One person's vision

[Frank Elder]

Thoughts?

[Plymouthy Adams]

its a start to a custom...roll pan is looking decent..still like bumpers myself...lose the all in one color..if you have to paint the chrome due to condition and cost of rechrome..at least make it contrasting..these items really highlight a car..the all in one color makes it look like some growth stuck on the body...that grille and ornaments up front..uck..just looks like a scab...

[dezeldoc]

To many styles going on, no refinement. some things look good others are interior is all wrong!

[tinlizzy]

The roll pan looks well thought out but I too prefer bumpers. Also with bumpers it at least protects the sheet metal. Interior is definitly different, not sure I would go that way but it's not my car. I agree that bumpers should be contrasting it adds charactor to the vehicle and makes the oldies why we like them.

The bottom line is if you like what you have who am I to suggest a different way of doing things. On the other hand I would have tried to make the front end more of a variation than having everything the same.

The object is to drive it and have fun, right?

[greg g]

Another D 24 on the road can't be a bad thing.

[pflaming]

What I like about old cars is the individualism. For my truck I like original patina, others prefer new paint and that makes it interesting, However I would find a chrome grill and see what it looks like. Great looking car, will show up nicely in that Nebraska snow.

[Don Coatney]

Great looking car, will show up nicely in that Nebraska snow.

I dont think that car belongs to Frankie47.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Frankie would have had to do a lot of work and color change to get his to look like that...

Frankie's car:

http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=10824

[Frank Elder]

I found it in a swap mag online, then on the bay this morning, item 1902742517. More pictures for perusal.

Drivetrain must have been a hoot to put in,

472 Caddy with 400 Turbo.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I was out at the local yard near the house...this guy has a lot of 40's/50's cars...he is in the process of placing the body of a 40 Ford Coupe on the chassis (if you can call it that) of a Lincoln Cont. coupe...trust me..not the way I would even consider doing it...plus..unless you have seen the engine compartment of a later model Lincoln..you cannot even begin to define intimidation..

[Frank Elder]

3/4 trim painted, one black bumper, beltline unmolested, all in all it is merely unfinished.It will fullfill someone else's dream, wish it was mine just so I could have a stocker and a ROD! Chop-lower-my 392-shave and on and on:D .....Hope whoever buys it joins us.

[knuckleharley]

Thoughts?

Looks like somebody got the Earl Scheib paint job talked about on another thread. (G)

[pflaming]

Just so show how slow I am, I thought this WAS Frankies' car!!! I couldn't believe he had fixed that Dodge up that fast! Now I get it! Someone else's vision, not Frankies'!

[Frank Elder]

My current ride is going to be dead stock, all the questions about alternatives and options are going to be for the second version, hopefully a 46-48 d-24 bizzy or a windsor CC. That is where my vintage 392 will reside:eek:!

[Captain Neon]

Is that a carpeted back seat? I don't get it. If it's a package shelf, I wouldn't have gone that way. Maybe painted it to match the door panels.

It looks like he had a few nice pieces of trim so he saved those, and then painted everything else that wasn't so nice. I guess I would have at least painted the trim pieces a contrasting colour whether that was black or cream. Probably cream to go with what he was doing in the interior. Tie it together. I like chrome bumpers too, esp. since he has chrome wire rims.

I like orange, but that car just hurts my eyes. Too many different ideas being expressed at the same time.

[RobertKB]

No like. Another example of someone making a mess of what could have been a nice car. Maybe it was a basket case to start with but I kind of doubt it. As most of you know, I likes 'em stock.

On another note, read an article today about a woman in Calgary, just north of where I live, who was given her dad's pride and joy - a stock 1930 Model A rumble seat coupe with 28,000 miles. When her dad died she and her husband took it to a rod shop and put it on a new chassis and put in the usual 350 Chevy. Only thing 1930 about it would be the body. Just a shame to see another good original be sacrificed. Said they wanted an old car they could drive. Not now an old car. It's just a new car with an old body on it. I have a friend with an identical car, even the same colour, and he has driven it with the original drivetrain over 30,000 miles. It is well maintained and he enjoys the slower pace. Even had it to our local Santa Claus parade in pretty cold weather.

Sorry for the rant but this happens too often.

[Rodney Bullock]

The story about the 1930 model A is very familar around here, most of my friends are rodder's. They just don't have time to mess with "that old stuff" I do in some cases however I understand where thry are coming from.

when hot rodding was young, they would build cars out of the junk yard. lots o options there, motors trans even bodies. I see how 50's customs came about. They saw some real nice packard tail lights and some trim off a buick. Hey let's use that rear from that olds. These caddy hub caps look good let's use them.

Now you all have alot of options. open a book and there are aftermarket companies everywhere. I have been thinking of building a 1947 chevy, I want to see what it's like to build a car that I don't have to go over gods green earth to find parts for, just go to a swap meet like Carlise and pick from 10 vendors the best price. Yes I want the best power plant and 12volt technology to run it.

The color or rather the paint would be special as well, Dupont with an effect. The interior would be cloth. All this although not stock would make it very ergonomic. I'm just dreaming:p just a bunch of thoughts swiming around in my mind.

[Normspeed]

I love all the old stuff, hot rods, restos, you name it. I do believe they were all made to be driven, and I hate to see someone reach the point where their car needs to be trailered to an event so the paint doesn't get a chip. Sad to hear about something like the Model A though. On the good side, all those A parts that got taken off to build a rod will hopefuly find their way into the used parts market and someone will be smiling. I fell in love with this Model A a couple years ago. I would have driven it without any changes at all.

[knuckleharley]

.... I fell in love with this Model A a couple years ago. I would have driven it without any changes at all.

Yeah,me,too. I will RUN right past a award-winning show car to look at a beater like that on a trailer. I like original cars most of all,then hot rods,and finally restored cars least of all. If I am going to have to totally rebuild one,I am going to build it to suit ME,not some magazine editor or some engineers and design team people that have been dead for 30 years.

The exceptions to this are rare cars like Cords,Auburns,etc. They deserve to be restored,and then they deserve to be driven.

I also don't believe in taking complete and original undrivable cars in good condition,and then changing everything on them to build a hot rod. There are too many stripped hulks out there that can be used for hot rods,so why not sell a complete,original,and restorable un-operable car to a restorer,and then use the money you get from the sale to buy a stripped out hulk and some of the parts you need to modify it to your tastes? That looks like it would be a win-win situation that makes both of you happy.

[Frank Elder]

WOW, you hit the nail right on the head! That is what I was thinking but wanted to hear other opinions first.

Nice post Knuckleharley you da man:cool:!