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OK, how about a challenge... I recently added this to the driveway, a mildly modded '55 Customline with a 413-4spd combo. I'm not a fan of the grill and overly large parking lights. Options?


I also want some scallops - tomato red with black and white edging, maybe? - and a white or silver metalflake roof (above the drip rails). (I have a set of Lancer's here awaiting installation...and some striping is in its future as well.)

Go for it!

 

@nitrobrother
Just playing around....

 

Could someone paint me the body black and leave the green roof on both photos????


Thank soo much

 

Yup, that's fairly close to what was floating in the old grey matter. Thanks!

I'll have to think about that roof paint - dunno if that's making me do the happy dance. Maybe I need to go lighter ... or darker ... or totally radical and get some wild stuff layed out. Lace, fish scales, endless lines, etc.

 

@nitrobrother
Here's one I came up with of custom grill and parking lights. It would take a ton of fabrication but hey that's the fun of playing around with custom cars

 

@nitrobrother
This grille uses oval aircraft tubing that mimics the stock bars. The bars are extended and hide the parking lights and turn signals behind.

 

@nitrobrother
Here's another version: Bullets!

 

IMHO this is the one. The other two just don't cut it with me

 

Here's one of the front view...

 

Yup, that's the one - it's not the average tube grille. It's probably easier to construct and might actually have a chance to become reality.

Where's Madfish???

 

Looks great…not as busy.

 

Less larger diameter tubes look way better than the normal 55-6 bar grilles.

 

Ok, I sat on the struggle bus with this one. It's an aversion to competition/school bus yellow cars. This color was usually relegated to the drag cars. Never as a custom as I remember. Also, when you put scallops or flames or panel , fog, custom panels you're more or less stuck with darker colors or lighters colors to complement or contrast with the screaming yellow zonker. Add 50's touches and my brain has a meltdown. ( Did I tell you I'm a former prima donna advertising Art Director)
That said, knowing we're here to help you out, I looked for a compromise and tried to find something different yet still have that 50's influence. Sorry but it's the best my redneck brain could come up with.

 

Oh yes nice !!!!!!!

 

It sure would make it easy to touch up scratches.

 

I really like it too!

Seemed as though that front wheel was taking a bit too much of my attention from the body and I was wondering if it would help to repeat the body color there. Still not sure - could be too much now...

 

@nitrobrother
Like Madfish, I struggled with the color, too, but I do like soft yellows on customs. I had an idea. Suppose you sprayed a translucent pearlescent coat over the car the soften the impact. I modeled it on Don Boeke's 1955 Lincoln Capri, "Nadine."

 

Could someone please delete the factory head lights and the license plate? Thank you.

 

Ummm...when I said "some striping is in its future" I didn't quite mean this level of "some!" (I did catch that you rolled up the driver's window, too! Noice!)

Did I mention that I'm a fan of yellow? My '40 Plymouth is yellow, my last CVO Road Glide was pearl yellow, the line down my back is yellow. I like the idea of maybe taming the "screaming" part like Dave suggested, and maybe incorporating the in-yer-face tone into the scallops. Fogging rules though...

BTW, here's the interior...

 

I would like to see that '55 Ford turquoise with a white top .. yeah!!

 

@greaser 35
And the rear view...

 

OH HELL NO!

Turquoise affects me the way school bus yellow affects Madfish...

 

LOL

 

SUPER!!!!!! Thank you very much!!!!!!

 

themoose you are the boss!!! Thanks !!!

 

...the struggle is real.

 

This?

 

Thanks Unclebrad!

 

@ratfink56
I thought I'd see what it looked like with molded in headlights....