Howard Gribble - photographer and a lowrider and custom car historian from Torrance, California

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Howard Gribble is a photographer and a lowrider and custom car historian from Torrance, California. Howard was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, but moved with his family to the South Bay area at age 8. While in junior hight school, Howard started to notice customized cars in the area featuring scallop paint jobs, pinstriping and flames. He started drawing pictures of the cars he saw cruising the streets. By the time he was in high school, custom cars dominated his interests, and he started collecting car magazines. At age 15 Howard got his first car, a 1950 Ford sedan that he wanted to give a "George Barris" style, but due to a limited budget the project never really took off. In 1965 Howard bought a 1961 Ford Starliner that he and his friend Carl Darling turned into a customized boulevard cruiser. After the Starliner followed a range of nice custom cars with a lowrider touch.


In the mid 1960s Howard purchased a Polaroid camera to take photos of his different interests. He upgraded to a 35 mm camera, and started attending Southern California car shows on a regular basis. Since there were no magazines covering the Lowriders or the custom car scene, Howard took his camera to the shows and photographed the cars for his own personal enjoyment.[1]


In 2006 Howard signed up for a Flickr account so he could share his photos with the world. He started uploading photos of his various interests, including custom cars and lowriders. So far millions of people all over the world have seen Howard's amazing and continuously growing collection of photos. Howard has contributed some good looking photos and stories to Kustomrama the last year, and now we are expanding the cooperation with this gallery featuring some selected photos from Howard's collection. Some have been published before, and some are making their debut here.

Painted by Walt Prey in the early '70s. He was a master! Howard Gribble

Lemon Drop - Buick Riviera Bellflower

Draw's five Line / Red Devil  - '59 Chevy Impala Bellflower

Cherry Heering - 1963 Chevy Impala Bellflower

1956 Chevy Bellflower

Photo of Robert Moore's truck. Dated Dec. 1971, I think it was taken at the Great Western show.

"Wheels Of Fire" '55 Nomad. Paint: Walt Prey.

A Touch Of Gold~Acapulco Gold Rivi

Howard Gribble's award winning '67 Impala

'66 Pontiac GTO.

Mild custom '64 Impala with sunken aerial, molded teardrop above lock with door pop button and what appears to be paint/pinstripe/lettering by Walt Prey.