Mike Lowe took a Gremlin from junkyard to jem. He's so talented that he has done this much to his Metro, his Rambler, and one of these days, his Vespa 400

 

https://www.instagram.com/gremlinguy1/

Roth's "Little Jewel". Kustomrama says no one has seen it since 1962

Built in 1955, the Little Jewel was Ed's first foray into the show car scene. Ed started to build the car after returning from four years of service with the US Air Force.

Ed restyled the car by swapping the original grille for a 1932 Ford unit. The car featured nerf bars (why or how did the word "Nerf" come to be?) with small accessory turn lights. 

Ed Roth made the nerf bars and turn lights himself at his shop. The car was painted in red enamel by Wally Jordan, and featured a white Naugahyde top, and white running boards. The interior was upholstered in black and white by Martinez Upholstery.

In order to turn his car in to a trophy winner, he chromed the undercarriage of the car. The rake on the car was accomplished by installing a 3-inch dagoed front axle. Juice brakes were borrowed from a 1948 Ford passenger car, while the shocks were 1949 Ford pickup components. Under the hood, the firewall was liberally pinstriped, and the stock engine was swapped for a 1950 Oldsmobile engine. Roth did the engine swap on the car himself.

Roth sold the Little Jewel in late 1958 in order to get money for chrome on the Outlaw. The guy who owned it around 1961 had Roth paint it lime green with white pearl scallops 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/most-famous-a-tudor.924177/page-2#post-10517810

https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Ed_Roth%27s_1930_Ford

https://www.limageriegallery.com/Ed_Big_Daddy_Roth_Little_Jewel_Photo_p/rothe189.htm

I just discovered I posted it last December. Like I said many times before, my memory is bad, and getting worse http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2020/12/ed-roths-30-ford-tudor-little-jewel.html

California plates and a cool couple of scallops, doesn't mean it's a Watson, but it's possible

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-493#post-3110953

Regardless of whose paint design, they sure did a nice job of working with the natural lines and shapes on this

Striped by Larry Watson, leaded by Bill Hines

May 1998 issue of Custom Rodder mangazine

Watson

Found on https://www.facebook.com/gearheaddiva?fref=photo

cool paint design

Found on http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1962-corvette-gasser-pics-wanted.247977/page-2

lace and licks, and I live the way they did the trunk. Cool rims too. This had more than one paint job, and was made into a glue together model by MPC

the box was found on http://www.showrods.com/showrod_pages/malco_vett.html

Found on http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=18345&page=5

The cars at the So Cal Shootout at the Del Mar Goodguys 2013

great scallops on this 60 Chev that I mistook for a '59, but have been corrected.

D'Agostino's latest, is beautiful!

Rod Authority just interviewed him: http://www.rodauthority.com/features/interviews/five-questions-we-sit-with-john-dagostino-and-talk-customs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=five-questions-we-sit-with-john-dagostino-and-talk-customs

Hot Rod magazine comes up with more vintage coolness, the paint styles

The 3rd annual Fiesta De Kustom Kulture car and low brow art show

this example of late 50's design is a good example of how the modern design copies the best of the old designs, and how the new side mirrors only seem to differ by being made of plastic, and are mounted on the door instead of the fender. I wonder if you had a better view with a mirror on the fender, or now have a better view with the mirror on the door

full gallery of this sweet shoebox at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/11/sllk-vic.html

this would feel strange to drive to me... and a cross wind would wreak havoc on driving

cool stop light

 Here between the tires is a Bomonster sticker, and the booth they were stopping by is Bomonster's.

 A full gallery of this tricked out Road Runner is at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/damn-nice-road-runner-with-better.html