Thread: What is a custom?

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I agree with R Pope. I won a trophy for my '34 Ford roadster for best custom once and I really couldn't understand that, it's a streetrod in my mind. I'm sure there were guys there that owned customs that would have agreed with me. I just felt a bit uncomfortable about accepting it but what do you do, tell them you don't want it? Is there a gracious way out of a situation like that?

Yeah, that Caddy is a custom, but a MILD custom as R Pope said. There are varying degrees of customs, from MILD to RADICAL (or full). In the "day" a nose and deck job, some skirts, different hubcaps, and simple changes like that turned a car into a custom.

I think what is confusing you is that you felt there were not enough modifications to the Caddy to fit that description, and you are right as far as a Radical Custom goes.

Don

yep today the do some fancy interior work it gets a kustom insignia. My years growing up a car being called a custom had sheet metal and interior work done to it. Its a little harder now days that there is not this much work put into the cars.

I think over the last decade they have expanded the definition to muse the spectators . HRD i too look at the cars in the old websters of my mind and class them there . Trick interior is just that . In 20 years a 85 crown vic will be the car shows with same from all auto makers.

Then all imports