I've thankfully still got a backlog of photos from some of my past "excursions". Although I've already posted the "MikeVideo" titled "Culver City Kustoms", this is the first PhotoPost using photos of the custom and classic automobiles that were at the George Barris Kustom Car Show in Culver City on May 10th. Since regular unleaded is going for $4.65 a gallon this weekend, I'm not going anyplace. So I'll post photos of cars that, similarly, are not going anyplace. (at least while they are displayed.) 
A shiny Mercury coupe with clean lines. I'm guessing the model year is about 1947. I didn't record the models or years of a lot of these. There were more Chevys than any other model, and the show has a "Fifites" flavor so most of the cars were from that decade. I only saw one Toyota, an early 70s Land Cruiser. Almost all the cars featured were from Detroit. 
A two tone turquoise/white 1961 Plymouth Fury. Although I use the headlights and grille for the title card sequence of the video, this car wasn't videotaped, so the photo is the only full size view I got of the car. 
If not for the fact that the Chevy is obviously heading the wrong way, this could be a photo of Culver City taken back in the 50s. The Culver Hotel rises in the distance. The car is a 1957 Chevrolet. 
I don't think this was a Barris Kustom, but was one of the more "customized" cars at the show. Looks like this started out as a Model T Ford. It's name is "Rod Riguez" 
Since the car show took place on city streets in downtown Culver City, I tried to get as many shots as possible with some of the iconic buildings. Here is a shot of a late 40s Dodge pickup with the hotel in the background. 
A smooth looking chap is photographed alongside his old Volkswagen "Bug" with a Carribean flavor. (I kinda like the zoot suit looking guy walking past in the background which makes the photo more interesting than just a shot of another car. 
This is one of the George Barris Kustoms displayed at the show. It is called "Kargoyle" and is a highly modified, chopped 1967 Cadillac Hearse. 
Since we're in Los Angeles, there are a lot of lowrider car clubs, and they have collected and customized some of the best looking late model Chevys in the country. Here is a bright purple 1958 Chevy Impala convertible. The "lowrider" uses adjustable hydraulic shock absorbers to "bounce" their cars, and to lower the back end right to the pavement as on this shot. 
A late 40s Chevy coupe used as one of the title cards for my movie. For the title, which appeared as the license plate, I enlarged the license plate frame about three times. 
I'm not sure about the model year for this beautiful Chevrolet pickup. I 'm guessing 1953, the year I was born. While walking around the car show, I realized just how much I miss the sight of chrome bumpers and whitewall tires. 
Here is a detail of the highly "detailed" paint jobs on these customs. Notice the reflection of the polished wood truckbed seems to go on forever in the paint job. 
There are 234 photos displayed in my Webshots Gallery. That's a lot of cars. I'm showing some of the "detailed" shots here on the blog, including this photo of a "sweater" on the greyhound hood ornament for this late 30s Ford coupe. 
Lastly, my gal Betty Boop happened to be serving the occupants of these toy cars and motorcycles. So I took her picture. 
I lied. One more photo. Here is the facade of the Kirk Douglas Theater, with some classic cars parked in front, and a police officer astride her bike.
I'd like to take this opportunity in closing to give those of my readers who did a great big thank you for going back and reading/commenting the "History" post. I was feeling pretty sad that it hadn't been commented that much when I first posted it, but the entry now has a respectable total of 21 comments and even some recommends. Thanks so much, and I enjoyed the feedback.
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