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A 1930 Ford Model A Coupe Customised Hot Rod, powered by a 1950s De Soto (Chrysler) ‘Firedome’ V8. Registration: “BF 6917”, imported to the UK in 2014. I decided to include both photos of the front and rear of this car, as this Ford was one of my most favourite cars of the event. This is a superb Hot Rod which is representative of a true “of-the-period” custom and reflects what these cars would’ve typically looked like in the 1950s through early ‘60s. This example is not ‘Billet’, nor is it a trailer queen, not overly polished, no blindingly bright paintwork, no cliché flame graphics, no crazy expensive gizmos, no too-fancy wheels, and on the other hand - not a slammed, fake patina’d, cobbled-together Rat Rod, either. A few of the guys at the show agreed on the exact same thing - “not too flash, not so rat”. This ‘rod is just about perfect!”. Seen at the annual ‘Race The Waves’ hot rod racing event opening/registration/scrutineering pre-race gathering on Church Green, Old Town, Bridlington, Yorkshire, UK, 13/06/25.
A lovely customised 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air 2-door sedan, [1611], one of 135,636 examples produced. Fitted W/ 6.7-litre 409-CID V8. On display at ‘ACE American Autos’, Leeds, UK.
Customised as follows:
Comedian - CMF16 spy legs
Silk Spectre - new hair and Ariel head
Ozymandias - André Schürrle hair
Nite Owl - brown cape and brown Wolverine mask
Roscaharc - new wide, not very wide fedora
Read more about how I set up this Filofax at: www.cathryncook.co.uk/blog/2010/08/filofax-neal-street-lo...
a 2nd hand jacket which i have customised using applique, couching, and adding my own handmade buttons by McAnaraks
On one of those occasions I had to make an emergency pit stop at Abington services when leaving Scotland with a less then fit bus...(can't remember whether it was the Dodge which lost it's battery, the Dodge which suffered total brake failure or the seizing Iveco), but along side me drew this impressive beast. Being a 'bus' man, but with a passing interest in British built lorries, I knew it had to be photographed. How much of this Cummins powered Atkinson Borderer was as it left the Preston factory, I don't know, but to me, the sleeper cab, raised roof and tag axle might be later additions(?) I gather from subsequent conversation that the firm 'J Huddleston' were something of a haulage legend amongst enthusiasts.
a 2nd hand jacket which i have customised using applique, couching, and adding my own handmade buttons by McAnaraks
Customised to within an inch of its life, this Hillman Minx was photographed in Chalton Street, London NW1. ULC705 first took to the road in July 1957, by which date this boxy design had already been superseded by a more stylish Raymond Loewy-inspired model.
Many thanks for everything. I will like to share that Dorayaki as a budding customiser, he is doing his best to apply basic customisation techniques on these LEGO Friends mini-dolls designs by converting them into customised LEGO Friends customised minifigures scale. Earlier ago, I have kindly extend a wish that I could like to have these designs. My intention was to have such unique customised minifigures to present as a gift to a very close friend of mine, whom is very fond of LEGO Friends. I felt this could be the perfect special gift. Dorayaki has kindly agreed to this commissioned project and after a few months, the long wait is over! I have finally received these LEGO Friends customised minifigures design in minifigure scale. I am delighted even though he could be working hard on applying paint job. Nonetheless, I am pleased with it.
You may find more information on his project in this topic discussion: www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=86920
Léontine started life as a "Velvet Minuet" before being customised by Minklet ... She was called Rhys back then and had quite a following ...
And I must thank Heidi (Heidi @ Blythe Fifth Avenue ) for these parts of Léontine's back story.
From Minklet, Rhys eventually went to live with Alisa ... then there is part of her history missing from Dec 2012 to early 2014 when I bought her through Blythe Kingdom.
From the photos she did look a bit 'baity' (by then her hair was no longer gorgeously wild - it was just really messy) and my intention was to give her a purple mohair re-root, purple colouring etc. But this little girl had too much personality and we bonded!
