Built in the late fifties in Milwaukee for Steve Stevens in cooperation with his father Brooks Stevens, the legendary industrial designer. In survivor condition with a Lincoln 430 V8, four speed trans, four wheel disc brakes, Mercedes 300S interior and Latham supercharger. Anyone have any memories of it from back in the day?
Neat survivor. Looks like it drove right out of a late 50's Rodding and Restyling magazine. Supercharged 430 with a 4 speed. I wanna hear it run/go through the gears.
Nice Time Machine @junkman356...as @s55mercury66 said if you can expand on the pictures out and in it would help capture this in all its beauty...These fellas usually didn't stop at the outside...interesting the brakes and things...when did the discs come out were those later add ons? Thanks for sharing.
Lots of pics at Rikster's Archives: https://public.fotki.com/Rikster/11_car_photos/customcars_i_like/ford_custom_cars/55-56_ford_custom_cars/steve-stevens-1956-/ Seats are Mercedes, brakes are Jaguar racing. No longer supercharged...
I would love to own and drive it, but........ I think it's very ugly. Both the front end and rear end just look out of place for some reason.
Front end is weird, but a survivor from another era of customizing is always good to see around. I'd have to hear and see it run. Many customs of the era had the look, but they drove like buckboard wagons.
Four wheel disc brakes and a 4 speed? The back end is very nice and well executed. The front end could use some work but its nice to see a survivor.
I like the front end. We look through the safety of rose colored glasses of the past too much. This thing is well executed all around even though not what we'd consider 'timeless'.
Digging the 60 Chrysler tail lights, though I am a sucker for the tail lights being used in any custom. The canted headlights are neat as well. The Meteor grille to me is the big thing I dont like. Also never was a fan of continental kits, but the car is a east coast car so it fits that it has one.
I love it. I do feel, however, that swapping the bumpers end for end would have netted a great improvement.
i guess you had to live in the '50's to fully appreciate the custom scene at that time. Wilder was better!! these young dudes just don't get it.
In the back everything blends in. In the front everything adds on. The original headlights had a more aggressive "go fast" look. But still a much better job that I could of done..
In a world full of restored and mild custom Crown Vic's this is cool . Not what I would build today , but what I dreamed about as a kid. Larry
I love it all around, this thing must have screamed with that drivetrain in it, and looked like a spaceship coming and going. Looks to have survived very much intact, although the loss of the supercharger is a shame. I hope it's being well kept.
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