MAD FABRICATORS BLOG SPOT

2012-01-28T00:15:00.001-08:00

Mad Fabricators vol 6 available at the Gambino Kustoms and Acme speed shop booth in the suede palace this weekend Grand National show!

2011-12-20T09:50:00.001-08:00

Wednesday is the last shipping day in the states for Christmas so place your order for Mad Fabricators 6 before its too late!!! Plus it gives you something cool to watch after the family leaves!!! haahahahaa Merry Christmas!

www.madfabricators.com

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2011-12-14T15:09:00.001-08:00

12-14-2011 MAD FABRICATORS VOLUME 6 Finally Ships!!!

2011-11-23T10:07:00.001-08:00

Check out the New Mad FAbricatos Voulme 6 Trailer!! Reserve your copy today!!!

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2011-11-22T13:09:00.001-08:00

MAD FABRICATORS VOLUME 6 + LIMITED EDITION MAGAZINE PRE-SALES NOW TAKING ORDERS!! FIRST 500 COMES WITH THE MAGAZINE

WWW.MADFABRICATORS.COM

2011-11-17T17:47:00.001-08:00

OCUPY YOU DVD PLAYERS AND RESERVE YOUR COPY OF MFS 6 + THE KICK ASS LIMITED EDITION MAGAZINE!!!

WWW.MADFABRICATORS.COM

2011-11-17T10:47:00.001-08:00

Reserve Your copy today!! MAD FABRICATORS VOLUME 6 and limitied Edition Mad Fab Magazine Pre-Sale in now ON!!!

www.madfabricators.com

2011-11-16T09:24:00.001-08:00

NOW TAKING PRESALE ORDER FOR MFS 6!
GET IT HERE:
www.madfabricators.com

Thats a wrap!! For fiming at least!

2011-11-10T13:57:00.000-08:00

So Yesterday I finished up the last footage I needed to film... I shot Bill hines and
Brad Masterson doing a Atenna aerial and Leading a headlight tech... It was pretty
cool to see Bill work.. the guy is a master.. and to be doing it in Lynwood at the
shop where it started was pretty cool too..

Its also the last Piece I need to edit!!! everything else is done and mastered!!!
So damn close...

MAD FABRICATORS VOLUME 6 + LIMITED EDITION MAGAZINE COMING SOON!!!

2011-11-05T21:29:00.000-07:00

Thats right!! were finishing up the final mastering and then it goes into replication!!

We are also putting out a limited edition (1000 numbered and signed) magazine with kick ass photography by Tim Sutton..We offering this magazine to the first 500 pre-sale orders witch will happen in a few weeks.. STAY TUNED!!!

BEST OF MAD FABRICATORS: "Hey We Should Jump the Toyota!"

2011-03-07T11:13:00.000-08:00

Yeah that did not go as planned...

2011-03-07T10:21:00.001-08:00

BEST OF MAD FABRICATORS: Miss Heidi Van Horne!!

From Mad Fabricators Volume 2 Featuring Octovio From Winki Tiki and World Famous Pin Up Heidi Van Horne!!

Check out her site
www.heidivanhorne.com

BEST OF MAD FABRICATORS: Bob Bleed and burnt tires!

2011-01-23T21:20:00.000-08:00

In 2002 I picked up an issue of Hot Rod Deluxe and read a story about this guy who had this Hot Rod that was in his family for 50 years.. and I was blown away with how cool this car was. Around that time I joined the HAMB and while I was reading some post one came up about a family survivor and sure enough it was that car again. After reading this Bob Bleeds post I could tell that he was not all about the scenester stuff. He was a true hot rodder! BoB and Germ were always cracking me up. And any time someone references Slayer or Ozzy rule in my book. So in 2003 I started thinking about what to shoot for Mad Fabricators Volume 1 and after filming some local stuff I contacted this Bob Bleed guy and see if he wanted some dude from California to come out and film his story and he was cool with it. So a few months later I hopped on a plane to Wisconsin and landed at the airport. I waited for half hour and started to worry.. I'm in Wisconsin..I don't know anyone,I don't know where I am and I don't know this Bob guy he could of just forgot about me and I'm stranded. All of the sudden I hear this roaring motor and see this awesome green roadster pull around the corner and there it is the car I read about and this Bob Bleed character. I get in and say "hey whats up dude nice to meet you".. Yeah nice to meet you to he responded. And we roll. We head out to check out his shop and had some good laughs like we new each other for years when all of the sudden Bob say's "Hey we should go across the street and do some donuts" I'm always down for that.. so we did and after that I could of packed up and gone home. It was crazy! Here is this guy beating the shit out of this car that been in his family for 50 years.

