Famous "Full Size" Custom Cars
by Mark S. Gustavson
This section of the Custom Clinic site will concern itself with a wide range of famous full-size customs. From Starbird's Predicta to Bud Mallard's restoration of Cushenbery's Limelighter to Spencer Murray's Dream Truck, we will celebrate some of the most adventurous and beautiful custom cars that were ever built. And we'll feature famous customs that have either been faithfully cloned or show cars that have been reinterpreted, like Ron Englert's rivival of the Lil' Coffin. As time permits, we're going to give you the text of the articles that featured these cars when they were initially built (and, when restored, when they were featured again). Where appropriate, we'll comment upon these cars, complimenting and offering gentle critiques.
Enjoy these photo and text essays on some of the most famous custom cars ever built, and give tribute to those incredible craftsmen who built them! If you have any photos that we can use in this page, please send it to us.
See the work of these artists:
- The Alexander Brothers
- George Barris
- Joe Bailon
- Cunningham
- Bill Cushenbery
- Emory
- Russ Meeks' Nomad
- Jack Florence - Pegasus
- Spence Murray's Dream Truck
- Dave Stuckey
- Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
- Darryl Starbird
- Valley Custom
- Eldon Titus' Voodoo Spider
- Wilhelm
- Gene Winfield
- Wild Brazilian Custom!
See these interesting photo essays:
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