– Legendary custom car builder Darryl Starbird will display two of his classic creations—the glass-domed Predicta and Starship—during the April 12-15 Food Lion AutoFair at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Starbird, whose 53-year career has generated hundreds of groundbreaking hot rods and show cars, was a young man in Wichita, Kan., when he began turning his 1947 Cadillac into a California-style custom.
Cars from the Star Kustom Shop were soon being featured on the covers of enthusiast magazines such as Hot Rod and Rod & Custom, but it wasn’t until a candy-colored 1957 Thunderbird named “LePerle” took top honors during the 1959 National Hot Rod Association’s National Custom Car Show that Starbird was recognized as one of the best automotive modifiers in the country.
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