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

^ @stanlow69

 

Good to know. Always look forward to his posts.

 

Morbidity aside, does anyone recognize this scenario, involving a very cool Shoebox coupe?
(Somehow, I always found this car somewhat fitting.)

 

That's the shoebox that hit James Dean.

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no, that's the shoebox James dean hit. owned by Donald turnupseed.

 

Maybe I should have asked, "Who doesn't recognize this car?" LOL.
Still, a very nice looking mild custom coupe!

 

Fact about the crash
At approximately 5:15 p.m., Dean and Hickman left Blackwells Corner, driving west on Route 466 toward Paso Robles, approximately 60 miles (97 km) away. Dean accelerated in the "Little *******" and left the Ford station wagon far behind. Further along on Route 466, the Porsche crested Polonio P*** and headed down the long Antelope Grade, p***ing cars along the way toward the junction floor at Route 466 and Route 41. At approximately 5:45 p.m., a black-and-white 1950 Ford Tudor driven at high speed was headed east on Route 466 just west of the junction near Shandon.[12] Its driver, 23-year-old US Navy veteran and Cal Poly student Donald Turnupseed,[13][14][15] made a left turn onto Route 41 headed north, toward Fresno. As Turnupseed's Ford crossed over the center line, Dean (clearly seeing an imminent crash) apparently tried to steer the Spyder in a "side stepping" racing maneuver, but with insufficient time and space, the two cars crashed almost head-on. A witness, John Robert White, reportedly saw the Spyder smash into the ground two or three times in cartwheels,[16] and landing in a gully beside the shoulder of the road, northwest of the junction. The sheer velocity of the impact sent the much-heavier Ford broad-sliding 39 feet (12 m) down Route 466 in the westbound lane.[17] The accident was witnessed by a number of p***ersby who stopped to help. A woman with nursing experience attended to Dean and detected a weak pulse in his neck, but according to the woman, "death appeared to have been instantaneous".[18]


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Nice '48 Plymouth 'vert, taken 1955.
Shaved body, twin spots, Olds caps, split-manifold.

 

Nice Riv...,

 

^^ Wow, never saw '55 Chevy tail lights in a 52-54 Ford car before but they are a natural, looks really good! Can't say the same for the totally 80's stripes but those lights are great.

 

Here's a quick Photoshop I did of a set of inverted '56 Chevy taillights on a similar year Ford. The response was less than enthusiastic on the Photoshop thread, but I like it.

 

What about inverted 55 Chevy lights.

 

A couple cool haulers....

 

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Great lookin' '40 Olds.
A bumper would be nice.

 

This green 59 used to be Russ Peterson


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Wow!

 

A beauty this '54 Ford !!!!!!

 

I fell in love with this Vicky. Saw it in 83 in Ohio for $4000. But it was out of my reach for a 12 year old.

 

There`s a 57 Olds from Minnesota painted these colors. I have a pic somewhere.