George Barris' Cruisin' Back To The 50's Culver City Car Show - Out On The Street

Fidel Ascencio's gold '51 F-1 is another highly detailed on-the-ground pickup we've spotted all over Southern California. The interior and bed are finished in elaborate white vinyl and the external mods speak for themselves.

Cathy Jarel-Girgis' '47 Dodge is another surviving farm truck. This one's from Canada and is loaded with original stuff, including the six-cylinder. Cathy found it five years ago and fell in love with it.

Some white paint on the bumper, grille, and headlight housings goes well with the top and looks good against the blue paint on Roscoe Smith's dropped '56 Chevy. Roscoe says the Corvette 327, TH350 automatic, and freeway gears make it a great driver.

Moving back into the category of classics, we spotted this well-done '51 Ford F-1. The tomato-soup-red exterior is set off by plenty of brightwork on the outside and tan upholstery on the inside.

Ghost flames cover the hood, front fenders, and doors-and leering skulls decorate the firewall of Steve Hernandez' halloween orange '54 F-100. A 305 Chevy powers the pickup, which was a Readers' Truck in CCT's September 2009 issue.

On Andy Carrillo's '56 Chevy, it was the blue paint and wide whites that kept catching our eye. Clean, simple, and stock looking goes a long way when you're driving something as nice as this.

In person, it's easier to see the nice traditional pinstriping on the hood and fenders of Chris Marsiglia's '49 Chevy 3100, powered by a six-cylinder Chevy. The pickup honors the '50s with wide whitewalls and spots.

Rick Erickson's retina-searing '53 Ford is a genuine kustom. The Golden Chariot is the shop truck for Erickson Kustoms in Wildomar, California, with a massive amount of metalwork and amazing paint and phenomenal upholstery.

A 71-year-old old farmer in Tehachapi sold his 51K-mile '54 Dodge Job Rated to 19-year-old David Chacon, who was the first person to drive it off the farm. David rebuilt the carb, redid the wiring, and drives it all over. Now he's got to decide whether to keep working on it or keep it original and preserved.