Projects What's Black, Heavy, and Milder Than Mild?

I believe he has a ‘56 Townsman, which I believe is what he is referring to.

 

@Stogy @HerMink
Yes. 56 townsman more door wagon

Sent the wife hubcap pics from this thread.
She can’t decide on which ones. Poverty or full cap

 

Haha, yea I’ve sent my wife out to the garage multiple times to ask which ones she likes better - at this point she doesn’t care lol.

 

@anthony myrick Thanks for posting that picture. I thought you had forgotten about it.

 

So did my wife.
I’m way behind.
However, it might become my daily and her weekend

 

Same here. She just wants to see it move. I also like a chrome OE style wheel.
Skinny whitewalls for that early 60s vibe

 

You do know the answer to that dilema eh!!...

 

That Wagon looks like it's ready to jump off the floor...I suppose the Adjustable profile setup must be tempting...

There is something to be said for the any profile you desire at your fingertips...it sure makes things near instantly change in dramatic ways...

 

Rear only I think.
Traditional Air Lift over leafs

 

Man.....now I have to spend money on some bags! Thanks.......

 

I got my fender skirts stripped today, hope to have them primed in the next day or so. Also, going to have a buddy align the car this weekend. Slowly checking all the marks on my To-Do list. Only things I’ll have left to do that really need to be done are welding front shocks on and ordering new tires (these ones look great but are super dry cracked.)

Also…… new pics…..

 

I hope you meant welding on mounts for the shocks.....

 

Well, yes. LOL.

 

Got it all aligned today, actually wasn’t as far out as I thought it would be. Hopefully tackle front shocks next weekend and now I’m kinda thinking about stripping the stainless off and refinishing it.

 

Some black paint on the fender skirts….

I’ve never been 100% for or against skirts. I never set out to go buy a pair but this pair found me a few weeks ago. They were pretty good condition, appeared to originally be from the era, which I took as being better quality than most stuff made today. So, for $100 I rolled the dice and I’m actually pretty fond on them thus far.

 

I feel like dog dish caps and skirts are a contradiction. Dog dish implies all-business base model, skirts imply fully accessorized and probably should have full wheel covers with them.

If you were planning to swap hubcap styles I think the skirts only come out with the wheel covers. The difference between skirts and full caps and no skirts/dishes would be all that much more dramatic.

 

I'm like you, not a big fan of skirts but those look good on your car. Really brings home the custom look with the black paint.

 

I think a full cap would complement the skirts better, but they scratch up your wheels so there's no going back. I think it looks fine as is though.

 

Knowing you change caps like most of us change socks, it can work with either cap in my mind. Looks good and I have debated the same on skirts for my car. So far, I have remained skirtless.

 

Do me a favor and put a little more air in the front bags with the skirts on to give it more of a taildragger stance, take a pic and post...

 

Yea, I thought the exact same thing about it being a contradiction. But, with my idle hands, I'm sure some weeks it will have full face hubcaps and skirts, some weeks no skirts, some weeks maybe no hubcaps at all lol.

But, I do like them more than I thought that I would, that's for sure.

 

Slow news is good news, I guess. We just bought another house and have been in the process is buying/selling our old home for the last six weeks or better. Haven’t done anything with the ‘55 but did take it out last evening for a cruise - wife needed some cold medicine.

 

Looks like you took the scenic route to get the cold medicine. Car still looks great!

 

that is a good looking machine.

 

Great photos, beautiful car.

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum.../4843347-e4cd660c8cec0dd694807e5e680d039b.jpg
Neat bridge....Is that in Indiana?

 

You have a great eye for photo ops!

Devin

 

Awesome car. It's beautiful.

 

Yup, Washington Township Park in Avon, IN

 

This Ford guy is still here & LOVING it !!! 55, my fav Tri Five Chevy.