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Thorkle Rod · 01-27-2009, 03:17 PM

When I was a kid, way back when the earths crust was cooling, some guys used to shorten cars. Here is picture of a 57 Chevy. I am not real hot on some of these but some kinda attract my attention. Maybe I am a few beers short of six pack. Anybody have anything like this on the HAMB, show us the pics and details if you've done one or have one.

oilslinger53 · 01-27-2009, 03:26 PM

Thats nasty!!

pasadenahotrod · 01-27-2009, 03:43 PM

Funny thing, most of the shortened cars I've ever seen have been 57 Chevy 4doors and wagons, a few 55-56 Chevies, again 4doors and wagons, and the rest...VW buses!!

rustynewyorker · 01-27-2009, 03:43 PM

Looks like a six-pack someone took the middle cans out of and pushed back together.

29EHV8 · 01-27-2009, 03:53 PM

There was a few 5,6,7 Chevys around here when I was a kid too. I remember a yellow 57 Chevy, it ended up in the Seattle area.
Theres still a 55 Chevy around here, it has a killer sbc in it with a 4gear. It pops the wheels all the time!

-Shiny

belair · 01-27-2009, 03:53 PM

The cars are nasty. I remember seeing a wagon running around Abilene whan I was a kid.

VanHorton · 01-27-2009, 03:55 PM

There is a cool tri five Nomad that runs around down here that is shortened. I dotn have any pictures of it though... another Jersey dude might.

lostn51 · 01-27-2009, 04:01 PM

Some buddies and I did one out of a 55 chevy wagon when we were in high school because we were bored and the car was a parts car for a 55 post. It came out really nice and Jerry drove the thing and put it in shows all the time.

At one time it was popular to build these and the 56 Chevys had a corvette feel to them with the side trim on.

**57tony31** · 01-27-2009, 04:03 PM

Heres one lol.

RustyBolts · 01-27-2009, 04:06 PM

Most of them that I've seen were made by sectioning out the back doors of a four door to turn them into a super short 2 door. I've seen the VW buses shortened like that too. If a VW bus is super short, it does a wheelie every time you hit the gas.

They look pretty goofy, but goofball stuff like that is fun to see sometimes.

HotRod33 · 01-27-2009, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pasadenahotrod

Funny thing, most of the shortened cars I've ever seen have been 57 Chevy 4doors and wagons, a few 55-56 Chevies, again 4doors and wagons, and the rest...VW buses!!

you forgot the model a 4doors that look like shit when they are shortened .....

Merc · 01-27-2009, 04:08 PM

It's funny, I remember seeing them as a kid also and I know where one is today rotting that a guy won't sell (and NO, I was not interested in buying it). If you dig them thats cool, but I hated them then and now.

COOTER · 01-27-2009, 04:12 PM

**chaddilac** · 01-27-2009, 04:13 PM

I expect about 50 midget clowns to climb out at any second!!

29 de soto · 01-27-2009, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 57tony31

Heres one lol.

oh!!! I shouln't have enlarged this pic I just barf/belched a little of my lunch back up

Kustom7777 · 01-27-2009, 04:23 PM

hideous....im all for doing something like that if it improves the proportions of the car,,,but that just ruins it completely,,,,,,

Barz51 · 01-27-2009, 04:25 PM

I kinda like the VW van but where are you supposed to bed the hippie chicks?

49ratfink · 01-27-2009, 04:26 PM

I think it would be cool to build a short gasser style 57. make it look like a Dave Deal cartoon.

thebrassnuckles · 01-27-2009, 04:36 PM

that bus is fucking bad ass

ct · 01-27-2009, 04:37 PM

clowns, shriners, chihuahuas... lot's of them.

01-27-2009, 03:17 PM	#1
Thorkle Rod Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, Texass Posts: 823	Shortened Cars When I was a kid, way back when the earths crust was cooling, some guys used to shorten cars. Here is picture of a 57 Chevy. I am not real hot on some of these but some kinda attract my attention. Maybe I am a few beers short of six pack. Anybody have anything like this on the HAMB, show us the pics and details if you've done one or have one. Attached Images __________________ Just because you're over your Paranoia doesn't mean people aren't after you Last edited by Thorkle Rod; 01-27-2009 at 03:30 PM.

01-27-2009, 03:26 PM	#2
oilslinger53 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: covina CA Posts: 2,384	Re: Shortened Cars Thats nasty!! __________________ I think I breathed too much rust...

01-27-2009, 03:43 PM	#3
pasadenahotrod Old School HAMBer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 7,563	Re: Shortened Cars Funny thing, most of the shortened cars I've ever seen have been 57 Chevy 4doors and wagons, a few 55-56 Chevies, again 4doors and wagons, and the rest...VW buses!!

