South Bay Kustom Culture: 1951 Ford Victoria “Icky Vicky”

For our first episode, we visit Michael Patterson of Torrance, Calif. Micheal gives us insight on his love for Kustoms and summarizes his life with the kustom and lowrider community. We explore his journey on building his 1951 Ford Victoria in full kustom tradition. Let’s go!

[@weswhitlinger1706]

Nice Vicky. I"m a Shoebox fan myself. I still have one of the many that i have had. The one i kept picked up the name "Moonlight Drifter" I built this 49 Ford 33 years ago and it has since logged 110,000 miles, and the paint and interior look as good as the day I painted it. The color is called "Periwinkle" which is a light lilac, with white tuk-roll marine vinal interior. I'm running the original Flathead V-8 with Offy intake and dual 94 Holley's, fenton headers and dual Smithy 22" steel packs. I also mated a 68 Mustang top loader behind the Flattie, and an 8" Ford Granada rear end. The car cruses easily at 70 MPH and knocks out 22 MPG.

[@ninja63639]

I daily drove a '51 Belair for 5 years up until 3 years ago when I sold it to buy my '49 Ford Club Coupe. It's allllllmost on the road and ready to take on daily driver duty

[@RobertJones-sb1if]

I remember Michael from the old shoeboxford forum. That Vicky turned out great!!!

[@classactkirk]

This guy is the real deal Kar builder..big nod

[@michaelparish1654]

What a badass vicky❤

[@kevinbrowndc]

Grew up I. The South Bay, great to see my home town

[@mikederasmo7621]

i got my 51vicky and i lover her very much ! she has a mustang 5.0 fuel injection swap motor,

[@antoniorivas558]

My uncle had a stock Vicky in the early 60’S, even stock it was bad ass

[@antonioflores1790]

Right on

[@vampirescarclub9193]

Thanks Tony

[@alexflores5316]

Badass video brotha! Truly inspirational and always love hearing about amazing talent in the South Bay.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great looking 51 👍👍

[@Michael-nd4vf]

He can't be a customer pleaser but a cheater😢i a big fan of your show Michael from Denmark 🇩🇰

[@ronkemp9528]

Nice car but check that wheel wobble.

[@stevenboyer1412]

Ford grill looks much better.

[@paulazemeckis7835]

Making it a low rider took all the original beauty away.