearing in the TV show 77 Sunset Strip, driven by character Gerald "Kookie" Kookson.
There is a contemporary movement of traditional hot rod builders, car clubs and artists who have returned to the roots of hot rodding as a lifestyle. This includes a new breed of traditional hot rod builders, artists, and styles, as well as classic style car clubs. Events like GreaseOrama feature traditional hot rods and the greaser lifestyle.
Coddington grew up in Rupert, Idaho, reading all the car and hot rod magazines he could, and got his first car (a 1931 Chevrolet truck) at age 13. [2] He attended machinist trade school and completed a three-year apprenticeship in machining. In 1968, he moved to California building hot rods by day and working as a machinist at Disneyland during ...
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Scott’s Hot Rods and Customs [19] 2009: 1932 Ford Roadster: Harry Willet [7] [18] 2010: 1933 Ford Roadster : Mike Dingman [7] Scott's Hot Rods and Customs [20] 2011: 1934 Ford Roadster: Daryl Wolfswinkel [7] Squeeg's Kustoms: 2012: 1927 Ford Roadster: Bill Lindig [21] SO-CAL Speed Shop [22] 2013: 1927 Ford Roadster: John Mumford [21] Roy ...