grapejuice1998
02-18-2008, 04:59 PM
It ain't a Dodge, but it's a pretty sweet Chebby. It's an older 90's version, lowered, with the top removed and the windshield chopped 9".
I first saw it out back of Prestige auto repair, who rents in the same building where my own personal shop is. The guy that built the truck, "Joey", had just finished the paint and had rolled it outside when I drove by. I stopped and asked him about the truck, he said; "it's a tribute to my uncle, George Barris". "We're going to present it to him in person at the Autorama".
Anyway, I told him it looked nice and went on about my business.
A lot of the truck was donated as a tribute to George. The hood is a replica of Georges jacket (pics later today), the airbrush was donated, as was the interior, and the wheels(Boyds), etc.
Last Thursday, I knew Joey was going to take the truck to the autorama and start setting up, so I stopped by to see what the finished truck looked like. Well, Joey was there and upset, because his flatbed didn't show up to take the truck down there. So, having nothing urgent to do, I offered to load it up and take it down there myself. We did that, I unloaded it and left, intending to return and see the show, but I was too busy.
Last night, Joey called and asked if I could come and get the truck. I went on over there and got to meet George, then all of them were offered a free steak dinner by some local bigshot, so Joey left me with the task of driving the custom truck out of the building, loading it myself and getting it 20 miles back to the shop. I actually had a lot of fun doing all of this though. I got to see most of the cars in the show, while they were running/driving into and back out of the show. I doubt most people ever get to hear an autorama car run, much less see it move on it's own power.
Anyway, I though I would share the experience with y'all.
I first saw it out back of Prestige auto repair, who rents in the same building where my own personal shop is. The guy that built the truck, "Joey", had just finished the paint and had rolled it outside when I drove by. I stopped and asked him about the truck, he said; "it's a tribute to my uncle, George Barris". "We're going to present it to him in person at the Autorama".
Anyway, I told him it looked nice and went on about my business.
A lot of the truck was donated as a tribute to George. The hood is a replica of Georges jacket (pics later today), the airbrush was donated, as was the interior, and the wheels(Boyds), etc.
Last Thursday, I knew Joey was going to take the truck to the autorama and start setting up, so I stopped by to see what the finished truck looked like. Well, Joey was there and upset, because his flatbed didn't show up to take the truck down there. So, having nothing urgent to do, I offered to load it up and take it down there myself. We did that, I unloaded it and left, intending to return and see the show, but I was too busy.
Last night, Joey called and asked if I could come and get the truck. I went on over there and got to meet George, then all of them were offered a free steak dinner by some local bigshot, so Joey left me with the task of driving the custom truck out of the building, loading it myself and getting it 20 miles back to the shop. I actually had a lot of fun doing all of this though. I got to see most of the cars in the show, while they were running/driving into and back out of the show. I doubt most people ever get to hear an autorama car run, much less see it move on it's own power.
Anyway, I though I would share the experience with y'all.