# 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? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/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/133471 "2019-01-28T14:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/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/133471/1 "2019-01-28T14:53:51Z")
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](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** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/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/133471/2 "2019-01-28T17:13:03Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/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/133471/3 "2019-01-28T18:23:35Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/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/133471/4 "2019-01-28T18:46:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/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/133471/5 "2019-01-28T19:02:13Z")
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. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/7/75f10c920fb468ea2994343cc4b86914fbc5af9f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/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/133471/6 "2019-01-28T21:21:39Z")
Wayne also had a mine sweeper that he converted into a yacht.