{"id":12962,"date":"2010-10-24T17:28:15","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T00:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=12962"},"modified":"2010-10-24T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T00:51:07","slug":"custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Car History Lesson: Hirohata Merc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fcustom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F10%2FHirohata-1951-Mercury-Custom.jpg&amp;description=Custom+Car+History+Lesson%3A+Hirohata+Merc\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[12962]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Custom Car History Lesson: Hirohata Merc\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Custom Car History Lesson: Hirohata Merc&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/\" data-text=\"Custom Car History Lesson: Hirohata Merc\" data-desc=\"Traditional Hot Rod and Custom Car History If you've never heard of the \"Hirohata Merc\" it's about time you did. The car started as a low-mileage 1951 Mercury Club coupe owned by Bob Hirohata. In 1952, Bob caught a glimpse of the chop Sam Barris put on his Mercury and that's all it took for Bob to\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Hirohata-1951-Mercury-Custom.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Traditional Hot Rod and Custom Car History<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Hirohata-1951-Mercury-Custom.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[12962]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12995\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Hirohata 1951 Mercury Custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Hirohata-1951-Mercury-Custom.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Hirohata,barris, 1951 Mercury,Custom, kustom, club coupe\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Hirohata-1951-Mercury-Custom.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Hirohata-1951-Mercury-Custom-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Hirohata-1951-Mercury-Custom-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Hirohata-1951-Mercury-Custom-400x283.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never heard of the &#8220;Hirohata Merc&#8221; it&#8217;s about time you did.<\/p>\n<p>The car started as a low-mileage 1951 Mercury Club coupe owned by Bob Hirohata. In 1952, Bob caught a glimpse of the chop Sam Barris put on his Mercury and that&#8217;s all it took for Bob to drive the Mercury to <a title=\"Barris Kustoms\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kustomrama.com\/index.php?title=Barris_Kustoms\">Barris Kustoms<\/a> for a full custom treatment.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Sam Barris, brother George Barris and Frank Sonzogni transformed the Hirohata Merc into a Kustom Legend. Read all about it at Kustomrama.com.<\/p>\n<p>Link to the full story:<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Historic Kustom Mercury\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kustomrama.com\/index.php?title=Bob_Hirohata%27s_1951_Mercury\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Hirohata&#8217;s 1951 Mercury<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Traditional Hot Rod and Custom Wiki\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kustomrama.com\/index.php?title=Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\">Kustomrama <\/a>is a Wikipedia dedicated to traditional hot rods and kustom cars. It is an online encyclopedia covering all aspects of our kulture. Everyone is welcome to contribute and start new and interesting topics on the Kustomrama Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fcustom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Custom+Car+History+Lesson%3A+Hirohata+Merc\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Custom Car History Lesson: Hirohata Merc\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Custom Car History Lesson: Hirohata Merc&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-history-lesson-hirohata-merc\/\" data-text=\"Custom Car History Lesson: Hirohata Merc\" data-desc=\"Traditional Hot Rod and Custom Car History If you've never heard of the \"Hirohata Merc\" it's about time you did. The car started as a low-mileage 1951 Mercury Club coupe owned by Bob Hirohata. In 1952, Bob caught a glimpse of the chop Sam Barris put on his Mercury and that's all it took for Bob to\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Traditional Hot Rod and Custom Car History If you&#8217;ve never heard of the &#8220;Hirohata Merc&#8221; it&#8217;s about time you did. The car started as a low-mileage 1951 Mercury Club coupe owned by Bob Hirohata. In 1952, Bob caught a glimpse of the chop Sam Barris put on his Mercury and that&#8217;s all it took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1816],"tags":[2520,2524,450,2523,2541],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12962"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12997,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12962\/revisions\/12997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}