Well Pilgrim, Guess what car Make & Model "The Duke" (John Wayne) preferred and what Kustomization did he have done by George Barris of Barris Kustoms?

General Discussion
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I’m sure some of you guys know this, already, but it’s news to me and I found it interesting.
http://www.barris.com/carsgallery/kurrentprojects/johnwayne.php
By the way, the article points out that the Wayne family still owns one of his cars.
CSA
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Can not remember which museum has it. There is a 1953 Corvette on display. John Wayne purchased it but found he was too big and gave it to Ward Bond. I thought that was somewhat odd, Ward wasn’t much smaller, if at all.

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i can see a small bubble top roof in pic. maybe raising the roof 4" is a minor job for barris enterprises? probably wore his hat a lot.

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I thought he’d died and I was right. George that is. I knew John died. I always wondered how they do the glass on those customs. Trying to get the windshield molded to fit right, etc.

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Looks like a hearse or limo alteration. Some hearses of the early 60’s had those raised doors and bubble roof, too. Not usually including a looking glass - for obvious reasons! Seems like a bit of standard fare coach work.

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Wayne also had a mine sweeper that he converted into a yacht.