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Okay, since Nick posted it, I can talk about it. I had the pleasure of watching as that little 327 was working out on the dyno..... That was last...
You're right, it would be !! I'm not a fan of "vanity" plates, but I did get a set for the 'bird.... By the way, my favorite plates were not...
I failed to mention the "road trip" part of this post..... Two of my friends and I will be making the trek to LARS over Fathers Day, provided we...
In the mid peninsula are of the Bay Area, between San Mateo and Half Moon Bay, was a section of Canada Road... Not to be confused with Canada, it...
Well, I made Terry Hamb a happy Hamber when I sold him my Model A, but it left me with the time to do a little massaging on my new critter, a 1956...
Love that '54 Ranch...... What a great all around cruizer !!!
I probably shouldn't share this with you at this point in time, but I do have a 260/4-spd out of a '64 Caliente that was being restored. Owner...
I often wonder if Bill Colgan just didn't think about the window cranks when he build the door features for the Dream Truck... It wasn't fun...
Building 5 ??? I hope you are talking about the GNRS. If so, I'm looking forward to seeing it there. My buddies and I have been making the trek...
My parents bought a '59 new when I was in high school.... Loved to drive that critter. It did not inspire driving stupid, just because it was so...
You found my Grandparents coupe !!![ATTACH]
Nick's '51 uses the factory body line as a guide, then formed the opening from sheet metal. Needless to say, this critter gets used a lot !!!!...
Sorry for the bad pic.... I found this critter on Catalina Island many years ago. Managed to talk my way into the Oakland Roadster Show at the...
The real deal looked a tad better....[ATTACH]
Many years back, I had a '62 FI which had been mildly customized. I unmildly uncustomized the critter... I drove it (very slightly customized) as...
Just another quickee.... This photo is of my Grandparents, back in the day !!![ATTACH]
Just a couple pics from about 27 years ago. I helped Marion Wilhelm deal with Joe's estate, including vehicles... The Mist had been in storage...
I saw, and loved both those trucks, but the one that really turned my crank was the '27 that was white pearl with candy red shading......
Very nice hot rod.... Nice color, nice stance. My only druther would be a set of block hugger headers or manifolds, but that's just me.....
This puppy has a new home !!!
Speaking of different, this is the little gauge panel in the Crosley/almquist that I vintage raced for several years..... It is the stock 1951...
With help from my bud's Nick and Ken Smith, I put together this dash panel... I wanted it to work like new, but look like old. It's actually an...
Been have'n fun on the HAMB for 20 years, and have loved every minute of my time here... I'm old enough that I've lost so many good friends that I...
I hope it's okay to stretch this out a bit to '59..... This little Custom 300 has been sitting in the same place for at least 10 years, with...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This should be a very cool project..... Needless to say, I am in to gassers of any era, and have been instrumental in the...
My '30, chopped in the very early 50's, and had a flattie..... It's in the classifieds...[ATTACH]
Damn, and I just found a '59 Custom 300 2-dr that I snagged for a song. Been sitting for a while, but that's okay. Has new "stock" cloth interior....
Okay, ya gotta take the good with the bad. Watson hit the mark with LeFevre's '59 El Camino, and it's what inspired me to paint my '58 Fairlane...
Did the same lowering on my wife's '55. Also a healthy Y-Block/4-spd.....[ATTACH]
This Cad is timeless when you cross Kustom/Klassic/Killer Smoothness !!! I keep telling people that sometimes when you look at what seems to be...
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