Never before seen mid 50's Bonneville pictures!!

A guy came into my work (I did not know him). We got to talking about early cars and he said his Dad had some pics he took in Bonneville, and that he would scan and email them to me. I gave him my email address and sure enough a couple day later I received them! He gave me permission to post them here. So here they are, I would imagine never before seen by the public

 

Very cool.

I love the "unchopped" 5-window on the 1st pic.


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Awesome !!!!!!!!!!

 

Cool! I wonder what the story is on the 5w roof.

 

Me too.

 

Looks as if 'gas' cl*** (probably gas coupe/sedan) didn't allow top chops so in order to run in 'gas' they had to add height back in to the top of the car.

 

The story on the 5 window roof is to be in the stock cl*** he had to have stock roof diminsions so he "raised" the roof to meet the requirements. That car has had its pics in several mags in the past and had the story printed, I might not have it excatly right but that is the jest of it. Jim

 

Cool piece of history - thanks for arranging for us all to see.
Cheers.

 

Very cool. Love that shot of the '55 up on blocks.

 

It looks like the unchopped '32 has the roof section just clamped on. It appears to have clamps going to the drip rails.

Doc

 

5 stars to the unknown guy ... anyone notice the sidemount fender on the 5 window ? 99% sure it's the Lou Bingham car. (See Dec '53 R&C).

 

Thank's for the great Pic's !!!!!

 

That's awesome! Thank you and the photo's owner for sharing. Really.

 

That '56 Ford looks like Karol Miller's.

 

Thanks for sharing these Chris, very cool!

 

I agree, looks a lot like Lou Bingham's car, notice the front fenders are trimmed just like Lou trimmed his...

 

Thanks for sharing! PLease post more if they become available.

 

Thanks Chris, it means a lot to all of us to be able to take a look back, especially fresh material.

 

Thanks guys, if he runs across more I'll post em up

 

Cool pics! Thanks! Thats a luggage carrier on the coupe.

 

Excellent. Thanks for posting and thanks to your friend.

We can never have too many Bonneville pics.

 

very cool! thanks for sharing

 

I like the A roadster in the last pic, looks like sheet metal over the rims?