Any info on this show car my friend found on ranch? been in garage for 30 years.....http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/60s-...ce_Cars_Not_Street_Legal_?hash=item3a57a6ef90
WOW a custom g***er,gotta be a early 60s build,but maybe a mid to late 60s up date, but if its cheap enough could be worth grabbing,Figures it would be in Austin,,lotta cool coming outa there....
Well, maybe since the car is a home boy car (maybe yours), perhaps you could tell us more about the history?????
So your friend found it, and is now selling it? Or did he find it on ebay? If the latter, why not ask the current owner for some history. Not trying to be a **** or anything...I just don't understand what's going on here.
He found it about 6 months and decided to list it on ebay but was looking for old photos or mag pics.
I own the car and have it up for sale,I bought the car about 1yr ago,the builder is a old guy out of Corpus Christi Tx. Eddie Cruzi I got a hold of him & asked him a few q's about the car He said he showed it around Detroit, Dallas,and bunch of other places it was named Cherry Dream & was in Rod & custom in the 60's. Pretty cool car.See yall at the Texas thaw in my lil blown 32 pickup
I'm being a ****, wtf are you reading into this simple question. Do you have any info on this car? When long lost cars show up on here people are glad to give any history they know, keeps the adventure going. I'm sorry you don't understand.
i dont know about all the drama, seems like some on here have always gotta throw **** in the mix, i guess. BUT that is a kool build with some great custom work. and i think its kool as hell. it does seem like alot of the old show circuit cars are coming back around. thanks for the link i curious to see what it goes for. george
What amazes me, There was so much time, talent and money put into these show cars. Well then...... "How, and when, did they just turn to torn up junk and end up in storage and then found like this?! I would love to see the over the years transition these things took from show to ****. Somewheres along the line someone stopped caring for them, I just don't get it.
Cool, do you have any old photos of the car back in its "glory" days. It's hard to tell by the photos how this el camino really looked
I've often pondered this, how people stop shining the chrome and keeping the dream alive... I guess the obsession burns them out. As they say, "someone somewhere doesn't want her" but hell "I DO!!!!"
I took a quick look at it on the way home. It's pretty wild. The builder put a lot into it. Putting it back together as envisioned would be work, but since everything's pretty much there, it wouldn't be rocket science. Seller didn't get any pics with it. Funny thing is seeing it in person gave me a case a deju vu, so I might have seen it before somewhere in my mountain of mags. Anybody got their Rod & Customs handy?
Why does every show car seem to end up as a farm tractor or a chicken coop. As mentioned all the work that goes into those cars. Will be a good prize for someone.
Think about what sort of person is a builder. It requires a vision, creativity, focus, and a drive bordering on compulsion to see it through to completion. Builders live for the build process. Once it's completed, they are driven to start another project and that becomes the entire focus. Just sitting around polishing the old project would drive them up a wall.
Well said, it also seems these cars grew old after 2-3 years in the show circles. With the internet we can now be bored with one in 1 season and not even see it in person.
Probably is the kinda of person that builds it. But then he sells it to the next guy who doesn't respect the art and turns it into a chicken coop. Part Time Farmer
is there a profile shot of it all together???? im gonna catch hell for this,,,, but id buy it and put a elco top back on and loose the axle....
I was thinking the same thing, except the last part of your post. Took a lot of work and imagination. Jack
definately that 60's vibe .. I agree with nads. the car kinda has an iden***y crisis though.. g***er front and motor, radical custom body, and lowrider,style paint on the frame... I'd love to see a pic of it done.
I think it's pretty cool. Love to see some pictures of it in it's prime. I think if the owner has posted pictures of it prior to listing it on eBay then there wouldn't be any of the negative stuff. Feather's get ruffled when people perceive there to be marketing going on to enhance a sale. If somebody unrelated to the sale had posted it you wouldn't see the negative posts.
My post was not intended to be negative, it's just my opinion. You can take my opinion and .25 and buy ................ nuthin' . Jack
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