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

It was going to be Gumby but Dennis Thies chose the Incredible Hulk as a more appropriate theme for his mean green '59 Chevy. No, it's true. He packed his former work truck with a 350 mill and TH700 transmission.

We see legendary customizer Gene Winfield at this show every year, usually getting interviewed for another TV show or video. This year Gene came to Culver City with the Jade Idol II '57 Fairlane custom he built a couple years ago as a tribute to the original Jade Idol.

Here's one more truck that turns up at a lot of local shows, including the Hot Rod magazine open house one week earlier. John Stone's '40 Ford is another tribute to detail, the most unusual detail being that partial hood.

Here's one more farm truck. Robert DiMassa's '68 Ford Ranger was discovered in Washington in 1996. Ten years later, Robert started on the frame-off restoration. Today the 390-powered truck is finished in Rangoon Red and Wimbledon White.

Originally an East Coast truck, Steve Monasco's '61 Econoline wore a lot of rust before being rebuilt and painted Pontiac LeMans blue. Nicknamed Muttley, it runs a '67 Mustang 289 with a C4 trans. It was "built to have fun" and gets driven like crazy.

When Candace Rancier bought this '72 Chevy five years ago, all mechanical work had been finished. She lowered it the right way (dropped spindles instead of heated coils) and started using it as her daily driver. The bed floor features practical diamond-plate.