tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359657762730149804.post8793449970902079770..comments2024-03-27T19:30:26.525-07:00Comments on The Vulgar Curmudgeon: Batmobile Creator George Barris Dies at 89Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359657762730149804.post-84176845388086811012015-11-08T10:38:35.134-08:002015-11-08T10:38:35.134-08:00When I was a kid in high school, I read every Hot ...When I was a kid in high school, I read every Hot Rod Magazine I could find. That magazine nearly always had a Barris "Kustom Kar" featured. And they were absolutely beautiful, especially the '49 and early 50s Mercuries that were lowered, chopped, channeled, and with a big (at that time) engine. I once wrote to Barris requesting a Kustom plate that he always put on his cars. Never did hear from him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359657762730149804.post-48388793128754750822015-11-06T17:27:13.951-08:002015-11-06T17:27:13.951-08:00I had the privellageof meeting him and his sons a ...I had the privellageof meeting him and his sons a couple times at the Friday night car shows at Bobs Big Boy at Toluca Lake. In between my Middle East adventures I had a few other adventures involving the California Custom car scene.adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17605162122677823581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359657762730149804.post-85574631175314826202015-11-06T16:51:21.774-08:002015-11-06T16:51:21.774-08:00Sorry to hear that. Yeah, I'm of that "c...Sorry to hear that. Yeah, I'm of that "certain age". Just as I was telling my wife "I think he did the Munster's cars" we scroll down and see them. SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.com