Finally bought my dream car,...now what?

My uncle had one and he called it a FISHBACK !

 

I'd go with the wide whites and the bomb look. The fastbacks really lend themselves to that look well. If it were a coupe, I'd go gasser.

 

You have a unique car that can be made any number of ways. The nice thing about this hobby is all of the various responses from everyone, the bottom line it is your car and we would all say it is cool when you are done. My thoughts...

1) Pro Street looks great on a fastback - large tubs stuffed up to the rear window. Chop the top mild, smooth the hardware and you have a nice ride
2) Gasser - radius the rear wheel wells, get a tire under that gasser, not that wagon wheel in the photo cropped image. Go with the whitewall cheater slicks and whitewalls on the front, let the rear tires stick out about 1". Black primer, halibrand stacks, dice on the rear view mirror. Do it clean, nice mild pinstriping, not ratrod - a head turner everywhere (hey, wanna sell it? I kinda like this setup) : )
3) Give it the full '49 Mercury treatment - always popular and this time....not a '49 Merc!

Hey - your car, your dream - we still love ya!

 

Gas....Her

 

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1) lmao, you can't be serious, are you really stuck in the 80's?

3) that would be a custom right? There are plenty of customs that aren't Merc's and most of the Merc's want to be Buicks anyway...

 

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Bombs away!

 

WWW. I dig the car but I am not big on the color white for it. I would also get rid of the visor. Other than that, I like it.........

 

I used to have a 50 Fleetline (fastback) and I love them. I don't think they look right as a gasser, and I've only seen a few chopped well. I think it would look good with some simple mods... slammed, shaved (the usual), but do something different with the skirts, peak the hood, really nice paint, etc

 

Some of you guys need to realize who cheezwhiz is..................he really does not need our input

 

PRO SUCK ..looks like shit on anything

 

o.k, i'll bite. who's cheezwiz? i know he's already got 5 cars in little pieces and gets easily distracted! (which, by the way can describe half of us on here!)

 

2nd this ...look at a photo of Jimmy VAUGHANS 51 enuff said

 

Simple, go read his intro.

 

done! he certainly does't need our advice, but, since you asked, i like the custom treatment!

 

but he did ASK for it!

 

gasser.

the other seems to me to be a car cruise style that is pretty common these days,though still awesome...you know he ain't gonna do traditonal.


just my .02$

but as thinking goes on...low and slow kick a$$ as well...who know's what he'll come up with

 

slamed OG all the way

 

T-Man, not only do they need to read his bio, they need to read some of the Hot Rod magazine articles with his cars featured! Yes, he did ask for input, just not some of the answers he got. Scott Sullivan is KING!!!!!!!!

 

Since we're spouting off opinions here: Custom but NO VISOR!!

 

build the driver FIRST, then take the "parts car" you needed for the driver and build a gasser out of it. and use the driver as the tow car. problem solved