Hot Rods Gosh, I hope these aren't Billet.

The trunk handle in this first picture has a detail under it, a bezel, escutcheon or something. Is it from another car?

Also, the license plate has an "eyebrow" over it, is this off another car. I have not been able to figure this one out.

Gosh, I hope they are not billet. That would be disappointing.



https://www.acorncrestfarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TrunkHandlePlateBrow.jpg



Another plate "eyebrow"


https://www.acorncrestfarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/PlateBrow.jpg


Any thoughts?

 

Looks nice, whatever it is.

 

So Cal Speed Shop ?

Mick

 

Looks like SoCAl Speedshop plate surround.
Are those LED tail lights?

Limeworks sold this:

SoCal license surround:

 

The escutchion and the deck lid handle are Austin healey 100-4 and 100-6

 

Brushed aluminum=bad
Polished aluminum= good
Chrome plated aluminum= bling

 

If you can’t tell, and no one else can, does it matter that much?
Just tell folks it was casted an polished

 

What WiredSpider said. Austin Healy trunk handle.

 

Ah, trust Limeworks to sell those.

 

Doesn't matter. the first car has radials on it. Lippy

 

Yep, Limeworks. I have one on the decklid of my roadster. It was made to fit the deck of a 32 so I fashioned a pattern and sent it to them and he bent one up to fit my car. I broke the first one I tried bending myself. It is now just an expensive memory.

 

OH NO...NOT BILLET aluminum...the most deadly metal in existence Just being in near proximity to it will cause you to install an LS and Mustang II Run, run for your lives...DANGER WILL ROBINSON...

 

Limeworks handle I have same one .

 

Every dealing I ever had with Limeworks was nothing short of great. But I am a Limey

 

When you have six fingers, it doesn't matter how many five-fingered gloves you try on, they simply don't fit.
Maybe a six-finger is what you need......................... Just sayin'.

 

How dare the owner run the tire of his choice on his car. He should be flogged, castrated, and his car burned to the ground. Then he should be made to pay for the cleanup. Doesn't the guy realize that he's not permitted to do just anything to his car....

 

No.

 

Living “traditional” can only limit your enjoyment of the hobby. Demanding it only makes you proud of your ignorance.


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Once upon a time the HAMB had a sense of humor.

 

The problem is not with restricting what people do to "their "cars. There is no arguement regarding this. One should choose what one sees fit. Whatever tickles your pickle. The trouble starts with failing to realize that the forum you have joined, and wish to participate in, is based around the "traditional " style of hot rod construction. As far as I can see, it always has been, right from the start. Not to say that it is better than any other style, but it is what we are about here at the HAMB. If you want to eat chinese food, don't go to a steak'n'ribs joint.
I will quote myself, and say again.............................

Now come on, that **** is just funny...................

 

Well played ... and thank you for solving that mystery for me!


Trunk Handle from an Austin Healey 100-4 or 100-6 available from Limeworks

So-Cal License Surround (pops right up on a search when I have the right nomenclature)

As far as my aversion to billet goes, I've spent my life as a Tool & Die Maker then an AeroSpace Machinist. Machined aluminum, I think, reminds me of drudgery. There's something more delightful about adapting from another source like an Austin Healey . I just never would have guessed that source!

 

Oh No!!!!!!!!!!non-compliant non-ferrous.......Oh the shame!........I'm gonna try and get past this, and go get breakfast.

 

The decklid handle is available from a bunch of places

 

No, at one time it was not strictly traditional. Not sure when Ryan changed it.

 

Sorry, I haven't been here from the start. I was not aware things were different in the beginning.
I hate the term 'rules' in regards to what we are about here, but the current guidelines are fairly obvious and easy to understand. One has to wonder how many who join actually take the time to read them.....

 

it's ok if you cast something cause it won't be billet

 

Reminds of a time when my cousin entered his 87 Dodge Shelby Charger in a “Shelby only” slalom event. There were many pissed folks, but in the end they let him participate. He later took first place. Needless to say, the rules were changed the following year to “Ford Shelby”. Lol!

 

Or...Bristol AC.

 

Nothing has changed. Postings are just watched a little more than before.