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The Hal Roach studio had the best prop people in Hollywood. Thay did some amazing stuff, much of thier work was seen in the "Our Gang" comedies....
A famous land mark, often called the "Iceberg gas station" in New Mexico. Where route 66 and another state highway crossed. I have a photo of my...
Shirley Temple ?
I see many difference's from the production engines . It says its a "manual trans" but that sure looks like a Power Glide oil pan !
What a scarry looking bunch!! Half of them look like guys in drag.
No , It's the same as all early coupes. Thats a '63 Spyder. Too bad he didnt wait and get a '64, the engine was stroked 20ci bigger.
And what about the rear axle gears? He couldnt run the race backward! It sounds like another Smokey Yunick myth to me.
It doesn't matter who built it. It was ugly when it was new and it's still ugly! Those are old pics so it's probably returned to the earth by now.
Kaiser and Frazer "Vagabond" models . The back end opened up like a station wagon with hardwood slats on the load floor. Very rare today. My...
"Bubble" skirts were supposed to make a car look lowered when it really wasn't. But they never followed the lines of the body and often scraped...
Very few custom cars from the 50's truly improved on the manufactures original designs, and in fact, many of them were downright hideous! Most...
The original "flat pan" Hydramatic introduced in 1939, and then later the "slant pan" Hydramatics in the 50's were a four speed automatic trans...
I don't know if your right or not..... and I worked on nearly all the Vettes at a Chevy dealer for over 30 years ! But I've never owned a...
All the safety features would have been moot if nobody bought it because its ugly.
Somebody wasted a lot of work on that! What in the world were they thinking?
It's an optional gasoline heater . Pic shown is a gas heater in a car, not the van. Most Corvairs had a "direct air" heater. They both worked...
Agree! Tire treads are crooked, scattered parts are illogical, shadows are wrong , etc. etc.
You guys are beating this "bubble top" thing to death! I've only heard the term frequently for the last 20 years or so on the vintage car scene,...
My Aunt told me that back in the '50s, you could tell what high school girls went to by how they rolled the top of their socks !
Scene from "Creature from the Black Lagoon"
scene from "Bad Day at Black Rock"
No ! The bunker had leaked and was half full of water . The car was so rusty nobody wanted it.
Didnt anyone notice that is Debbie Reynolds?
Looks like it already has an OHV conversion head.
It was a factory option.. Fairly rare today and usually referred to as "8 door" vans.
Yep! an early 4 door, straight down from the cranes, and to the left of the shack.
Those are photos of a fire at the George Barris shop in the late '50s? that destroyed several customs, finished and in progress.
Wait till it's time to dispose of a old battery pack ! The average pack is the size of a single bed mattress and I'm sure the owner will be...
Does anyone here have a car with Woodlights ? Did they really work very well ?
The electric fan too!
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