at the 51st Detroit Autorama in Feb. I saw George Barris and he autographed
a picture of the Kopper Kart for me. The line was a long one and they moved
us right along, but he did say the Kart was a '56 Chevy, and he didn't think
the original was around any more. He hoped someone would clone one.
Ed in Mich
'57 3100
From: "Tom Warner" <twwood@bellsouth.net>
To: "Oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 8:04 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Kopper Kart
> If anyone is interested, the latest issue of "The Rodders Journal" Has an
> article about my freind's car
> originally Barris' AZTEC. its a Barris custom 55 chevy. There Is a
picture in
> the article, of it parked alongside the KOPPER KART, at a rest stop, in
the
> late 50's in Ohio, on the way to a Show.
> Incidentally, my friend Barry tells me that there is a "Clone" Kopper Kart
> under construction, I have seen
> Pictures.
>
> Tom Warner
> 58 short fleetside
> ( I helped with the picture-taking [recent] )
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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