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I am 81 and everything you said hits home and is why I have loved customs since I was 15 and walked into the Fort Wayne Coliseum and stood in awe...
Actually, that is a 1958 Studebaker Hawk. Packard had merged with Studebaker before going belly up and Studebaker was using up inventory by adding...
FYI In 1962 I bought a retired 60 Chevy Bel Air Super Stocker. While swapping the rear end to a 4.56 I discovered it had two upper control arms...
I watched the Mecum auction in a live stream on May 19. Golden Sahara II went for $350,000 and the Kookie T went for $440,000.
Mutthappy, I came across your 2014 post while searching for info about the car show in 1957 at Fort Wayne Coliseum. I was 15 at the time and just...
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In all my 74 years I have never seen a 56 Olds grille added to a 50s Chevy. My compliments! It is definitely one of a kind.
Guys, I am looking for a reputable shop to do some suspension work on my 54 Chevy in the area I live around western Arkansas, Oklahoma or lower...
I have been a custom car fanatic since 1956 when I started collecting car magazines as a teenager. Do you know when the car was built? In the...
Near me is a local junk yard that crushes old vehicles. He got the idea to open a salvage lot for people to strip them of usable parts before...
<----Big Grin. I love a black car!
Perfect - thanks
Great looking car! Can you do us a favor and take a couple of photos and give a description of the C10 trailing arm rear suspension? I know of...
Great looking car!. Tell us all about the rear window and who did it. I am up against the exact same problem. Looks like Plexiglas or Lexan.
55 Desoto grille
Yes, I have Packards for mine too. I blew up the photo of Ron Hepding's 53 and noted that he added a hood over the top of the lenses that appears...
Duane Steck named his white 54 Moonglow and I fell in love with it. Since mine is black and I used to live in North Carolina where illegal liquor...
Moonglow is the reason I got interested in customs 57 years ago at the age of 16. As stated above, it is the quintessential chop for a 53-54...
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Since I am an old-timer who was an avid car enthusiast at the time, I know a little background about the 58 models a lot have forgotten or simply...
Hey Guys, I am looking at putting a Ford 9 inch in 54 Chevy. Can anyone who has put one in theirs tell me the dimensions to look for using...
The bullets on 50s Cadillac's bumpers were called "Dagmars" after a well endowed actress with the same but huge pointy knockers.
If my memory serves me correctly the first Muncie was rated at 400 ft/lbs of torque. This was 1964.
Keep us posted. I have been a fan of 54 hardtops since I was 15 years old. I am in the process of gathering parts using the Gambino notch and a...
Point taken Gmanoo6. I just never saw that many Bel Air and Biscayne 409s. Thanks for the input.
GM emblems did not have threaded studs so yours are probably repops and look like the 64 65 emblems.
Introduced in late 1961, the 409 option had no emblems on that car. The 62-63 409s had fender mounted castings but each was different. The 62 409...
Hi Pat, Thanks for the reply. Which engine was originally in your 65?
Hi Guys, I need to pick your brains about a Chevy 12 bolt. When Powerblock TV built a '69 COPO Camaro replica, they narrowed a 12 bolt out of a...
Larry Spears fastback instantly came to mind when I read the question. A lot of customs contain mods that don't quite look right. All the changes...
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