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Andre DiDia was a famous designer and stylist back then. I think he did the sketches used to build the "Darrin" car.
That's the original Sting Ray. GM stylist Bill Mitchell bought the chassis from the "mule" Corvette SS and had his crew (including hot rodder and...
orvette almost died after '54, but Ford came to the rescue by bringing out the '55 Thunderbird, which sold like 15,000 cars to about 700 for the...
Makes that late-model Jag parked up the street look too tall!
Forget the crowded little '40 "coupes," Tudors are BITCHIN'!
Yes, my mom had a '64 Catalina, when you wanted to back up, you looked over your shoulder and THEN pulled the lever all the way to the right...
Sorry, my new 'phone does NOT have a camera! But my request is simple, I have a set of four 15 x 8 1/2 inch "daisy" aluminum wheels that look...
I agree, my first reaction was "bucktoothed"!
I've modified every body panel on my '64 Sting Ray convertible except the doors. Really want to sell the hardtop and windshield for $$$ and do a...
It's really pretty, but at first glance it looks like a mild custom '58 Mopar to me.
Was the Ala Kart there? I'd love to have that one in the garage just to look at!
I think a car magazine writer (Pat Ganahl?) found the deteriorated Hirohata Merc in So Cal maybe 20 or 30 years ago, bought it for a few hundred...
Bubbletop 'Vette? AIR one was built by Ron Aguirre. He was selling Pontiacs in Santa Ana for Bill Barry in the mid-'70s.
I've seen pictures of stockers built in Australia, maybe they exported to NZ? There are also a handful in the USA.
NICE stance. With those headlights Grandpa's car and the red one both look like '40 Standards instead of '39 Deluxes.
Mel Gibson shoulda driven a bubble top Holden with the blower sticking through the hood...woulda been MUCH kooler!
Wide whites and spinner caps, takes me back to the turn of the decade from '50s to '60s. I was eleven.
In the rusty color shot the body mods and radiused wheel wells look like the best Packard Caribbean ever built! I vote for white, hope it gets...
Don't forget to put 'em in a white tuck'n'roll panel between the back seat and the rear window! Anyone else remember how those white lines would...
Never thought I'd say this about a '61 but that is torally KOOOL!
Call me crazy, but I'm fantasizing a WIDE B-pillar, kind of like a Nomad. Make the rear side windows smaller than the door windows by also...
That's a Clipper, isn't it? A really graceful "transition" design leading from the Thirties into the Forties! Problem was, the poor cars came...
Sorry, no picture, but maybe someone can post a '63 Avanti hubcap. WAY cooler thtn the pretender '65 Mustang and better looking than most mag...
Uh-huh, you just NEVER see '39 tear drops on A's or Deuces! I only like '40 Standard grilles because they look like the GORGEOUS '39 Deluxes. I...
I can hear the scowling African American gentleman at the bottom of post # 20 saying, "It's pretty but a BITCH to wash and dry!"
Bring the finished car and Gene W to the nursing home, then give Leland and his lady a ride. I didn't mind the painted bumper (duck!).
Excuse me. As I was saying, I also dig the iconic teardrop '39 taillights plus the last floor-shift in a Ford for many years. And my '39 woody...
By the summer of '62, when the movie was happening, most flatheads were not racing. Used SBCs were common and cheap enough for anybody to get...
Thought not among my personal favorites, I think 1/8 scale '69 Camaro and Hemi Charger Daytona kits would be the safest bets to sell quite well....
Another famous orange '57 admirer here, I've always thought two-door "posts" look cooler than hardtops. More like race cars! When he was 14,...
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