Features The Definitive "MILD CUSTOM" Photo Thread....

This car is amazing!!!! Do you have any other pictures of it?

 

2 that my grandpa has built

 

Coooool stuff !

 

Mr. Finch, do you know anything about the paint on this car?

Thanks!

 

No, even though the car is here in Nor-Cal, I don't have any additional info, sorry...

 

Nope, sorry only one I've found so far...

 

the new google image search put to good use

 

Here's my ride.

 

Unbelievable there are people who think these years are ugly. I think any Packard done that way (even a four-door), would be super cool.

-Dave

 

Well, that front end has quite a lot of different proportions going on, maybe that's why.
I dig the fender flares on this one!

 

Nice packard....

 

Saw your car at the pileup and loved it!

 

LoOoOve this thread!

 

Howza Bruthas-

I have always loved a really good mild kustom. Here is the ass end of my '59 slEdsel.
Look closely. Those are '59 Chev cat eyes in the original Edsel housings and that is a '59 Edsel front bumper used in the rear.

I have NEVER seen this done before. It works. It is a perfect fit. You saw it here first.

By the way, the car is under a resurrection of sorts and will be out and pounding the NW in the mid-Summer.

 

AAAnnnd here is a shot of her peaking out of the garage.

 

afew more to keep it going

 

Glad to see another C - body fan here

 

Loose the three chrome blobs on the rear fender, IMO
Rod

 

I've seen it done, and you'd be surprised how much they do to break up the mass of the fender. So many early '50s cars, when completely dechromed, just end up looking like beached whales.

-Dave

 

Oh man, it's been forever since I've seen the slEdsel on here. Love that car.

-Dave

 

^^Thanks Dave!^^

 

Thanks - Going to miss the pile-up

 

The three "bottle openers" signified that the car was a higher trim model -- a Patrician, or something. The basic Clipper model didn't have them, and looks better without them:

 

I disagree; I think it makes the flanks too thick. But to each their own.

-Dave

 

Gorgeous IMHO. Your photographs are awesome, Rick.

 

That Santa Claus Packard is sweeet! I, agree with Bigcheese327, leave the rear quarter trim on! However, the deck trim could definitely disappear, ...as could the hood emblem below the Swan, ...but the Swan has to stay!