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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 Ala Kart won more than 200 trophies and became America's most beautiful roadster twice in 1958 and again in 1959. [6] [9] The name was derived from George Barris, an auto customizer, opening a menu and Blackie seeing the phrase Ala Carte on the top of it. [6] [10] Barris sketched out the early design on restaurant napkins. [11]
[8] In 1962, "Grand" was added to the title, contributing to the show's long-time moniker as "The Grand-Daddy of them All". [2] In 1967, the show moved to the Oakland Coliseum [10] Between 1998 and 2003, the show was held at a variety of other San Francisco-Bay Area venues [11] before relocating to Southern California's Fairplex in 2004. [12] [13]
The Los Angeles Auto Show, also known as the LA Auto Show, is an auto show held annually at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is open to the public for ten days, filling 760,000 square feet (71,000 m 2) of exhibit space. Since 2006 the event is held in November or December.
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