Leprechaurs. In honor of St. Patrick's day, a look at some of the most famous green machines ever

Really, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated because God helped St. Patrick escape slavery in Ireland some 1,600 years ago. Naturally, we interpret that as "wear green clothes and drink green beer".

This is the automotive column, so we don't cover religion, clothing, or beer. But the word "green" is in the description, and there have been some green cars over the years.

Take the Hirohata Mercury in the title picture of this story. A perfect combination of Sea Foam Green and Organic Green cover this legendary Barris Kustom, and car lovers everywhere are luckier for it.

The story is that Bob Hirohata drove his nearly new 1951 Mercury to Barris Kustoms in 1952. The Barris brothers, George and Sam, and Frank Sonzogni, changed everything on that car from one end to the other. The top chop, with its canted side window glass and perfectly flowing lines, was just a master stroke of work. If you ever get a chance to study this car in person, you owe it to yourself to do so. You may agree that it is likely the most stunningly perfect Kustom (yeah, Kustom, with a "K") car that has ever seen the light of day.

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