Thought I'd share a few pics of a neat lil' car a freind of mine's dad built back in the late 50's-early 60's.... Story goes, he wanted a Corvette, but couldn't afford one, so he built his own... He drove it back and forth to work at Boeing for many years, selling the car in @ 1965 and hasn't seen it since. The car was never finished, but it went through many changes, as noted on the spec sheet. It may not be the prettiest of homebuilt sportscars, but a cool example of what a regular guy with some good skills could build back in the day... Construction shot....a little Jaguar-esque??? The specs....pretty cool list of junk eh???
I started a thread about this too. Mine was '53 Merc Quarters with 12" quarters extensions, on a unknown ford ch***is. '50 Lincoln fenders, a back gl*** for a windsheild, '51 Merc door skins, and a Mercury flathead. It was street driven for a couple of years. The guy who built it later owned an ***ortment of '60's sports cars, so I guess this is what he was trying to recreate in his younger days.
Me too..... The builder isn't really into old hotrods/customs anymore....restores oddball '20's cars now. But this is one of those cars that he'd get a kick out of knowng if it were still around.
Very cool! I think that's pretty well built! I recognized that grill instantly, too! I've always wanted to build my own using 50's car leftovers, too. One of these days, maybe!
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