Customized 57 Chevy cars

What is it called? The "Nowayyyyyy!!!!"
F'd up two good cars, looks like. I've never been a fan of customized '57s, other than nosing and decking. The factory did a pretty decent job of "customizing" it already.

 

Didn't Johnny Cash write a song about this car? Oh yeah, that was a Cadillac.

 

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I think that is actually worse than the thunderbird/shoebox conversion.

 

my 57 back in the day

 

had to choke the vomit back down there...

 

Some photos I took of one that was given the Aussie Ute treatment some years ago. Different? .

 

Alot of cool rides but that 57 pickup is just but ugly,lot of good work on it though.

 

Try this one

http://picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/20181980

 

I put a completely shaved 56 dash, in my 57. Shaved the trunk & moved the license plate to the sedan bumper.(Like the Cadillacs of the time) Leaded in the pseudo gills on the front fender. customized the hood rockets. Shaved the door handles and installed power windows. Been my daily for 15yrs now!





It is a Bel Air & not the rare 210, it's impersonating!

 

I'm having a blast. I really appreciate your feedback,but there's gotta be more.

 

I really really like this one!

 

I honestly think less is more on a 57, and after seeing some of the pictures posted I fackin know that to be true!

 

Thanks folks, good thread idea. Love the red & white, the green, the silver, the Fishbeck & the convert.
Please- No more gross stuff though , lets keep our dignity intact..

 

Heres a cool 57.

 

Ron,that`s the one!!It was featured in Kustoms Illustrated a while ago,very cool.Thanks for posting the link!

 

i'll get to it someday
FRITZ

 

Yea I done the pix and article for KI. Have more pix of that car but that is all I have on line right now.

 

I love this car!! Cant wait till the day the resto starts . I ***ume this means you are gonna be able to hang onto it ( I hope!) ?

 

I started with a body, that needed a lot of work. Look forward to redoing it someday. The trunk wouldn't close in the picture(right when it came off the roll back) Because the fin was bent over, from a different tow truck taking a 50 p/u that was stored next to this thing.



That's the same driver side fin.. just shrunk & slap filed back to shape.

 

heres one from show in cincinati oh

 

winner!

 

i actually kinda like the nova... finished painted shiny black with cragars i think it would look pretty cool.. the green one with qhad lites is unreal!!

 

This one is my favorite '57 Chevy Kustom of all time.



Hopefully one of these days I'll see it in person..

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

oh jesus i forgot about that one.. i would love to see biuld pics of this some day!

 

Nice. But sorta looks like what they really wanted was a '54 Mercury.