The Aztec

Normspeed · January 16, 2007

No, not the Pontiac, :eek:

Someone gave me this tee shirt a while back, has anyone ever seen this car? Looks sort of Mopar.

Dennis Hemingway · January 16, 2007

It is a 1955 Chevrolet - Barris Custom

Dennis:cool:

greg g · January 16, 2007

Man you're Johnny on the Spot. I was just gonna say that the windshield frame and vent windows looked GM.

RobertKB · January 16, 2007

Don't much like it. Much prefer a '55 Chev stock looking. This one is way too tricked out for me and the front end is trying to look like a '58 Ford. Never was a big Barris fan to begin with. Just call me Mr. Grumpy Pants 'cause I like 'em stock!

Normspeed · January 16, 2007

Seems like a sad end to a 55. I'm surprised I don't recall seeing it before, I was a big car magazine reader in the 50's and 60's.

Norm's Coupe · January 16, 2007

It is a 1955 Chevrolet - Barris Custom
Dennis:cool:

What a waste of a nice car. I like customs, but to do something like that with a 55 Chevy should be against the law.

Normspeed · January 16, 2007

Dennis' photo is great. I can see the Barris look, and I guess as a vintage almost historic custom I'm glad someone preserved it. Paint is beautiful. Having once owned a 55 Belair 2 door hardtop, I'd rather see it stock bodied.

I think I'll use the tee shirt for polishing cloths.

PatS.... · January 16, 2007

I think that car was brand new when it went under the knife. This type and worse was very popular in the 50' and 60's.

Some were well done, but most, like this one, were pretty gaudy.

Some of the chopped and channelled Mercs were beautiful. I liked the R&C Chevy pick-up as well.

Norm's Coupe · January 16, 2007

Dennis' photo is great. I can see the Barris look, and I guess as a vintage almost historic custom I'm glad someone preserved it. Paint is beautiful. Having once owned a 55 Belair 2 door hardtop, I'd rather see it stock bodied.
I think I'll use the tee shirt for polishing cloths.

That's what I do with all T Shirts that have pictures or writing on them.

BobT-47P15 · January 16, 2007

Now, Norm(speed), there may be some ebayer just searching for that vintage kustom kar T shirt from the 50s. Might be worth a couple bucks.

Those full custom cars from the era were pretty futuristic and far out. There were quite a few of those done by various shops then. I thought some were neat and some were kinda ooogly. To show how old I am, we used to read those small size custom magazines at the drug store after school in the 50s.

Of course, we just read them and put 'em back on the rack....didn't buy very many of them.