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The Rondine is a beautiful car and I was fortunate to see it in person at several car shows. You might be interested in this aluminum bodied '59...
The owner of the car gave the ok to get started. The first order of business was to separate the body from the chassis. Since the nose is molded...
If you are into vintage bikes, especially Triumph motorcycles, there's Sixth Street Specials at 703 E.6th Street. Its on the lower east side of...
I'm glad to know that it's not all gloom and doom. Here, people are always complaining about how expensive it is to build a car (especially the...
Respectfully, I will disagree with your assessment that customs are as popular as ever. I am not trying to get into a fight with you, nor am I...
I've been helping Chopolds with his '47 Chevy over the years, and I got to doing a 3D model to help visualize the design. I tried rendering the...
I spent the better part of last weekend polishing stainless trim on a '61 Olds 88. I didn't find any coating on the stainless. I started off...
One more, courtesy of Sports Car Digest. [ATTACH]
[IMG] Beautiful red and white '28 ABS. Is there any info about this car? These were V-12 with overhead valves, not exactly TROG criteria. Did...
Great pics. I had never heard of Ballarat until I saw "Dr. Blake Mysteries" on PBS the other night. I like the white and red sedan the doctor...
Credit to BossMustang for this photo. It's the Madame X Cadillac built by Foose for Wes Rydel. He started with a 4-door sedan and turned it into...
What bothered me the most was the idiot announcers, who refer to every Camaro or Chevelle with larger wheels as a "custom" didn't recognize the...
Wasn't the OP building a clone of the Ed Sloan coupe? Any updates, OP?
gimp.org It is the freeware version of PhotoShop, and it has all the functionality. It does way more than MS Paint for the same cost. Lots of...
Here's some additional photos (because I needed the hood on the car) with some details. The trim for the rear scoops are original from Barris'...
I love the look of Eastwood's Silver Cad spray paint, but it clogs up the can almost as soon as you start using it. I've put the can in the paint...
Here's some inspiration for your dash.... From the "LaGalaxie" Ford concept car.
Since this thread is still active, here's one of my favorite cars from that era, the Dubonnet Coupe. Commissioned by Andre DuBonnet (DuBonnet...
Those great Labatt's trucks were designed by Count Alexis de Sahknovsky. He had a particular style and was an early adapter of aerodynamic...
Nice thread topic. "Artistes Decoratifs" evolved into Art Moderne by 1935. Come 1938 it would further evolve into "Streamline" which would be...
According to the Carlisle Events web page, Brian Fuller is wandering around this weekend, filming a pilot for a new show on Velocity. A star...
We used www.coatofchrome.com in PA to finish 30 interior trim parts on a '61 Olds. We thought all the pieces came out looking like real chrome....
Is this trans smaller than a GM 700R4 ? I would hope I can get O.D. in my '40 Ford with SBC without gutting the center section/X member. The...
Yes it is an overdrive transmission. I have one in my regular car. Ford makes lots of variations on these transmissions, from truck use to...
Thanks for the explanation.
Great video, thanks for sharing. It looks like you used the original front wings as a buck for making the new ones. Doesn't this make the new...
We are building a mild custom '61 Olds 88 for a customer. We used modern Impala (92-96) lowering springs. They were recommended on the Classic...
I work in real estate. I am constantly trying to figure the values of properties, all income producing, and each is one is unique. On the other...
I like being in the shop working on the cars more than driving. There are two reasons for this: we keep really, really good beer in the shop,...
Here's a sighting of him post-Lead East, at the Palos Verdes Concours with one of his Deco Ride "Bugnotti"s.
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