Don "Pops" Kulka's Home Built Hot Rod

After my Dad retired, he wanted to design & then try to build his own car. It's loosely based on a 1929 Mercedes SSK. He wasn't a mechanic, he'd been a lineup/camera man in hollywood. It took him a little over 5yrs and it is amazing! It's solid, it's fast as hell, and it's just plain amazing that he did it, and did it so well. I'm so proud of you Pops!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Custom
• Hot
• Rod
• homebuilt
• race
• car
• Mercedes
• SSK
• homemade
• Pops
• Don
• Kulka
• jadealone

[jadealone]

I think he got it registered as a 1929 Mercedes SSK. He lives in a really small town, where the DMV office is only open 1 day a week & the employee didn't know alot about cars, so she took his word for it. I'll ask my Dad for the info though, I could be totally wrong. It sounds like you have a little experience at trying to get a homebuilt registered.

[kevykev38]

Nice story! Is your dad still building cars? Or was that just one. thanks for posting this he is an insperation.

[jadealone]

Oh thank you so much! He'll get such a kick out of hearing your comment. His next project he's thinking about designing/building a step-through scooter. He's 76 yrs old and wants to keep busy and keep his mind fresh. (Right now it's still winter and snowing often, so he's waiting till it warms up a bit in his area.

[TheEqualizer40]

Can you get a video of it actually running? It looks great

[MrUnidyne]

Apparently he didn't have trouble getting it registered. Is is registered as "Homebuilt" or did they use his name as the manufacturer?