There's a solid line between cutting up some sheetmetal and bolting on a bunch of miscellaneous components, and building a custom. All you need for the former is a garage full of random parts, a car ...

I have been a custom guy since I first customized my '53 Chevy in 1958, followed by a '63 Ford Galaxie in 1964, but my dream had always been to customize a '49-51 Mercury in the classic early-'50s ...