Even though it's about time for us northern HAMBers to start thinkin about puttin our ragtops away for the season, I'd like to see some of um. He's mine. Didn't get it ready in time to cruise this summer but it WILL be ready to roll the first sign of spring
Here is one just waiting for its time, it has a 292 Y block with a 4 speed toploader.....Littleman..52 Ford
FP Have you got the newest Old Skool Rodz(or however they spell it, I still like it)? It has a very nice shoebox vert featured in it(the green one on the first page of "primer nats, 2nd wave"). .
Very nice FuelPump. I stole the pics of your maroon one and the black 50 for my screensaver. Both of those 50's show what can be done with a 50's era car as far as making today's build fit the era. In other words, minor and tastefully done mods. Cars done this way were called Mild Customs and were considerably more prevalent than the full-on show cars with their (sometimes) chopped tops and extensive mods. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As for that Corvette with what looks to be RV4 or RV6 wings - takeoff is gonna be interesting with the ailerons operating in the same direction....
[ QUOTE ] Ron, It looks like you and I are the only ones interested [/ QUOTE ] Sorry Rich;I scoured my doc file and for some reason have very few custom pics in it.I did like seeing the old ClarKaiser 52 ragtop again.Looks a bit different when my buddy Spike had it.The chromed Pontiac grille looks MUCH better than the painted one.Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that was another Larry Ernst car.Supposedly bought new by him in 52 and custom work started shortly thereafter.Lot of work in that car that nobody sees.Wasn't he related to Bob Kaiser in some way? Ray
[ QUOTE ] I stole the pics of your maroon one and the black 50 for my screensaver. Both of those 50's show what can be done with a 50's era car as far as making today's build fit the era. In other words, minor and tastefully done mods. Cars done this way were called Mild Customs and were considerably more prevalent than the full-on show cars with their (sometimes) chopped tops and extensive mods. [/ QUOTE ] C9, That's exactly what I was trying to accomplish. Growing up these were the types of customs I remember seeing in high school paring lots and cruisin main street. Sure I would drool over the radical customs I would see in the magazines but they were out of reach to us kids. But a mild custom (or a crude version of one) was achieveable. That's why I still like um and did my shoeboxes that way.