Just found tons of 50's wreck and custom pics!!

An employee at our shop finally got his dad to let him bring tons of 50's car wreck, custom car and car show pics to our shop for us to scan and post. Joey Moriarty and his dad Joe Moriarty Sr. used to run Moriarty's Car Craft. The shop had been open in the same location from 1948-2003. Countless car and trucks had been repaired and customized there throughout the years. The building still stands, but has now been turned into a Napa parts store. Here are just a few of the pics we have of the shop in it's heyday. Enjoy.

 

Wow, some pretty nasty wrecks there. Big heavy cars with weak brakes = ouch !!
No padded dashes or air bags and only a lap belt !!!

 

Goofin' off, as usual....





Here is the 1950 "Oldsillac" It is a 1950 Olds with '50's Cad fenders, grille, hood, and 1/4s grafted on to it. Bitchin!!














Comparo pic

 

I'd wager that the only belts in any of those cars were the ones under the hoods.

 

A very happy Joe Sr.


Local Car club

 

So awesome! That 35-36 sedan is insane!!!

 

This car reminds me a lot the car ratrodO (Barry) built a few years ago. HRP

 

Oh how smashing it is.
Thanx for sharing.

 

Shop truck

 

Great pics and thanks for posting. JW

 

Awesome stuff! Please tell me more about these two bitchin deuces!

 

Art Arfons' cars

 

Wow a great collection of photographs and memories in that lot. Great find and thank you for sharing them.

 

Seems to me that the "Bustle Bomb" was Loyd Scotts and was the first rail to go 150 in the quarter, but when it did it had one engine that was a flat head, possibly a Cad .

 

great bunch of shots. they sure knew how to wreck em in the old days!

 

Thanks for posting these, some real History there!
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Love the real deal!! Can't get enough of the shots from the days. Keep em coming, and thanks for posting these.

 

WOW! Some amazing pictures.

 

Man, I'd sure like to see more of this!! Very cool stuff, thanks for posting

 

I will try to post more in the coming weeks. Getting Joe Sr. to let these pics come to the shop to scan them was like pulling teeth. He says he has more somewhere at his house. He keeps everything. We recently honored him at this year's Collector Car day show at our shop. We talked for quite a while about all the cars he has had a hand in building. He is a hoot!!

 

Great entertainment...love the photos..thanks!!!

 

thank you for sharing

 

Woohoo! Being in the business all my life, I LOVELOVELOVE seeing old shop pics like this! I can almost smell the lacquer from that one pic Thanks SO much for sharing these!

 

Great pics, thanks for posting them on the HAMB

 

too cool!

 

man, Cant get enough really amazing pics Thanks

 

I`m lovin the look of this roadster with these Caddy caps.