The Fenderskirts is a kustom club of 1960 or older cars in Austin, Texas. The club was first formed in 2005 by Kati Hammet and Laura Matthews. We are now eight members and don't plan on getting much bigger.
Check out our website at http://thefenderskirts.blogspot.com/
Meet The Girls:
LAURA MATTHEWS - AKA KITTY DELUX has a 1956 Mercury Monterey….Nosed and Decked with 175 louvers…Paint and Body by Gary Howard….1969 Mustang 302…Offenhouser Intake with 750 Hollys… 49-51 Street Rod Engineering front clip modified to fit the original front end…Rack and Pinion steering with Air Ride….Ford 9 inch rear end …373 Posi-trac…Bagged and C-sectioned….Exhaust by Ford Motor Sport w/ glass packs….custom 5 row radiator….Painless wiring….C6 Automatic….AC by Vintage Air
KATI HAMMETT - AKA VON BEANER has a 1953 Mercury Monterey (Medina) bought in 1998 from Bob Warriner of Granbury, Texas...Paint and body by John McHenry of Blue, Texas... Pinstripping done by Chris Lain of Corpus Christi, Texas...Chevy 350 engine, turbo transmission...(driving to California is what she lives for)...
AMY HOVIS has a '60 Cadillac that was customized by her sweetie, Jean Goehring from the Kontinentals...shaved handles...mostly original interior....with fluffy sheepskin covered seats and velvet pillows...whitewall tires...Paint by John McHenry...
GABBY WHERTHEIMER's little convertable Rambler is staying home these days. Her new set of wheels is a 22-foot 1954 Airstream Flying Cloud trailer that she'll bring with her to the Lone Star Rod and Kustom Roundup this year.
KATIE COSTANZA AKA MRS. VON FRANCO AKA BEATCHICK has a 1948 Studebaker Truck...Custom Paint by Von Franco...This truck was owned by two of the Kustom Kulture’s greatest artists....First it was owned by Keith Weesner, and then Von Franco....The truck was a gift to Katie by her husband Von Franco, who knew she loved it. It has a Chevy front clip with a small block Chevy engine, other than that… it’s all original.
NICOLE SHEA AKA TATTOO MAMA
1955 Buick Special, all original, it has a 264 nailhead in it. Lowered by Michael. The paint was done by Jeff Meyers (of the beatniks), pinstriping on outside and dash done by Blaine-O. Bought in '05 and given to me shortly after that.
Other Members who's profiles aren't done yet, are Celeste Martin and Collette Davenport
