John was both a custom guy and a drag racer, so not surprising to see him working on the car at an early drag race...he later went on to build a '23 T drag roadster that made the cover of HRM and a Monogram kit which called it "the Grasshopper." He also got the Chrisman "A" Bonneville coupe after Art sold it, and had Barris customize it, putting the engine from the Grasshopper (a totally chromed blown Olds) in it...Art finally got it back from Barris, and restored it to its old form, but not before telling Barris "George, you really know how to screw up a car"...
A beautiful design...I don't understand how the car progressed from being a Daryll Starbird creation to a George Barris creation... could it be that Starbird did the "section" and the rest was done by Barris?
I've seen this car on west coast customs tv show. It was parked and looked amazing. I think the owner is Dennis Krakenberg with the calaveras car club.