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The legendary custom car designer, influential hot rod and Kustom Kulture movement figure Bo Huff called East Carbon “home” for most of his life.
Though he was born in 1943 in Clarksville, Arkansas, Bo moved to the area with his family when he was 8 years old, as his father began working in the local mines. It was in the 1950s that Bo found his passion for cars as he would read hot rod magazines and watch in fascination as older boys and men would speed by in their “trail dragger” cars.
By age 18, Huff was listening to rockabilly music and had adopted what would become his lifelong signature fashion—ducktail hair, cuffed jeans, and engineer boots. It was at this time that he had also begun working on one of his first cars, a 1950 Dodge, modifying it with heated springs and bumpers that he had swapped out from a 1949 Plymouth.
After learning automotive body and fender work at a training institute in Denver, Colorado, Bo opened his own custom paint shop in Orange County, California. Bo spent the next decade touring the custom car scene and honing in on his skills. It was in the late 1970s that he opened what became his permanent custom car shop here in Sunnyside.
Over his long career Bo Huff worked on hundreds of cars, strictly focusing on those from the 1930s to 1950s. And although Bo Huff passed away in 2015, this garage has become the Bo Huff Museum, a spot where the public can view his classic car collection and detailing work.
To go inside the museum individuals must make an appointment by calling (435) 888-2060.
This geocache, part of the Carbon Corridor SPX GeoTour, was placed with permission of the Bo Huff Museum.
