Kopper Kart: 610 Miles ... 12 Hours To Go

An eleven year old boy sits with his father building model cars at the table, old car magazines scattered about. George Barris’ Kopper Kart graces one of the covers. The boy is fascinated with the Kart.

In school he drew it in art class, wrote a biography on Barris, was poked fun at by classmates for incorrectly spelling the word “Kustoms”.

When he wasn’t in school he tagged along with his father to a Jersey shop, owned by John Pazik who built customs in the late 50’s. Working in that shop was a young man named Mark Wojick.

Mark had sought out John to enhance his building skills, making John his teacher and mentor. In time Mark grew in skill level and Vic, the boy, grew up. Little did either of them know they would later become good friends.

Hundreds of miles away in Maine another boy, just eight years old, walks a local car show with his father clutching tightly in his hands a magazine featuring the Kopper Kart.

Who could have known that in his adult years John Maurice would contact Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blasberg, who owned the truck in the early to mid 60’s, in effort to validate rumors about the existence of the Kopper Kart which hadn’t been seen since the 60’s.