Art & Inspiration Lets play "WHAT IF".... (Hot Rod & Custom style)

Hmm. Tough to narrow down to three. I guess I’d go with:

40 ford coupe
68 or 69 Plymouth roadrunner (sorry)
Project 38 Chevy coupe.

All in black, and none too nice to drive.

 

1965 Mustang
My V8 Pinto
Vista Cruiser Station Wagon

 

Sierra gold 57 210 hard top, 270 hp 283 , dealer installed T10.
1933-34 ford 3 window, fenderless , chopped , killer engine with 3 pedals.
1969 Z28 cortez silver , 7140 cam , 4.56 gears with a tkx to make it drivable.

 

I have never been married. So I can't play.
I have had most of cars I have wanted. I wouldn't want a show rod. (I don't like to clean that much chrome)
I might like a historic hot rod that could be driven. Maybe a 69 Hurst Olds. I would also want a GTO from 65-69

 

1. Cliff Inman's chopped '57 Chrysler
2. '58 Chrysler 300 D Convertible
3. Powder Blue '54 Chevy Convt, (w/all factory options)

 

Hello,

When I was in high school getting ready to go on to college, the 409 motor Chevrolet Impalas came out. We could not afford to buy one, as we had a fairly new 58 Impala. When our mom got a license and wanted to buy a new car, of course we tried to get her to buy a 409 powered Chevy Impala. So it would have been a 61 Chevrolet. The bubbletop version was what we were thinking, but our mom probably wanted a 4 door hardtop sedan to have for her weekly lunch and shopping with her friends. Actually, that would have been ok, too.


But, our backyard would have been over flowing with cars, a Flathead 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery, a 58 Impala sitting in the yard. Then my mom’s car in the larger two car garage, along side of our dad’s Buick sedans. And farther yet. The surfboards and remnants of our Willys build were still in the backyard garage we converted. So, if I wanted to go surfing, I had to move two cars and back my Flathead sedan delivery through a maze of grassy area to the concrete pad and driveway out to the street.

Upon return, I would have to move my brother’s Impala to get to my “parking spot.” It all depended on who was going to leave first right then or if was late at night, first in the morning. Our dad had first choice, since he left around 5 am for Los Angeles. Then on a surfing day, I or we would leave around 6 am.

When my brother moved to old VWs and vans, we had one other car to contend with in the lineup of backyard cars. Our mom’s car would have been in the garage, so later, she could spend the time back and forth to get her car on the driveway to back up to the street. Power steering would definitely be helpful with all of the twists and turns to move all of the cars.

She had a strict policy of no cars on the driveway in front of our house or parked on the street. We had old style trash cans on various days (garbage on one day/trash on another, etc.) street sweepers almost weekly and neighbors marking their territory in front for their own homes for their friend’s parking during visits.

Jnaki

So, if she had bought a 409 Chevy sedan, that would have been a cool A/C car to drive during the hot summer days and cruising at night. YRMV

As it panned out, she opted to get our Impala converted to an automatic and that solved the possible 5 car backyard pile up. (but a converted stick shift to a fast C&O Stick Hydro solved ALL problems…) YES !

 

Original Shelby 289 Cobra
GT40
Ferrari 308 Red with Christie Brinkley still in it

 

For me it would be 33/34 Ford hiboy coupe, some sort of studebaker gasser, [/ATTACH] and mid 30’s Plymouth or Ford tail dragger.

 

Married And Already Got Them...

 

If I didn't already have my '49, Ruggiero could replace any of them...but that SBC would be out of there for a Flathead, Nailhead, or Cadillac...

 

I already did this . . .

1954 Plymouth, hemi powered . . .

1928 Mercury Torpedo Salon . . .


1928 Ford Roadster (with the 210 mph option)

 

Can I just go shopping at Moriarity’s place?!?

 

Okay I know if I went to Marks house he’d club me to death like a baby seal, not that I would blame him, so I came up with these picks.
The first two would be original (I know why didn’t he club me) but the cool factor would make up for it. So here goes………

A Tucker 48


An early 30’s Duesenburg SJ
And for the custom the Hirohata Merc

 

If I won a million dollars, I would quit my job to finish my racecar...



...find a 1960 Chevrolet crew cab one ton or put it on a one ton chassis...


...stretch the frame and build a ramp body.



...find an early 1960 Airstream to tow behind it to do some long haul vintage races!

 

My desires aren’t that high sorry
1965 Chevelle L-79.
1956 Chevrolet Cameo.
1961 Chevrolet Biscayne 2dr 409.

 

1936 Ford 3 window taildragger
1959 Kingswood Wagon
1956 Chevy street gasser

 

1936 cord 810
1964 ford Fairlane thunderbolt
1959 Impala convertible, was brought home from the hospital in one after I was born

 

Original Reventlow Scarab
Tommy Ivo's T
Greer, Black & Prudhomme rail

 

1. get divorced.
2. take my half of a zillion dollars.
3. buy whatever I want.

... then I'd have my avatar built in what I call Schwinn Stingray blue.... blue tinted windows. chrome everything. 4 speed. Olds rear ...that's a Blown 409 under the hood if you were wondering.

 

I would be happy with this list. In high school I wanted a 69 nova bad but nowadays I would probably get to it last, and then feel like an idiot after I had the most fun with it.

If I had to pick my own (today):

1957 Chevy Nomad
1934 Ford 3 window coupe, probably hemi or caddy powered
1961 Pontiac Bonneville

I have pretty simple taste… My list will probably be different in a month.

 

I'd mortgage the house for this one, it still exists somewhere, I WANT IT!!!!!!

 

Commision the Menges twins to build 3 cars , a custom , a hotrod and a gasser...

 

Doug Rice 39 Ford coupe.... Number one choice
A killer 51 Merc.. there's a few out there I'd be very happy with
33-34 3 window, somewhere between the Omaha coupe, and a Rolling Bones type car.

 

AJ Foyt's 1964 Indy winning Watson roadster
Lou Wells's 40 coupe
George Poteet's gold 40 Ford P.U.

 

'59 Coupe DeVille, '63 Impala, Auburn Speedster.