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Autobodyed........Very nice 36 there.........
Anyone notice the wheel on this custom Vette are "Chrysler Wire Wheels"?
I disagree.........Maybe it's because I grew up in the 50's, but I always thought the 50's and 60's cars were so cool! Great colors! Unlike...
The 50's concept cars and customs were always more exciting than today's, IMHO.....Maybe it was/is the exuberance of youth, I don't know, but the...
Beautiful wires..........
In Houston I would have said 'no' to the displaying at the party, no to carting the VP home, and the 3 guy's would have car jacked you, shot you,...
Gorgeous car!...........Love the color combination.........Muted blue with red interior.........Nice!
I would think that one way to lower the top is say cut 3" at the front post and 2" in the rear.........
Chrysler had a nice palette of colors in that era..........
Another swap that was popular in the 50's and early 60's was to use a GMC truck engine (A Jimmy 6).....Had bigger displacement and more stock...
Maybe a (small) but great trend(IMHO)......British Heritage Motors UK is a new panel provider for the old British Leland/Roots/etc brands(was an...
Here's an interesting development for hot rodders/custom car folks....Ford is offering new 40 Ford (deluxe) coupe for sale.........(plus Mustangs...
Another grill for the 49-51 Merc is from the 1954 Pontiac ...........
Nice Bird!.............
Was helping a freind and his dad build a new home (56 or 57)......A builder down the street had a white 300......Gorgeous car!.....
The link to HAMB at the bottom seems to be not working...........:confused:
Was reading one of the online car blogs and they had an article on the new Lincoln MKsomething or other. The article was about the new(ish) push...
Cool!.............Very clean!.................Recall taillight treatments using Packard tail lenses........54 Buick headlight rings.................
The concept was certainly not lost on GM & Ford....The El Camino and Ranchero sold like hot cakes for years.............The 1950 Studie pickup was...
Use to have a lot of "drive in's" around......Of course times were safer back then......While in the USAF (Nellis AFB, Las Vegas) we'd "cruise"...
Cars of that era were so cool.........
Cool!:cool:
These Woodlite headlamps from the 1930's would look good on both of the above cars...... [IMG]
As a teenager I worked at a men's clothing store.....A store owner in the same mall owned a Continental.......Was black with gray...
A very similar car was built by Ghia as a prototype for Dual Ghia..... [IMG] :)
There were actually 2 Pontiac's "Bonnevilles"...........The one most often seen is metallic maroon......Joe Bortz found the other one that is...
I always thought it was kind of neat........First pic I've seen with those wheels..........Here's a pic with the wire wheels..... [IMG]
The 40 Ford drawing reminds me of one a fellow in HS had......Painted lime green, hopped up flathead, chrome reversed, white walls, raked...
Cool!:cool: I love all the "fat fender" Fords of the 40's era............. The later 47-48 Merc convertible was good lookin...
This is a totally awesome surfer rod/custom.......A 33 or 34 Ford 4dr sedan....Looks completely redone....Custom paint and trim, custom interior,...
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