I've had this car so long the styles have changed so much.
I originally was going to do the billet look as Lil John Buttera did back in the late 70s.
Then they started showing up everywhere.
Scratch that...(and I'm glad too)
Then I was going to go old school, put it back like it was in the 50s.
Then those started showing up everywhere.
Heck, I'll just throw it together, leave it ragged.
You guessed it, the rat rod craze started.
So, I'm planning a combination of all of them.
Something from the 30s: the body and a 39 Banjo wheel.
The 40s: Since I believe this car was probably chopped and channeled in the late 40s there's that.
The 50s: Black and White pleated interior (see photo below) and vintage S/W gages. Steel "big and littles" painted with wide whites. (I know, those were from the 40s as well, but hey...)
The 60s: 65 Mustang bucket seats. 67 Mustang GT 9 inch rear.
The 70s: 72 351 Cleveland engine (too many SBCs in 32s out there. and flatheads are too expensive now. I gotta be me.)
The 80s, 90s and naughtys...hmmmm maybe some suspension ideas, oh, a 5 speed tranny and hopefully, my own build process.
It'll be called "Time Traveler". Picking up bits and pieces through time.
Here's another shot at a show with the owner then (now deceased) and a pretty show girl with a trophy on the top of the car.
I colorized this myself. And yes that was the color at that time.
I used some color patches I found on the backside of the old grill to match best I could. The rest of the colors I just picked.
OK I can go on and on about cars, so I'll just stop.