So I plucked up my courage, picked up a comb and very slowly I worked through the mess and dreadlocks that was her hair. We had minimal loss of hair and it went rather bouffant ... (reminds me of a young Princess Anne). Suddenly she was no longer a tom-boy - she was really lady-like ... so I darkened her lippy and added a little eye-shadow ...
But, she still had no name (at this stage I had no idea of her previous life as Rhys) but with that mane of hair I was thinking of the feminine variants of Leo ...
Now, apologies for the length of this intro - all my Neo girls have back-stories and they are grown-ups with careers ... ... Léontine's back-story is one of the 'fullest'.
Here I must jump a bit sideways - because Léontine is named for a real lady who was important in her time & place but is little known of now.
Léontine Arman de Caillavet had a 'salon' in Paris at the end of the 19thC. Very Belle Epoque! and all manner of famous, artistic & literary (but not musical) people met there ... including Proust and Anatole France ... there is a short wikipedia article about her.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léontine_Lippmann
The real Léontine Arman de Caillavet became muse, mistress, promoter and editor to Anatole France. It was through his novel The Red Lily (Le Lys Rouge) that I found out about all this ... The Red Lily is quite autobiographical (the heroine is obviously Léontine) it is a romance novel very much of its time (1893/4) but rather charming. Some have argued that Léontine did more than merely edit Anatole's words and having read The Red Lily (but only in translation) I can well believe this - I suspect that she actually wrote a lot of it.
Now about 11yrs ago I was doing my Major Work for the costume course ... I pretended that I was making costumes for a high budget movie based on The Red Lily ... I adore the fashion of the Belle Epoque and I wanted to dress a mature woman and ... that novel had stuck in my head somehow (I first read it in 1980). It was then that I researched (I like researching things!) and found out about this fascinating woman. ...
But back to this Blythe doll who was no longer a tom-boy
and tying all those odd tales together ...
Léontine was the obvious choice of name for her and so Léontine Arman de Caillavet she became.
Now all my Neo dolls have 'careers' and obviously Léontine has to be an author. Her 2nd novel is currently at the publishers and after helping me to host this month's BaD, Léontine will be going on a publicity tour of writers' festivals and interviews to publicise the new book.
A customised 1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 coupe spotted late at night in a supermarket car park outside the town of York, North Yorkshire, U.K. Fitted W/ a 5.7-litre V8. Registration “L803 PTO”, imported in 2005.
a 2nd hand jacket which i have customised using applique, couching, and adding my own handmade buttons by McAnaraks
Registered as a 1961 Ford powered by a 3528cc engine.
Seen at the 2014 Tredegar Park Vintage Car Rally, Newport, South Wales.
Lovely Carradice Nelson long-flap saddlebag mounted to Brooks B17 saddle with CTC and Rough Stuff Fellowship badges alongside a Glasgow souvenir bike badge and a vintage Cycling magazine Fellowship of the Wheel badge.
A customised Canadian 1989 Ford F-250 pickup truck W/ 351 V8, registration “F543 YEF”, imported to the U.K. in 2001, sits outside one of the warehouses of the famous Mathewson’s auction houses, Pickering, North Yorkshire, U.K. Green Chevy Blazer RHD export model in the background.
DONE!
and here's the game to it: herr pfeffer is selling the left shoe, the blowout skateshop in wuerzburg the right one. Pairs go out for 80 bucks! Enjoy the shit
a 2nd hand jacket which i have customised using applique, couching, and adding my own handmade buttons by McAnaraks
Customised Chevy stepside.
1/64 diecast by Hot Wheels
Part of the 'HW Hot Trucks 2020' range
The Custom '69 Chevy is a Hot Wheels casting based on a customized version of a 1969 Chevy C/K pickup truck. The tool was debuted in the 2002 First Editions.
The casting was retooled in 2020, with the grill and lower bumper now being part of the base.
A customised Bride and Groom cake topper featuring the groom's Toyota Hi-Lux Dual Cab.
MEDIUM: Polymer Clay
Many cars at the weekend VW Festival at harewood House, leeds, UK were customised, this one really caught our eye as we passed it, looked like something out of a movie set.