I remember seeing something like this buick in the phillipines.....yup, heres a pic ok, ok, the buick is cool, way too flashy for my taste, but cool nonetheless (maybe hook up the sidepipes...??)
WOW! all it needs is a set of crager s/s rims and fake rabbit ear tv antennas.... then it would be the shiz-nit!
Is this a current picture? I've wondered what happened to that car. He use to show it at Oakland when my Dad showed his 40 Chevy. Pretty spectacular car for the day, and the guy drove it everywhere. It was built in the early 70's. If I remember right just about everything underneath it is chrome. The last time I saw it, he was heading east over the Altamont pass. I think that was about 1975.
Yeah, stupid but cool! Wheels to the junk, set of Cragar S/S and yes maybe delete the Sidepipes. The Mirror could go also.... The flames remind me of my original 60/70's Custom....
It's not bad, if you clean up the junk on the upper quarter, put some more tradtional lakes pipes on, lower the shit out of it and run some WWWs with hubcaps and it would be fine. There's some other little things that could be cleaned up, too, like the side marker lights, but you go too far it's going to need a whole new paint job.
.........whatzit say under the hood there? "Valley of the [something]...blah-blah-blah. Anybody with working eyes make that out? And yes, that '55 'Camino is tits man, I love it.....is it still around? g
Thanks Chris! I just love it! It's stll around and it's a real survivor! But I do not know who built it. No part on it is newer than late 60's. Paint is cracking, but who cares.... Anyone ever seen this car in a old magazine? Came to Germany in the early 80's.....
I would lose those sidepipes. Thats a busy car. A Lot to view, The wheels are actually pretty rare these days. They are Cragar Pro Techs. Could sell them and get something more traditional
The car is a survivor. It was at p-town Good-Guys show 2 weeks ago. I should have taken a pic of the roof. The interior was blue marble trippie leather or some crazy 70s disco shit. As for the side pipes they were hooked up. Only one was connected the others were dummies.
WWW tires and wheel covers would be the ticket. Hubcaps are not the ticket on customs, those belong on the early cars.
From the lawn chairs in the background of one picture and the late model cars in another shot, I'd say that these are pretty current pictures.
I believe this car was originally going to be in American Graffiti. I have some original color publicity stills of this car with "Toad" and Candy Clark in costume sitting in this car and standing outside of it. I always wondered if they were going to use this car instead of the white Impala but maybe it did not show up good on film due to the color and at night. The pics were taken back in 73 when the film was being made and the actors were positioned in various poses. Kinda looked like test shots. The car looked better back then. It has straight spoke TT on it and their was no red flames or red accent painting but it did have the blue flames
the car rocks! i fucking hate those wheels and always have. hope he reads this and springs for some different wheels. that intake rocks!
What kind of intake set up is that???? It looks as though the cross ram manifolds bolt onto a stock dual quad intake??
sorry im just not feeling it..maybe its just too buisy..maybe its those side pipes and wheel combo...maybe its because the guy couldnt figure out where to go with his paint job/ striping and all those hokey add ons, and the 68 charger marker lights..and those $29.95 JC whitney mirrors, and bet those spot lights are fake too..the engine is the only thing that gets my attention. and its a bit over done too
WTF is up with the rear wheel being all wierd and placed off to the rear of the wheelwell? Do I see leaf springs? That's originally a coilsprung car, just what's up underneath? Oh, and the cheesy sidepipes that AREN'T ATTACHED gotta go.
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