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''Ala Kart'' is a custom car, a customized 1929 Ford Model A roadster pickup, built by George Barris, Richard Peters, and Mike "Blackie" Gejeian in 1957.〔Interview by Dick Martin, 1 September 2008. (''Hot Rod'' Magazine ) online (retrieved 24 June 2015)〕 Originally owned by Peters, it is a two-time winner of the Grand National Roadster Show "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" (AMBR) trophy (1958 and 1959) and ''Hot Rod'' cover car in October 1958.〔Written by John Gilbert (''Hot Rod'' Magazine online ) (retrieved 23 June 2015)〕 Featured in hundreds of car shows, Ala Kart has won more than 200 trophies. It has also made numerous appearances in movies, usually in the background of drive-in shots,〔''Hot Rod'', 12/86, p.29 sidebar.〕 and dozens of magazine articles since. It is considered "one of the most iconic hot rods ever built."〔(Hot Rods Online ) (retrieved 4 September 2015)〕 == Origin == ''Ala Kart'' was begun as a project in 1956, and built during 1956 and 1957.〔Richard Peters, interviewed by Dick Martin, 1 September 2008. (''Hot Rod'' Magazine ) online (retrieved 24 June 2015)〕 The name was derived from Barris opening a menu.〔Blackie Gejeian, interview by Jim Aust, 7 October 2008. (''Hot Rod'' Magazine ) (retrieved 23 June 2015)〕 While Peters originally intended only some minor bodywork,〔Interview by Dick Martin, 1 September 2008. (''Hot Rod'' Magazine ) online (retrieved 24 June 2015)〕 like many hot rod and custom car projects, it soon escalated. Barris sketched out the early design on restaurant napkins.〔Peters recalls it was a Bob's Big Boy. Interviews with Peters and Gejeian by Jim Aust, 7 October 2008. (''Hot Rod'' Magazine online ) (retrieved 23 June 2015)〕 ''Ala Kart'' featured an entirely chromed chassis, including springs, driveshaft, and rearend (following Gejean's previous car's example).〔(''Hot Rod'' Magazine online ) (retrieved 23 June 2015), (''Hot Rod'' Magazine online ) (retrieved 23 June 2015), and (''Hot Rod'' Magazine ) online (retrieved 24 2015)〕 The pickup would compete for the AMBR trophy twice, winning both times, and be withdrawn from the 1960 competition. The truck would suffer an engine fire in the 1960s and be rebuilt by the Alexander Brothers,〔(Hot Rods Online ) (retrieved 4 September 2015)〕 and repainted, not in the original pearl white.〔Interview with Darryl Hollenbeck by Jim Aust, 7 October 2008. (''Hot Rod'' Magazine ) online] (retrieved 23 June 2015)〕 Eventually it was sold into obscurity.〔(Hot Rods Online ) (retrieved 4 September 2015)〕 It would be sold a couple of times more, resurfacing in the hands of Boyd Coddington, who proposed putting a new frame under it.〔John Gilbert interview with Roy Brizio, 1 May 2008.(''Hot Rod'' Magazine online ) (retrieved 23 June 2015)〕 ''Ala Kart'' would ultimately be purchased by John Mumford, who had it restored in 2008 by Junior Conway at Junior's House of Color and Bill Ganahl at Roy Brizio's shop (Brizio Street Rods) for entry in that year's GNRS; it would lose.〔(''Hot Rod'' Magazine online ) (retrieved 23 June 2015)〕 ''Ala Kart'' is now on display at the Hot Rod Museum.〔(Hot Rods Online ) (retrieved 4 September 2015)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ala Kart (custom car)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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