Features Kustoms blues? I need to see some kustoms....

I'd agree with you. Sonny's Dodge is definitely one of my top 10, maybe top 5 customs ever. I remember reading about it in Classic and Custom and the parts from so many different cars in it and thinking what imagination that took. The interior is the direct inspiration for the T-Bird interior in my Pontiac. I also remember from the article that it took him 10 years or something to build it, taking a break while raising a family or something to that affect. Thinking to myself as a dumb teenager who had never built anything...."geez, why did it take him so long, gah!" Well, um, it seems pay back came my way....I've had my Pontiac 34 years this June and couldn't be further away from getting it finished. I'm sorry Mr. Dayout.....I was young, stupid, and didn't know squat. I really, really, REALLY, love your car tho......

 

I would be all over that like a fly on old mayonnaise! Great potential...

 

A few shots from some magazines I was looking through...

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A few more...

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Some more shots from my magazine flipping....

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Continued...

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And...

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Again...

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From where rudstude left off.

 

^Mercury body line added to a shoebox?
That must have been some work. Looks cool though, definitely different!

 

That and the maroon one Mick posted a few pages back, it’s a hard decision for me!

 

There was a 57 Nomad in my town that sat next to a garage just going to waste through the years I got to know the old guy and managed to get him to let loose of a couple of his cars but never the 57 ... I had this magazine always sitting out thinking one day I was going to have the 57 and I would make it like the one in the magazine ....never happened ..the owner died and I didn't want to jump to soon out of respect for the family....well that turned out to be a big mistake a guy went there the day after his funeral and bought the car....and it was some one that I know very well...he got it for $2000 of course this was probably 18 years ago .... I ended up with a 57 Hillman wagon the old guy had....but I did get it before he died.....

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1955 DeSoto (Hemi), from Finland...

(CustomRodder)

 

Chopped '61 Fury ( Jeff Spence Kustoms)....

 

I believe this may be same car You previously posted @rudestude


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Motto “one step forward, two steps back” “the Boss” Bruce Springsteen” story of our Lives, huh??? [emoji23][emoji631]


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I believe that is it....looks good....thanks

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You got that right...the problem is that I sometimes stumble on that second step back.......

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Bonus round

 

Jim Logue's '54 Ford can be seen to the right in the first picture.
Though this early attempt at a sunken windshield was somewhat sketchy, the car is historically significant in being perhaps the first car ever with hydraulic suspension. (!)
https://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Jim_Logue's_1954_Ford

 

Here's a different take on an old favorite...3-window '40 Merc.

(Photo: MadBad Voodoo)

 

I followed this cool Olds for a while today.






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Watson clone - Loomis, CA

 

Amazing '58 Impala-esque 2-door wagon. I love the roof scoop!
Check the shape of the tailgate.

See more (EDIT: different car) HERE:http://countryclassiccars.co.nz/completed-work/1958-nomad-customisation/

 

Not the same car..... 2 dr vs 4 dr...

 

Thanks. Post Edited.

 

Special Edition a compilation of the "Royal Empress" clone. Looks like they did a nice job.