nice save! i'm currently helping with a 50' lincoln custom from black diamond wa. that was in nov. 62 hot rod and dispayed at the 62' worlds fair in seattle wa.. i need to update the pictures in my webshots.
I saw that a few swap meets for sale, and always wondered why it hadn't sold. Cool 50's custom , any one have a shot or scanned image of the car in it's hay day ! But I'm sure it will look just like it did again fifty years later. congrats !
Was it in the Black diamond yard back in the woods thats run by the old man next to the old insurance lot?
I like it.. about the only thing I'd change is put some wider tires on the back so they fill the wheel arches a little better and see if I liked how that looked. And now the guy has room enough he doesn't have to keep his Studebakers all in a pile...
Wow great deal, i would have shit myself If I had found that when i first started looking for a 50s chevy.
the lincoln i mentioned has been in the possesion of a friend for the last 30 years. its getting some metal work done by joel johnson of grand mound wa. i will get some updated pic's soon.
Jesus, I wish I could have found this one. This is my favorite fifties custom hands down. I've wondered all my life what the body mods were because my old little mag its in was printed to dark to see anything!Now I'm going to go back and read the thread. Restore this one back just like it was, PLEASE!
Well , with these pics I can finally see what the front end was like and why the black hid some of the modifications. This car had a lot of little handmade parts on it. I think Joe Balion liked to hand make parts. You need to get hold of Balion to get the details of those bumper and grille parts, unless they were all still with car. This car went for 2900 dollars! I probably wouldn't have the money to get it anyway, but that was a deal! This car was completely different from the barris style of the day.The day I found it in a little mag really blowed my mind. I'll help you find some of those wire hub caps if you put them back on.
gup Do you know the guy from your town that built a salt flats streamliner I cant remember his name...unbeliveable metal shaper.. Pat
looks like jerry templeman's stash. i've known about that stuff for years. mostly junk though, with a couple of exceptions. i looked at a 40's lincoln there about 15 years ago. kind of an old custom with wierd interior, no motor, kinda moist.
Wow thanks for sharing the link, car went for a great price that gives the new owner a lot of room to do the car up.
I was at Jim Humes today! His work is alright, if you're into having your brain melt when you see it. As far as your car Gup. I wouldn't have wasted my time on that chevy. You should've bought that bug chassis with the fiberglass MG body on it. Maybe you can paint your chevy pink and call it the pink panther.
Gup Im glad you got this car.. I met the old guy you bought it from a few weeks ago when I looked at a mild custom '53 chevy he is selling (with the most hideous taillights ever) and he showed me pics of the panther really trying HARD to sell me on it... What are your plans for it? I wanna see it!
I was looking at a Custom Cars annual from 1957, James Potter and George Barris, Trend Books 133, she is on page 54. It's a one page feature in the annual. Has the original owners name , and city listed( ok 1957) Some nice pics( front and rear) Interior shot, small details( taillight pic) Who would thought that was 1949 Chevy at one point, cool car ! Glad you have it Gup !
What a great find but it's a Chevrolet. I'll let that go for now. You've done well my friend. Great score. How did I miss that? Oh, I don't look for Gm stuff on craigslist. Now I'll expand my search, cat's out of the bag............ Thinking outside the box is GOOD!
My plans right now are just focusing on getting the body sandblasted and start repairing the floor, its in real sad shape. As far as the styling of the car goes, I am not changing anything from the original photos except maybe the wheels.
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