Alright… Fine… 1959/60. I could go back in my archives and find a decent example of a ’59/60 Chevrolet custom that was built back in the day, but lets be honest – it wouldn’t be as good as the Gary Howard built 1960 owned by Mike Young. In my opinion, it’s the best “weird year” [...]
Customs
1959/60… The Bus Stops Here…
Posted on June 14th, 2013 by Ryan
Filed under: Customs
Filed under: Customs
How about a ’58?
Last week, Jay and I dueled over tri-five Chevrolet features. It would be a nice clean break to stop now and move on to another subject… And I’d do that if it wasn’t for the Watson painted and Jim Doss owned ’58. I mean, how can you talk about mild 50′s customs and not take [...]
’57 Chevy – “The Blue Angel”
You could have guessed this would be coming… I’m seeing Ryan’s ’56 Chevy post and once again raising him, to a ’57. It’s well known in traditional sled circles that the iconic 1957 Chevrolet doesn’t get much focus as mild, late 50s style custom. On the rare occasion we do see a ’57 in the [...]
Greg Sargenti’s ’56 Chevrolet
So I started the week off with an article on the Moonglow – a ’54 Chevrolet. Jay then bumped me on Tuesday with a feature on a relatively obscure but super sanitary ’55 Chevrolet. As such, the ball is now in my court and I’ve decided to volley with what is my favorite ’56 Chevrolet [...]
Lil Honey Bee: A Sweet ’55
Ryan’s post on Duane Steck’s Moonglow caused me to ponder about how many 1953 and 1954 Chevrolets seemed to receive ‘custom love’ over the more ‘popular’ ’55 model. Why is that? Was the first year Tri-Five Chevy considered to be more ‘GO’ (with it’s new 265 V-8) than ‘SHOW’? Whatever the reason may have been, [...]
Pick Your Moonglow
Historically, I see traditional customs in three fairly distinct boxes of build styles – the early full customs of the 1940′s (think Westergard), the subtle customs of the early to mid 1950′s (think late Sam Barris), and the outlandish customs that were built primarily from 1958 onward (think Barris Customs, Roth, etc…). Now, I’m not [...]
Short Story of the Shoebox Vicky…
I’ve loved watching the amazing progress of Mark’s (Royalshifter)“Victoria Secret”, the ’51 Ford Victoria transformed from rust to glory. Seems like this might be a good time to give a little backstory on Ford’s shoebox Vicky (not to be confused with the ’30/’31 Model A or ’32 model by the same name). The 1951 Custom [...]
It’s Just Stuff…
I love having my 3 year old son “work” out in the garage with me. Sometimes Henry J just sits in the driveway and plays with his die cast cars, but more often than not he’s much more active. This time he wanted to sit in my ’39 Mercury and “drive” for a while, so [...]
When your mods go wrong…
Chances are, if you’ve been playing with building hot rods and customizing old cars long enough, you’ve made a few small mistakes. Maybe a few large and ugly ones, too. Often in the pursuit of instant gratification or due to limited funds, I’ve made plenty of “two steps forward, four steps back” blunders on my [...]
