Car pics too cool not to share
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It's not the 4X4 aspect of it that I'm surprised by (personally, I'm not a fan of that), it's the widened body that gets me. I've never seen that done on a vintage car before that wasn't an ambulance. Seen a number of modern(ish) vans that were widened for ambulance service, too, but man, a '57 Chev? Too wild!!!
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As Edsel was never produced with the retractable hardtop, this one was a custom-built car that used a '57-'59 Ford retractable as a donor. Damn, that's cool!
It's not the 4X4 aspect of it that I'm surprised by (personally, I'm not a fan of that), it's the widened body that gets me. I've never seen that done on a vintage car before that wasn't an ambulance. Seen a number of modern(ish) vans that were widened for ambulance service, too, but man, a '57 Chev? Too wild!!!
Yes he said that 2 wagons were used and it was widened by 5" I think. The interior is more Jimmy than 57 Chevy too.
As Edsel was never produced with the retractable hardtop, this one was a custom-built car that used a '57-'59 Ford retractable as a donor. Damn, that's cool!
They said just what you said. I knew some of you would recognize what was done here.
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So you were a blackmarket NACA duct dealer then?
No, but I would be now if I still had that source.
$2 to $20 sounds like a damn good business to me, cash only of course.I expected modern safety equipment, which I agree with. Actually, them running any race without more modern specs is surprising. I'm more familiar with drag racing, and the nostalgic stuff has to meet a more recent spec if they want to compete.
We stopped by a local truck show this weekend.
I'd take a ride in some of those, but man, some are just too much, or maybe too little, for racing. Scary looking for sure, and those guys just zip around.
From the truck event, I think both of these trucks belonged to friends back in high school 20 years ago.
If this is my buddy's old truck, it has a Tune-Port swap and the only thing that has changed is the wheel/tire.
If this is my other friend's truck, nothing has changed but the owner. Maybe the wheels are newer, but that's it.
If this is my buddy's old truck, it has a Tune-Port swap and the only thing that has changed is the wheel/tire.
If this is my other friend's truck, nothing has changed but the owner. Maybe the wheels are newer, but that's it.
Like so many motor homes. Its fun to ID the cars that lights came from while you're cruising down I-5 for hours. My wife is also amused at how easily entertained I can be at times.