The Solar scene ?? OLD Custom ?

[Pulle]

I heard about an old custom named "the solar scene" , any one got a pic of that car

[raaf]

no pic... but my masterful searching skills tell me that you can find a feature about it in july '63 Vol. 11 #3 of rod & custom.

maybe someone here has got it and will scan it. hope that helps.

-- raaf

[50mercfan]

the solar scene, built by gene winfield was a 50 merc built in the early 60's. it was chopped with wrap around winshield from a 53 merc. it had sculpted wheel wells with stainless steel inserts, the doors were power operated and swung out by themselves,the seats pivited at the same time.it had a really different set of canted quad headlights. custom rolled pan with custom bumpers front and rear. and was buick nailhead powered. just like all but 3 winfield cars it's mia.

[RPW]

Gene Winfield´s car, did look this way in 1963. Engine was a nailhead in a bay of chrome.
Somewhere I have a set of build up shots of this one but cant remember were (Altzheimer light...).

So I did snap this photo from Andy Southard JR´s great book Hot Rod´s and Custom´s of the 1960´s. But buy the book to support Andy! He needs it...


http://www.ckos.org/temporary/ss.jpg

[fordnutz]

I have a few old mags, actually a library. Here is the cover.

[fordnutz]

Here is the first part of the story.

[Sailor]

Ahh, nice thread and killer pics. Nothing to add other than that that issue of R&C is really easy to buy on Ebay. There are allways a few of them for sale.

[fordnutz]

last pic

[Kojack]

Nice car... definatly something I've never seen before. I think what I find most interesting is the fender treatment... never seen that done before.

[Norrland]

A little Weird look but a nice kind of cool car and color!! Why do you ask about that Car brother of mine??

ha d gött Brorsan...Halle

[mr57]

Somewhere in my vast storage of useless knowledge it seems to me that there was a shot of that car in Street Rodder about twenty years ago. Can't find the mag - it was probably in the box the cat had kittens in - but that trunk and wheelwell treatment was on a Merc that was in a two or three page spread on custom mercs and whatever happened to them. It was a black & white pic and the car was in primer. Someone help with this??? It might be the car Sterling Ashby has now, but sure looked like the Solar Scene.

[John B]

The Solar Scene is reason enough to hunt up a copy of the July 63 Rod & Custom. But the interview with Barris,Cushenberry,Roth,Starbird, Wilheim and Winfield is some great reading. Six years before I was born but I sure wish I could have been there.

[RocketDaemon]

what's the windsheild out of? doesnt look merc to me....

not really my cup of tea but still a pretty wild car something i can appriate even if i would never build in that style myself

[Pulle]

Tanks RPW, Fordnutz and all you other guys for thr pics and info about The Solar Scene http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif