History My favorite original part of a car is ..

These are two of them, coincidence that they are both taillights for me

1st ..1936 Chrysler airflow ,

 

40 Ford

 

A ***le.

 

The gas pedal

 

Usually the grill.

 

Indeed.

Without one, it is not a car!

 

A windshield that cranks out. That's what sold me on it.

 

Cadillac dagmars

 

A dual carb Hemi

 

Sure, ya gotta go there and put in our SBC, single four faces

 

For me, it’s the radio my dad put in the ‘57 PU, I know he had to have the dealer order the heater, but I don’t recall if it came with the radio, or he had it installed later. Will get a pic when back from town

 

Sorry for the blur, gotta clean the phone thing

 

I like the exposed hinges and door handles. In addition to previous mentioned taillights and grilles.

 

I've been a Chevy guy my entire life, never been fortunate enough to have had a complete original small block engine of any significance, such as an L79, a fuelie 283 or 327, factory 2x4 283, etc.
I built this 327/350 hp engine in the late 80's for our Nova, has many rare NOS parts, it has never been fired.
I will no doubt go to my grave thinking this is my most cherished possession.




Never hurts to have a fresh Muncie to go with it!

 

Did he also install the above windshield speaker? That was one of my favorite parts of my 59.

 

That spot where your arm wears out the paint on the drivers door.

 

I get your point and it's a nice picture, but that's an aftermarket LED.

 

I sure don’t know. I recall he said he had the heater installed.
But! The p***enger side mirror, I recall the story. He measures up/down all around from the out side on the driver side. Marked the p***enger door, drilled it, well when he pulled the panel off to get nuts on the screws, the inside of the door was marked for the three holes. He said he missed all by a 1/2 hole.

 

The firewall.
A tiny little roadster firewall.
When there's a great big V8 engine sitting in front of it.

 

I like that too. Kind of like a pair of 38 D's stuffed into a 36 bra. Something is going to bulge out somewhere!

 

Nothing says period correct like a T steering wheel

 

'39 Ford Deluxe headlights/buckets on '40-'41 Ford pickups.

 

A 1940 DeSoto grille.

 

'40's and early '50's MoPar dashes

 

The hood grille and cowl ( yes I know it is more than one part) on a highboy.

 

The red Bowtie high beam indicator light on my 55 Chevy.

 

That is cool! I never noticed a car indicator before. 55-9 pus just a dot.

 

The cowl on my 26T along with the overall stance...............

 

I like the original parts of the interior saved. It saves the history and the soul of the car.