Features The Definitive "MILD CUSTOM" Photo Thread....

I dont consider anything thats chopped or sectioned to be mild...

 

A mild custom generally has not been chopped or sectioned. As these are both considered "radical" modifications and would put the car in the "Radical" or "Full" custom class at most indoor type shows. Some shows also used to limit the number of body mods allowed for a car competing in the "mild" or "semi" custom classes.

 

There was actually a Standard for all these Classes in ISCA and far earlier....MILD CUSTOMS were just that....NO Major Body Mods....It's not about opinions, that's why I started the thread. Someone with a Show background from the '50's through the '70's may be able to provide the Standards, though smaller Shows, Organizations, and Local Promoters will have some variation. PLEASE don't turn this into a debate....It's about being MILD. Centurion9

 

TBJ shoebox is a full or radical custom, not a mild custom. And that is not only my opinion, but according the books it is.

Pat Ganahl wrote this definition of a "Mild Custom" in his American Custom Car book.

Mild Custom
A car that has been customized moderately (nosed, decked, frenched, lowered, etc) A "radical custom" is one that has been chopped, channeled or sectioned.

 

Great thread! I just spent 45min with my face 8in from the screen. Beautiful cars guys! Keep um coming

 

Here's Dad's car from back in the day. Nosed and decked with a custom grill he made. It was the only 4 door he ever owned and he said he'd never buy another. The reason he got this one in 59 is that it was a one owner factory fuel injected car. He made the changes himself. When it was time to sell her, he replaced the injection with a 4bb, sold the car, then turned around and sold the injection for nearly what he sold the car for. Wish he had kept the injection!

 

Absolutely the best looking version of it, sweet!

 

i love that a lot of these are 4 doors. its funny that there arent too many full customs made out of them. im building one right now and its going to be an obvious 4 door. got to think about the kid and his car seat thing is i was told people arent going to talk to me if i chop it before its driving, so ill just change everything else. there will be some pics soon.

 

Like I mentioned, Dad said never again. Like driving his grandma's car.

 

ha ha, to each his own. i like 4 doors. get creative with what you can. my daily driver feels like im driving my grandmas car. sooner i get the 4 door on the road the better.

 

One more in support of the Oldsmobile crowd.

 

Couldn't have said it better Thank you for starting this thread
Cheers
Rod

 

I second that.

great thread

 

I think it use to be 0-3 modifications was mild, 4-6 was semi, 7-up was a full custom and radical was anything chopped, channel or sectioned regardless what else was done to it. I don't have an old rule book handy though, but by the book my '60 would have been a semi-custom.

 

I'm one to talk. My 59 Plymouth Suburban wagon is a 4 door.

 

Here is mine:

 

Rik, I am humbled by your knowledge, I also checked with the ISCA rules which I was thinking about for a definition.They classify MILD using 4-6 modifications with minor changes counting as one modification. Any way TBJ shoebox is still one of my favourites and it is only 1 hour away for me to go and look at . Larry

 

Great idea for a thread, most customs back in the late 50's early 60's were mild and driven daily.

 

That's right, it was conservative, mild, semi, full and then radical. Like I said, I didn't have a rule book in front of me

 

Ok back to the cars. John Denich's Chevy has got to be one of the best mild customs ever. I've seen it evolve through the years. I'm posting this from my phone and haven't got a picture. Who's got one handy?

 

this is a graet thread!!!! im gonna add my tank into the mix

 

That's nice...you don't see to many of them Customed.

 

What a great thread, makes me miss my 57 Chevy.

 

just afew more

 

Funny, I was thinking the same thing. When this thread started I immediately thought of Johns' car. One of my favorites. Dont have any pics though.

 

55 merc

 

My father's daily driver in the late '50s was a "MILD CUSTOM" '55 Plymouth Belvedere More-Door:

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Here's my buddy Rod's 52 Chevy, mild not wild. Nosed, decked, stock taillight assemblies mounted down low, Ponti belt line trim, as well as a bunch of other subtle mods. No that pic of the interior is not switched, that Impala wheel is on the right side. Chev's in Australia.

Started life out as a 4 door, now only has 2.

 

I dig your car since the first time i saw it ... on some Paso pics if i remeber right ! I dig the scallops paint sheme, and i dig the side trim ! is that an Oldsmobile unit mounted to look like a bigger 55 poncho trim ? If it's the case, that's what i like in your trim... except the fact that it looks good !

ps : forgot to mention that your front end is just perfect !