Cookie Cutter? Bellflowers,Astros,Pinner Whites.......

[Cadillacin Marcus]

So my friend Jeff is building this 59 Chevy I found.Heres about 95% of everyones Kustom Ideas for it.."Oh man,you should drop it in the weeds,throw some astros on it,pinner whites and maybe some Bellflowers on it..it would be the shit!!" http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Astros look cool and all.. But if you look in the old R&C little pages circa 59-62 You dont seem to see too many cars done like that.Chrome reversed,wide whites,dump tubes,and a good ole fashion red paint job is the look for us. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[lownslow]

CRAGARS!!!!!!!!!!!.......haha.....or chromies....but they would my second choice on that car.......and hows about scavenger pipes???????...those would be tough too

[Cadillacin Marcus]

Scavenger pipes??

[JamesG]

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Scavenger pipes??

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http://www.hotrodshow.com/archives/images/exhaust2.jpg

[Crease]

Them things is from the plummin aisle at the home depot aint they.

[luckystiff]

anything but skylark wires or tru spokes(gotta keep the comp. down for a set)haha. if you and or he don't own Southard's book Hot Rods & Customs of the 60s go by it now. you'll get to much influence from it. simple could be deep red metallic body with appliance white roof with abalone flake in it. chrome reverse with skinnies. and i do think a set of scavenger pipes. haha. make it look like an early 60s mild custom that influenced the mid 60s mild customs. a vein that doesn't get tapped much but is cool. or take a later model bomba approach and do a dead on resto to the nines but bag it and set it on the ground. either could be cool but then again thats a car that could be built a million ways a still be nice. flame red witha white top is way to familiar avoid it like the well something you'd avoid...ken....

[SanDiegoJoe]

juice it! haha

[luckystiff]

hhhmmmmm,
i had always heard the shorty version of lake pipes refered to a scavenger pipes is this wrong if so what were they really known as. originality and simplicity can go hand in hand and the less is more approach can speak volumes sometimes. a few simple can set a car apart from a sea of similar rides quickly...ken....

[lownslow]

yeah but ya gotta run like 3 or 4 pipes per side.....they look bitchin....and nobody ever does it anymore......i am gonna put em on the wifes car ....uh well someday.......very old school!!! ....and i second that book for '' research''.........how about a wine red and white pearl or abalone flake top .....shit now i wanna build that car for him. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Cadillacin Marcus]

hahaha..he wont mind if the cost is ummmmmm FREE!!! hahaha.. I though thats what you meant when you said scavengers,just wanted to see what you meant.Offenhauser used to make some pipes like that that were flared and used for either injector stacks or pipes.I want to run those on the back of my Jimmy like three per side,since there is three exhaust ports on a Cadillac head.You dont see it that much,you're right and thats what my reasoning for doing it was.Now look what weve done!! you're gonna start seeing them now!! Just like when i threw a Cad in my Jimmy in 97..Yeah no one runs Cads anymore..fast forward 7 years..uggh!!!!!!

[Cadillacin Marcus]

oh and you have to rake it madly in the rear and have the pipes running straight out with long chrome hangers!!! very 1963'ish

[luckystiff]

donnie,
ha. i guess it's true that great minds think alike. thats one of those cars you could go really simple on yet make it really stand out if you just pulled a few old tricks that don't get used much these days. i'd also say "colorchrome" the wheels inside the lug area(in the inner ring of the wheel) with the same wineish deep red of the body. damn it there's one of these cars for sale near me and now thats all i'm gonna think about for a week. good thing i'm broke i guess. damn wisdom teeth(5 more days)...ken....

[lownslow]

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hhhmmmmm,
i had always heard the shorty version of lake pipes refered to a scavenger pipes is this wrong if so what were they really known as. originality and simplicity can go hand in hand and the less is more approach can speak volumes sometimes. a few simple can set a car apart from a sea of similar rides quickly...ken....

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ken i think the short lakes you were thinkin of are called sneaker pipes......

[oldchevyseller]

scavenger pipes straight out the back with the bell

[Cadillacin Marcus]

now you got it!! thats what I'm talking about..Thats how my Jimmy's gonna look right there...Perfect!! I love that look!!!!

[oldchevyseller]

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now you got it!! thats what I'm talking about..Thats how my Jimmy's gonna look right there...Perfect!! I love that look!!!!

[/ QUOTE ]well damn shame we gotta bring up the past, cuz thats where we lived,but i remember putting alot of straight scavenger pipes on down at my buddie's father's texaco, and working after hours to use the hoist and jacking the rear with chrome shackles,and of course you gotta paint the wheel wells a light white and pink mixture to have the "look" http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[oldchevyseller]

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juice it! haha

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Juice: fuel mixture of nitrogen, methane, alcohol and crystal TNT

from a guy in the 60's this is what juice means http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Cadillacin Marcus]

hell YES

[Cadillacin Marcus]

now where do you get the scavenger piping from???

[JamesG]

Ask and you shall recieve.

Scavenger pipes. (http://www.hotrodshow.com/archives/exhaust3.shtml)

[DrJ]

What's a "Pinner Whites"? Never heard that term... Is it a localizm?


Afro Supremes became "the wheels to have" as soon as they were available, but they cost roughly twice as much as Crager SS's so they were for the more "serious" customizers. (I don't know why the cost more, they definitely weren't made better.)
Chrome reverse with WWWs are ok on a 61 or older car done in a '61 or older style, but the GM show cars had skinny whtes back in '53 and customs started showing up with them in '57. they were dame near a requirement on top, show winning lvel customs by '62.

It's you're car...blah, blah, jdnebrms...

[ray]

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now you got it!! thats what I'm talking about..Thats how my Jimmy's gonna look right there...Perfect!! I love that look!!!!

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here's a little tip, trade the jimmy in on a 56 chevy and that look will come a lot easier.

[oldchevyseller]

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What's a "Pinner Whites"? Never heard that term... Is it a localizm?


Afro Supremes became "the wheels to have" as soon as they were available, but they cost roughly twice as much as Crager SS's so they were for the more "serious" customizers. (I don't know why the cost more, they definitely weren't made better.)
Chrome reverse with WWWs are ok on a 61 or older car done in a '61 or older style, but the GM show cars had skinny whtes back in '53 and customs started showing up with them in '57. they were dame near a requirement on top, show winning lvel customs by '62.

It's you're car...blah, blah, jdnebrms...

[/ QUOTE ] wide wites were around , but when the new firestones and a couple other brands came out ,you usally changed to a 14 inch a lower tire with a narrow whitewall ,they got called pinstriped pinners for short, some even hada narrow white with a 3/8 or so narrow white pinstripped around the regular white wall,but basically narrow white walls are thought of as "pinners" still reconized term today, most people dont notice ,

[Cadillacin Marcus]

nah,,I already had my 55 and 57 chevys.....