Jim McNiel first saw the car in 1959. It was from a past era, its age visible by the scratches and dents it had sustained. The low-slung custom car scene had been replaced by the muscle car age by ...
How a young Navy veteran, two visionary brothers, and a 1951 Mercury created the most influential custom car of all time. Bob Hirohata and a Post-War Vision The story of the Hirohata Merc begins with ...