"Barris began building model cars and customizing at an early age. The first car he and his brother Sam (who was later his business partner) made was from a 1925 Buick and in high school he created his first full custom using a 1936 Ford convertible as the base. Barris made a name for himself when he moved to Los Angeles after World War II, launching Barris Kustom Industries with Sam. His first shop was on Compton Avenue but for a long time his shop has been located in North Hollywood.
"The popularity of his cars caught the eye of Hollywood, and his first film assignments included work on cars for Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, 1958's High School Confidential and 1960's The Time Machine."
Borys Kit in The Hollywood Reporter reports the death of "kustom" king George Barris.
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