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Nice show at a great venue! I’m glad there are so many air conditioned buildings to duck into for a quick cool down!
Back in 1984 I paid the princely sum of $3600 for this 210 Sport Coupe. I was nineteen. [ATTACH] The first time I went to the gas station I...
I live about 6 miles from the Gilmore and go multiple times a year. There is one weekend in the spring when the hoods are up on the cars and you...
Split the stock bumper. Get the ends off a second 57 ford bumper and weld em on where you cut the skinny part out. Make a center pan from another...
Next time you are in the peninsula you might venture west about 2 hours and visit the Gilmore!
Absolutely Mickey Thompson! The story of Steve McQueen, Vic Hickey, and the Baja Boot would make a great show as well. [IMG]
I saw this car on Craiglist in the last 12 months. Somewhere in Indiana I think.
That is the 57 from this post: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-kustom-ranchero-thread.1067341/page-3#post-12575691 That picture...
Rescued this frame from a barn. No headbadge but I think it came out of Cleveland Welding. The seat stays were just wide enough for a 3” tire and...
This build was started in 1984 and finished by ‘88 or so? The builder was an immensely talented man from Las Vegas who passed away last summer. I...
Thanks stanlow69! That is the one....
Thanks for the posts stanlow69 and Moriarity! Glad to hear the car is alive and well with the original builder. Maybe I’ll get to see it in person...
This has been a wonderful thread and thanks to all the folks posting their snapshots and scans. I had a lot of these mags back in the day and went...
I still remember one morning way back seeing that yellow chevy in Hot Rod. I was eating wheat chex. Sorry for the off topic, but does anyone have...
Black steel wheels + chrome trim rings + chrome lug nuts.
Howdy Folks! I'm cleaning off the shelves in anticipation of relocation. These are things I've acquired over the years that might make a fine...
Looks like a ton of fun but, having just made two 3-day trips I'd advise avoiding Indiana's crumbling interstates at all cost, especially in a...
Sorry to bump this thread up but I saw it when I was out of town and couldn't reply. If you have small kids Lego Technic is the cleanest way to...
Built by Skip Newton in Las Vegas NV, Circa 1981 [IMG] 185's on 14x7 reverse spokes, 4" strokes on the front, pump in the back where the spare...
From 1971: Owned by my Phil and his Wes Driven by Romie Alderman Track: Craig Road Speedway, Las Vegas, NV [IMG] Track is gone (under houses)...
Having just gutted one of these cars to make a full-fledged track car I can safely tell you that it would be REAL difficult if not impossible to...
I got to spend a few sunny minutes on Saturday with BobK and Skip327 - really nice to meet you guys! Here's a few pics.. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
Went to traffic school one day and found one of my lovely co-workers (a 4th grade teacher) sitting in the back. Turns out she had been given a...
I've had a 56 VW I painted (AKA the Pink Panzer) get on the cover of VW Trends with a 4-page spread inside. -red
Nice to see this old friend on the HAMB - built by Rick Newton of Las Vegas.
I've put one in a 59 El Camino once. I used to have a 63 also but I can't remember how close the frames resembled each other. At any rate, it was...
I too apologize for hi-jacking this thread but does anyone have any other photos of these two cars? I think they belong to a couple of old freinds...
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