In his teen years, George Barris, legendary Kustom car builder from California, formed a local car club named ” Kustom Car Club”. In the mid ’40s, it became “Kustoms of Los Angeles”. Again in 1949 George changed the name to “Kustoms of America”.He advertised in all the small car books and at one time it was reported [...]

I was a punk rock kid looking for something new. I was working with my father in the family tool and die business and going to night school taking welding classes. I started going to Rat Fink Reunion shows at Mooneyes with my friends Don Misraji and Rick Stine. We met Taco Bill, who was [...]