Vintage shots from days gone by!

Here is a supposed 1926 Chrysler town car hot rod....not traditional and I apologize for that....

 

Well LGS126VEMS112 says the car is in a museum ......and as for the girl...my guess is she is probably dead...... I could be wrong..

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Seems to be a 80ties or younger project.
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I asked in the Photoshopthread
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...otoshop-threads.300531/page-682#post-12168864
if they are able to "produce" one.

 

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Kidney is everywhere

 

Yes. 1923 Voisin Model C5 Sporting Victoria.

 

Here is the 1923 Voisin C6 Laboratoire.

 

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@CADILLAC AL & @Rootie Kazoootie :

http://www.racingsportscars.com/type/Chaparral/2A.html

http://www.racingsportscars.com/type/Chaparral/2C.html

Good page and a nice basis for research.

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Look closely and you'll see the beginning of the '67 Pontiac rear end treatment - and the door handles for the '69 Grand Prix. Can't imagine how they expected to hinge those suicide rear doors!
It's fun to look at all these GM mockups and pick out the design features that were used in later years - sometimes on different makes from where they were intended.

 

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Seems to be a big pool of ideas - and only jesus - and a few board members - knows wich one at the end was used where, when and why in production.
But undoubtably you can see the developement of design as a longer and complex process.
Not like hot rodding ...

 

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XP-715
April 1960
fiberglass model
important stage in the developing '63 Buick Riviera

 

XP 765
GP for the ‘65 Pontiac lineup.
This completed interior-exterior fiberglass model was shown to management in April 1963.

 

Chrisbcritter - You are right. Here's a familiar one, with another in the background that I'm sure someone here knows some details about.

 

I might be mistaken, but I think the vehicle in the background is the F-88 concept.


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My first introduction to car racing was at Freeport Stadium. Dad took us here many times. Usually stock cars but many times with midgets.

 

55 concept.

 

Wildcat III
Was part of GM's 1955 Motorama show.

 

Sad news.

 

At SanFord Maine



Tom McEwen, in the Yeakel Plymouth Special AAFD, after clocking a world record run of 7.52 at 211.7652 mph, at 1964 Hot Rod Magazine Championship Drag Races. Courtesy of Mel Bashore



Smirnoff at Orange County



Spartan Charger at Irwindale



Will Bill Alexander at Fontana

 

Cado Mills Texas



Cado Mills Aug 1960



Maybe Cado Mills



Lions Pits sign

 

Well Stan, it's another fine mess you've gotten me into


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Baywatch 1930 ...

 

Steffen, I think I like that better than the finished product. My dad bought a '66 2+2 brand new and it was always one of my favorites. I wish I could find a good survivor now.

 

Sorry for being off topic on this picture, not being vintage, but I figured it might help in putting this town car thing to rest.....nothing wrong with town cars but........so here is a hot rod ...street ma....street ro ...awwwwhhh....modernized, personalized updated town car.....just saying...

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I guessed Corvair before I read thread.

Pat

 

Me too. Me too. But Bedwards, I think we are too late to change the decision of the GM-board ...

 

Yes, I thought this also. The rear quarter reminds me of the Camaro. Always interesting to see these concepts.