01-27-2009, 03:43 PM	#4
rustynewyorker Old School HAMBer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Upstate New York, watching my New Yorker Rust Posts: 9,665	Re: Shortened Cars Looks like a six-pack someone took the middle cans out of and pushed back together. __________________ "That was a time when America was great.. when the chrome was thick and the women were straight" - Michael Savage I have old cars for sale. PM me or check the classified.

01-27-2009, 03:53 PM	#5
29EHV8 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: San Cobble Dragways,B.C, Canada Posts: 1,899	Re: Shortened Cars There was a few 5,6,7 Chevys around here when I was a kid too. I remember a yellow 57 Chevy, it ended up in the Seattle area. Theres still a 55 Chevy around here, it has a killer sbc in it with a 4gear. It pops the wheels all the time! -Shiny __________________ "daddy smells like grinder" -- 'lil Ember (my 4yo daughter) http://www.waybackgarage.com

01-27-2009, 03:53 PM	#6
belair Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Close to Burnet, TEXAS Posts: 2,327	Re: Shortened Cars The cars are nasty. I remember seeing a wagon running around Abilene whan I was a kid. __________________ Every knee will bow Need a complete 46-48 Fleetline front end H.A.M.B. Chapel

01-27-2009, 03:55 PM	#7
VanHorton Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Erial New Jersey Posts: 469	Re: Shortened Cars There is a cool tri five Nomad that runs around down here that is shortened. I dotn have any pictures of it though... another Jersey dude might.

01-27-2009, 04:01 PM	#8
lostn51 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 1,596	Re: Shortened Cars Some buddies and I did one out of a 55 chevy wagon when we were in high school because we were bored and the car was a parts car for a 55 post. It came out really nice and Jerry drove the thing and put it in shows all the time. At one time it was popular to build these and the 56 Chevys had a corvette feel to them with the side trim on. __________________

01-27-2009, 04:03 PM	#9
57tony31 Alliance Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mo. in the Woods Posts: 262	Re: Shortened Cars Heres one lol. Attached Thumbnails

01-27-2009, 04:06 PM	#10
RustyBolts Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: East Bay Area, California Posts: 2,201	Re: Shortened Cars Most of them that I've seen were made by sectioning out the back doors of a four door to turn them into a super short 2 door. I've seen the VW buses shortened like that too. If a VW bus is super short, it does a wheelie every time you hit the gas. They look pretty goofy, but goofball stuff like that is fun to see sometimes.

01-27-2009, 04:08 PM	#12
Merc Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Flower Mound, Texas Posts: 1,536	Re: Shortened Cars It's funny, I remember seeing them as a kid also and I know where one is today rotting that a guy won't sell (and NO, I was not interested in buying it). If you dig them thats cool, but I hated them then and now. __________________ http://kingvoodoo.blogspot.com/

01-27-2009, 04:12 PM	#13
COOTER Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ontario, California Posts: 1,370	Re: Shortened Cars __________________ ----the Raging Fucktards----

01-27-2009, 04:13 PM	#14
chaddilac Alliance Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Muskogee,OK Posts: 6,314	Re: Shortened Cars I expect about 50 midget clowns to climb out at any second!! __________________ Pinstriped 3G & 3GS iPhone Covers!!! http://www.chaddilac.com/pinstripes

01-27-2009, 04:23 PM	#16
Kustom7777 Old School HAMBer Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: austin, tejas! Posts: 4,536	Re: Shortened Cars hideous....im all for doing something like that if it improves the proportions of the car,,,but that just ruins it completely,,,,,, __________________ *"you may all go to hell, and i will go to texas" davy crockett*

01-27-2009, 04:25 PM	#17
Barz51 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 580	Re: Shortened Cars I kinda like the VW van but where are you supposed to bed the hippie chicks? __________________ I'm gonna be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.

01-27-2009, 04:26 PM	#18
49ratfink Old School HAMBer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: S.F. bay area, California Posts: 6,762	Re: Shortened Cars I think it would be cool to build a short gasser style 57. make it look like a Dave Deal cartoon.

01-27-2009, 04:36 PM	#19
thebrassnuckles Grenade Inspector Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: bakersfield, ca Posts: 217	Re: Shortened Cars that bus is fucking bad ass __________________ What the Fuck is the internet?

01-27-2009, 04:37 PM	#20
ct Grenade Inspector Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: minnesota Posts: 128	Re: Shortened Cars clowns, shriners, chihuahuas... lot's of them.

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