Car culture - pinstriping, customising and cartooning - is nearly synonymous with Southern California culture. Kustom Kulture tells the story of the revved-up legends of the custom car cult of the 1950s, 60s and 70s in Los Angeles. Features art work by Robert Williams, Von Dutch and Ed |Big Daddy| Roth. Hot rod art at its best by three masters of the form.

Have fun koloring these famous Barris Kustoms with illustrations by some of the top artists in the industry! A collection of 26 illustrations of select cars, the design styles range from lowbrow to semi-realistic. Each image reflects the Barris Kustoms style and honors what George, Sam and Barris Kustoms were all about. Add your own paint job to these unique vehicles: Kopper Kart - Sam's Merc - Emperor - Ala Kart - Silver Sapphire - Golden Sahara - Vox Mobile - Moonscope - Turbo Sonic - XPAC 400 - Beverly Hillbillies - Drag-u-la - Munster Koach - The CAR - Elvira Macabre Mobile - Red Foxx Wrecker - ZZR - Calico Surfer - Surf Hearse - Ice Cream Truck - Mail Truck - Alvin's Acorn - Hirohata Merc George Barris is undisputably the King of the Kustomizers, the most phenomenal kustom car builder ever. Barris created some of the best known and iconic cars of the 20th century, inlcuding the original TV Batmobile, the Munsters Koach, Hirohata Merc, Ala Kart and countless other made-to-order vehicles for movies, TV, and for the private use of his celebrity clients. Art by Vince Ray, Dennis McPhail, Jeff Allison, Johnny Ace, Mike Bell, Shawn Dickinson, and Stephen Sandoval!

The "King of Kustomizers" brings his legendary creations front and center in this dynamic and colorful coffee table book which highlights his most innovative and original works. Beginning with his fruitful partnership with his brother, Sam, this volume delivers a nostalgic look back at the customizing scene of yesteryear. The Big Book of Barris showcases the very best hot rods, motorcycles, pickup trucks, boats, and more from Barris Kustom Kars, the famous custom shop that influenced so many builders. Take a revealing look back at his leading edge designs!

People are as interesting in painting and customizing now, as they were when this material was first created, in the 1950s. Everyone wants to know how to do a flame job, or how to run a pair of pinstripes straight down the side of their car. In this book George Barris explains how he and brother Sam did their custom painting and early flame jobs in the 1950s. No one can tell this story as well as George Barris, a fine photographer and the man who built many of the cars shown in the book. This particular book, Volume 4, contains more than just the photos and words of George Barris. This volume contains first-person side-bars by legendary painters and builders like Dean Jeffries and Larry Watson, describing how they developed their talents and what it was like to customize cars in those days.

George Barris created some of the best-known, most iconic cars of the 20th century, including the original TV Batmobile, the Munsters Koach, Hirohata Merc, Ala Kart and countless other made-to-order vehicles for movies, TV and for the private use of his celebrity clients. This is the definitive collection of his work, with nearly 500 pages jam-packed with photos, design sketches and more.

Among the hardest core of American automotive enthusiasts there always exists a desire to press styling and performance a step beyond the showroom floor -- to truly craft an automobile of one's own. This photographic and cultural history examines the evolution of American custom cars from the 1930s to present, covering touchstone trends, influential builders (Barris, Roth, Coddington et al), custom shows, enthusiast magazines and regional styles. An expensive collection of rare period photography and exclusive modern shots help illustrate how Detroit informed the styling of customs (and vice versa), the explosion of the custom car scene after World War II and the factors that led to the custom's near-death in the 1960s and its resurgence in the '80s. But most of all, this chronicle is a showcase of the great cars and people who influenced the movement through the years.

From the mind of Mr. Gasser himself, with behind-the-scenes pictures from his own files, comes the story of the life and times and art of this icon of hot rodding and visionary of Kustom Kulture. Since Ed "Big Daddy" Roth first told his tale, a whole new generation has discovered the creator of Rat Fink, Beatnik Bandit, and Mysterion-and this now-classic illustrated autobiography gives new and old fans alike a look into the shop and studio. ""The Salvador Dali of the movement,"" Tom Wolfe called him, ""a surrealist in his designs, a showman by temperament, a prankster""–and Roth’s larger-than-life personality comes across here as he tells how he arrived at his famous ""plaster and fiberglass"" method of constructing his sculptures on wheels (It could be done ""by people with little or no talent and I had both,"" as he put it.) and shows off some of his more outlandish models. A fitting tribute to an outlaw legend, this book brings Big Daddy’s work to wild and wonderful life, and lets us hear the man’s incomparable voice one more time.