I was gonna say Hines but... Anyways, he did a few that were really out there in that era, and I mentioned before the awful Ford I got to see as a 1st grader, I mean I hated it then. The fur and fake phone and TV were kool but the rest was, well, a lot of that era was often best forgotten. It does however confirm the ideal of that which is seen is never unseen. I'll ask around Autorama this week. I know a few "usual suspects" that might have a clue. Gene will be stompin around down there too. Cross some fingers.
If anyone here is going to be at Autorama and knows Teddy Z show him the pictures. Bill Hines was his uncle and I would think he'd know the car if Bill did it. Of course he might know it even if Bill wasn't involved
The little pages were not quite filled with cars like this, but they were well represented in their time. I don't beat them up for the styling cues the builders tried, even if they sometimes look odd. Somebody was willing to put torch to metal and see if it worked.
The plates appear to be 59-61 Michigan. CG would be a Wayne county code (i.e. Detroit area). If I'm not mistaken, The A brothers had their shop at Northwestern Highway near Evergreen Road by then, which wouldn't have been as rural as the photo location.
Could this possibly the picture some of the guys mentioned seeing? It's up top of the page and to the right of the HAMB emblem. Maybe it's looked at often but not really seen? Funny how the headlights are a little similar and the wheel covers too?
Man I'm a Ford guy, but cutting up a tri five Chevy seems like blasphemy to me. Also not a huge fan of quad canted lights, BUT, always interested in the history of an old build. A sweet custom to be sure. Anything someone put hard work into I appreciate.... But I have zero info.... Lol. Hope that helps!
Well mother nature told me to go fk myself, "No Rama for you!" as I babysit sump pumps and a generator thanks to Wed night's ice debacle. Hope somebody there found out some scuttlebutt for ya.
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