Same car, hemi powered built in the mid 50s somewhere down south. Now owned by Jamie aka slammedf100 Sent from my SM-G920V using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I have always loved the East Coast style hot rods. They are the cars of my youth, I remember very well reading about them and looking at the pictures in the little Rod And Custom. it is funny how we remember things from the past. I would have bet a lot of money that the East Coast Style was channeled and not chopped. In looking at these pictures I couldn't be more wrong, a lot of these cars were channeled and chopped and a bunch too. How in the world did a regular size guy ever get in one of these?
It definitely helped that the average height and weight of a late 20's male in the mid 50's was about 5'6" - 5'8" and 150lbs - 160lbs. North America (Canada and the US) has gotten taller and fatter. I'm only 5'7", but I've got about 60lbs to lose before I build a period perfect East Coast hotrod...
Speedy, I see your point and I guess folks used to be smaller--hell they must have been. You being 5'7" ought to be able to get into any of these cars now no matter the 60 lbs. Me on the other hand at 6'3" and I only wish it was only 60lbs I needed to lose. I would suspect that the nice little pick-up project in your Avatar is your car. For a big guy like myself they are always a dream. Just not enough leg room with a firewall that close. Shame to as I always liked that type of Hot Rod.
I can cram myself into most things. Sometimes its a little tight if the seat is low as the thighs and stomach compete for space, but it's workable. As I alluded to before, I'd want to lose some weight before I chopped and channeled a car. Yes, the 34 in my avatar is mine. It's fairly comfortable, but even at my height, there still isn't much leg room! You've got 6" on me, which would make it pretty damn uncomfortable for anything more than a run to the grocery store.
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