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The KKOA Lead Sled Spectaculars car show return to Salina Kansas - Custom Rodder Magazine
KKOA Lead Sled Spectacular - 'Sleds in Salina
 It's easy to see why Larry...  It's easy to see why Larry Douglas' '50 Merc won the Gene Winfield Blendmaster Paint Award. It's like a sunset on wheels. |  According to the window tag,...  According to the window tag, Brad Masterson cruised all the way from Huntington Beach, CA, to Salina in his way-cool chopped '51 Chevy fastback. That's kustom dedication! |  You might remember Dave Barnes'...  You might remember Dave Barnes' '59 Pontiac from our November 2005 issue. Built by Gary Gerberding using a '60 Merc grille, modified front bumper, and rolled rear pan, the Inferno Red beauty looked good in the Kansas sun. |  Merlin Berg performed more...  Merlin Berg performed more than 100 body mods on Robert Wolf's slick '48 Buick Sedanette, yet the Eric Aurand-penned design is so clean and refined that we always want to describe it as subtle. It looks more like a concept car than a custom. |  With its chopped top, suicide...  With its chopped top, suicide doors, see-through hood, and countless other custom touches, it's no surprise Buzz Huston's '49 Olds coupe won George Barris' American Custom Legend Pick. |  Johnny Hammann's mild '58...  Johnny Hammann's mild '58 Impala looked as good last summer as it did at the first Leadsled Spectacular back in '81. Mild mods include a shaved hood, tube grille, modified side trim, and '59 Cadillac taillight lenses. |  Classy and classic are the...  Classy and classic are the only words to describe Rick McGregor's beautiful '51 Merc. A flawless black finish covers a cornucopia of cool mods, including a chopped top with a '50 back window, frenched headlights, a molded grille opening framing a single floating grille bar, and deeply frenched '54 Merc taillight lenses. |  You've probably already read...  You've probably already read that Gary "Chopit" Fioto's radical bubbletop custom fetched more than $300,000 at auction in August. Before doing so, Gary brought it to Salina to nab one more trophy-the KKOA 777 Custom Crown. | |
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The 1949-51 Mercury is the quintessential custom car. Thousands of them have gone under the knife in the last five decades, so it's a little surprising to discover how little aftermarket support there...
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Like many young lads in the 1950s, Bill Layman fell under the spell of the burgeoning hot rod and custom movement. He may have been hooked harder than most considering his dad's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,...
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With the recent surge in poker popularity-tournaments seemingly run round the clock on cable TV-it's little wonder the phenomenon has spread to the indoor car show circuit. Rick Perry, the promoter of...
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