I was thinking about back in the day, all the common parts that people have swapped onto a custom car of another make or model. Here's my short list, please add to it. Yea I know about the SBC. 59 Cadillac tail lights 56 Packard tail lights Olds Fiesta caps 50 Pontiac tail lights 53/54 Buick headlights 53/54 Ford head light rims 56 Pontiac bumpers 39 Ford tail lights 40 Ford dashes Cadillac Sombrero hubcaps 54 Buick grills Desoto bumpers 53 Buick side trim 32 Ford grill shell 39 Ford transmission Lincoln Zepher gears Mercury crankshafts You get the picture.
Long forgotten but Essex frame rails and Franklin steering boxes were popular for prewar race cars and hot rods.
maybe if you set a time frame.....different things were popular at different times like the above frame swap
'53 Chevy grill teeth in anything, same with early 'Vette teeth. '32 rails under an ''A'' '59 Chevy steering wheel '57 Buick grill in a '57 Chevy
'52 thru '55 DeSoto grilles '55 Pontiac side trim '52 (ish) Buick sweep spear Mid '50s Old tail lights Ray
......................Had a '54 DeSoto grille in my first car, '53 Ford Mainline. They look good in almost anything..............even '54 DeSotos.
Hello, Please don't forget the 58 Chevy Impala Owners that made the simple add on of a third stock red lens to replace the center white, backup light on each side. 6 red lights looked a lot better than 2 reds and one white in the middle. We added a small white trailer light below the license to remain legal for a white backup light. Jnaki Of course, there were many variations of the 6 red taillights, but the most common was the addition of another stock red lens.
The 59 Cad tail lights are at the top of your list. They weren`t used as near as much as they are today. It was in the 80`s when they started repoping them. Then everybody used them. Things that are repoped today are over used because it is to handy to buy new instead of looking for something original. Like 51 Pontiac taillights. Among many other things.
The era does make a difference,with young men returning from the service the a popular swap was buying a 32 4 door or 2 door sedan and removing the body and replacing with a 28/29 roadster body. HRP
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