Over time we became really good friends and I consider him to be a part of my family and the truth is Mad Fabricators would not be shit if it weren't for Bob. I always credit him as Co-Director but in reality he is allot more than that. He would take time out of his busy schedule to film stuff with me and line up some of the coolest things to go shoot. We had some great times! We tore up that parking lot across from the shop!

On top of the car related stuff Bleed the band is major part of the Mad Fab DVD's. He supplied many a soundtrack and again making Mad Fab that much cooler!

Thanks Buddy for all the good times and all you have done for me.. and looking forward to more!

You'll be seeing more of Bob and our Mad Fab antics in the Best Of Series.

New Online Series - The Best Of Mad Fabricators!

2011-01-19T01:49:00.000-08:00

It's a new year and a new start for Mad Fabricators! We are now in HD and ready to start to shooting volume 6. Soon we will be traveling cross country and shooting some of the coolest cars built now and of course a bunch of survivors. More on that later!

In the mean time we will be posting "Best Of" Scenes from previous Mad Fabricators DVD's! this includes Pin-ups, Car Shows, Races, Survivors, Builds and some of the craziness that happened in between.

I figured I would start this off with one of the earliest pieces I did.. Viva Las Vegas 2003 Had a blast that year! So enjoy and look out for next weeks clip!

LIVE WIRE is finally coming home..

2010-02-16T13:16:00.000-08:00

Well after almost a year my little LIVE WIRE is going to be back home after a spending time at it's home away from home Austin Texas.. Most of the time It stayed tucked away in Bob Bleeds garage but when I was out there working at Austin Speed Shop I brought it over to the shop and it even got to hang out in the showroom.

The high light was having it there for the Lone Star Round Up.. I can't express how much it means to me to be cruising around Austin with my good friends.. No feeling like it.

So in a few weeks Marcy is loading her up and making the trek from Austin all the way to Sucksville Ca.
It will be nice to have her back.. Gotta fix some things for sure.. Thank You Austin Speed Shop for letting her sleep over..

Check out the Pix and Video

Sorry forgot who took these shots..

Soon!!!

Welcome to Barris Kustom City!! New Site..Vintage Images

2010-02-09T13:20:00.000-08:00

So when Brett Barris and I were working on the Barris DVD I kept bugging him that we need to do a site the mainly reflects on early Barris images and Merchandise.. everything that the Hollywood Barris site dose not have... We wanted it to be a place that people can check out our blog every week with updates and history as we dive into 1000's of images..it's image Archive that will blow your mind as we keep adding to it.. It will be a place to get limited edition prints that will vary in sizes from 8X8 to 12X14 that are really high end prints that will be framed.. Not some color printer crap real photo lab stuff!! This will also be a market place for all that is Vintage Barris.. We have the DVD and the Photo book that Brett is working on now along with Tee Shirts that we are commissioning Artist to do designs as well as reintroducing early Barris Logos and Designs..

So I built the site and will be running it and taking care of the merch.. along with Brett..
So we hope you like it!!

www.barriskustomcity.com

We will be adding content all the time so follow us on Twitter / Face Book

Just a small taste for whats to come...

Check www.madfabricators.com Also I redid my site too!!!

Light Box Test

2010-02-06T18:42:00.000-08:00

TESTING VIEWER...

Pix from the Barris DVD Release Party..

2010-02-01T18:39:00.000-08:00

So on December 5th Brad Masterson celebrated the 52nd Anniversary of the Fire at the Barris shop in Lynwood that destroyed several kustoms in 1957.. Since I Just recently released the Barris DVD witch features Brad and the Lynwood shop. So we asked If we could do a release for the DVD and so it was ON!!!! The Dynotones came up to play while we project the Photo show behind them..
Plus being in the old shop was just AWESOME in itself..

We had a good turn out.. George, Watson, Hines, D' Agustiono, and the great Alex Gambino just to
name a few..

Check out the shots-->>

COMING SOON BARRIS KUSTOM CITY

2010-01-26T12:40:00.001-08:00

We here at Barris Kustom City are dedicated to preserving the Vintage side of the Barris fame. George was not only and excellent promoter and marketing genius he also was a very talented photographer. We have several thousand images Black and White, Full Color, Hot Rod, Customs, Pin Ups, Tech articles Artist and more! We will be updating the site weekly with Merchandise, Limited edition photography , Books and DVD, Tee Shirts and More!! Heres a Teaser:

THE KUSTOM PHOTOGRAPHY OF GEORGE BARRIS!

2010-01-26T12:21:00.001-08:00

Well after a few years of making this DVD we finally will have them in our possession Its was a really special project and I think its one of the best DVD's I have done to date...Its amazing the amount of pictures that comes on the second DVD.. it truly is Mind blowing.. So I decided to make a new trailer that shows some of the actual movie.. So enjoy!! Read More Here!