Sources stated that Bill hired a friend that worked at the Barris shop to assist with the build. It was built in Cushenbery's Burbank shop and it had a tight deadline for completion. The starting point of the car was a 1956 Ford Thunderbird. Frank Terry of KHJ was the interviewer and translator of the Big Kahuna’s pidgin English to understandable English for Cushenbery to respond. These may be the only known audio recordings of Bill Cushenbery's voice. Several radio spots were created with fake auto body "grinding noise" in the background, to simulate being in Cushenbery's shop, while the Big Kahuna in his trademark Hawaiian pidgin English (Mahalo Nui Loa Cushenbery), requested features to be added to the car. 5 " Probably the ugliest car I have ever seen.".
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