Top Custom Winners At The 2019 O’Reilly Auto Parts 69th Annual Sacramento Autorama
This year’s recipient of the cream of the custom awards crop, The Harold A. Bagdasarian Award for World’s Most Beautiful Custom—aka The Baggy—is owner/builder Steve Pierce’s 1940 Buick Super, aka Pamela. The Napa, CA-based beauty (the Super, but Steve’s a handsome fellow nonetheless) also was named the King of Kustoms this evening at the 2019 O’Reilly Auto Parts 69th Sacramento Autorama. Painted by Martin Kolor & Style with a sharp interior by Johnson Kustom Upholstery, Steve’s early-style custom Buick is well deserving of the recognition.
The 2019 Custom D’Elegance as well as the Sam Barris Memorial award went to David Eckert’s (Eckert’s Rod & Custom, Inc.) more contemporary styled yet full custom 1949 Hudson. LS-powered, billet-wheeled, and loaded with all the modern amenities you can imagine, Eckert’s met the goal of retaining the Hudson’s original exterior heritage—and created a truly unique grand touring custom.
Going back to the earliest of early custom styling, East Bay Speed & Custom couldn’t have hit the mark better with Brian Rusk’s 1936 Ford three-window coupe—and as one of the results, was honored with the Dick Bertolucci Automotive Excellence Award. True custom enthusiasts will appreciate the attention to detail Brandon Flaner and his crew put into Brian’s Ford—including the blackwalls!
And rounding out the top custom awards with a not-so-much-custom (but a good friend of ours nonetheless), Tim Kerrigan’s appropriately colored 1933 Ford roadster built by Leonard Lopez/Dominator Street Rods was bestowed with Joe “Candy Apple” Bailon award. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!
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