When Jack Walker Hired me to chop the top on his clone of the Blue Danube Buick I was thrilled to be involved...We had actual pictures from Geoge of the original car taken in 1956 as a reference.... The only problem was no one remembered the actual amounts the car was chopped...I was able to call Lyle Lake and talk with him about that. I scaled the pics and came up with 3" frt and rear...magazine articles in the day stated 5-7"!! I hope you all find the job I did satisfactory...I was fortunate to have been involved in the process of re creating this historic car. Kenny Baker,Elmer Missouri
WCK Cruisin Memories:No Words can describe this world famous cruise we have lost here in Paso, people from all over the world who ever attended will always remember the greatest Custom Car Cruise & Show ever,again, please e mail Paso Robles City Hall & Police Dept.with any comment that will help restore what we have lost. enjoy the pic.
Morro Bay Ca. nice early caddy 4 dr. fat whites, slammed on air & cool wire wheels, nolthing real special just a cool looking caddy, this ride came all the way from Lake Havasu Az. haven't seen it since this pic was taken.
WCK 06: Roger O' Dell owns the baddest zephyr in existance, last yr. he showed up with this cool 58 "caddy brougham showing some cool custom work & reminicse of Larry Watson's old brougham.Nice 2 tone color & some cool pinstriping by Dennis Ricklefs, caddy is slammed on air,nice white walls, inside wells painted white for traditional custom look.Roger told me he owns at least 35 cars & has a place where he keeps them,he works as a jet mechanic for UPS which explains why he can have so many cars, cool !!!
JAPAN : Checkout this old skewl taildragger from Japan,my friend Junichi from Paradise Road Kustom's in Nagoya sent me this pic a few yrs. ago.This cool 36' ford custom has some real cool work done up in traditional style woth a slightly modern look, the cool grille has a Westergard look & checkout those hdlts. cool 50's scallops on charcoal suede , custom chop soft top, traditional teradrop spots, skirtzz, & cool spider caps on fat whites make this cruiser from Japan a frequently seen custom in the local show circiut there. My special thanx to Junichi for the cool pic.(interesting how spanish culture is mixed with asian, check it out)
Nice job of blending other makes 'best parts' together for an outstanding Kustom. I believe the rear bumper is either caddy or olds. Also like the conny kit, and Harley Earl beltline dip.
WCK CRUISING: Everyone is sad to see the end of an era here at Paso as politics have brought the show to an end after 26 yrs. Again I strongly urge people from all over the world who ever attended this great car show to PLEEZE submitt a response to th PASO ROBLES CITY COUNCIL to re-think what they have done to eliminate WCK to protect their city image. Enjoy the pix, remember how it was !!
WCK Cruisin . No special comments, just enjoy the pix to remember the good times. Too bad $$$$$ & politics always have to be the bottom line, seems like anything that's fun is either illegal or cost $$$$$$$. it's called GREED !!!
Guest THINMAN wrote:
Monday, September 3, 2007 - 6:54
Here’s another cool chevy under const. From junichi ‘s paradise road kustom’s in nagoya japan. Interesting tail light treatment.
WCK PASO:Bob Nelson from Ventura Ca.is a regular at Paso & he owns this cool old skewl 50' fleetline, the 4 dr, fleetline's are hard to find & Bob has owned this one for sveral yrs.Leaving the body basically stock for a more traditional old skewl lowrider look,Bob added full length lake's & appleton's & slammed it on air ride.To further enhance this ride, Bob painted inside fender panels white & added blue clearance lights for that cool nightime cruising look, this idea was popular in the 50's & not seen much anymore, Bob's old skewl ride is topped off with a nice baby blue color & fat whites , Bob also owns a sweet 39' lowrider chevy never seen. Since these pics were taken Bob has teamed up with son Darren & built a a very cool custom 49'-50' chev. hdtp .which made a late show at Paso this yr.
WCK PASO: This ground scraping merc is too kewl with a 54' chevy grille,nice tunneled hdlts, nosed/filled hood/rounded corners,cool scoops perfect chop/v-butt windshield. Totally clean shaved body,slammed on air, checkout the cool looking custom wheel caps set off by fat whites. & a cool maroon color.Some appletons & lake's would be a nice compliment for this beautiful merc & it's one of my fav's.
WCK PASO: Here's a trio of custom mercs in front of the Paso Inn.The gold one has a cool bumper treatment, custom 2 bar grille , nice hdlt treatment,& lots more, note , this one retains split widshield bar on a cool chop, punched hood, custom paint & lots of cool flames. green car has more traditional 50's look with a floating DeSoto grille commonly used on mercs.3rd merc is too BADD ! 54 chevy grille/ xtra teeth& lots of cool custom work, look for more of this one on here.
WCK PASO: 1942 Was the first yr.chevy made the Fleetline,then no more were made again untill 1946 with 1952 being the last yr. for production of the fleetline.Popular with lowriders,the fleetline is considered as the ultimate BOMB with it's fastback look these cars look totally killer when laid to the ground,lowriders like to add every fact. acc. they can find to futher enhance the looks while custom lovers remove all that for the clean shaved custom look,a real difference between day & night but still one in the same of both worlds.The 42' is a very rare car, hard to find especially in good cond.This one looked cool with 2 tone black & red as it laid here in front of the Paso library during the wck show a few yrs. ago, i later heard car was traded straight across for a killer truck which I did see later, looked like a fair trade from what i could see.
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