Jared Barris and his mother, Joji Barris-Paster, sit inside a replica of the Batmobile on display in the showroom at Barris Kustom Industries in North Hollywood. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) A ...

Since the day Philip Genovar could fit behind the wheel, he was destined to be a car man. "I always wanted to be a mechanical engineer, and somehow I decided to start messing with cars when I was in ...

Downtown Santa Ana is full of history, but no place takes you back to another era quite like Custom Auto Service. The handsome and well-preserved building at 302 French Street, built in 1919 as an ...