OK, so, what did this car start out as...???

[BobT-47P15]

Now, that is nice. From the Goodguys show, courtesy of Al.....lifted from his pics.

A real ute??????

You won't see many of these......an add-on kit I believe.

Buck Rogers, where are you???

A Stude pickup for greg g......

You may not like them all, but there were a lot of neat cars of all kinds.....a lot of work and imagination.

I'm always amazed at what people create.

[DAVE KNOXX TENN]

Looks Like 4 Mill In Elbow Grease Thanks For The Picts.

[PatS....]

I like 'em all. Thanks for the pics. The first car started life as a 39-48 Chevy Coupe I think.

[Normspeed]

Real or not, I love that ute. The blue car, all I can say is, wrong is wrong. jmho...

[Dennis Hemingway]

That's not a ute it's a 30's WILLYS P/U Truck.

Dennis:cool:

[Plymouthy Adams]

NIGHTHAWK...that COE ought to be an inspiration to you...I forgot to ask but are you going to make a hauler out of yours?

[littleman]

Sorry about that gold caddy pic guys, but it reminded me of "Ripleys Believe it or Not"

AL

[Reg Evans]

Love that COE. Gotta do mine one of these days.

[captden29]

i think the gold caddy is a cut-down 2 door, but what is the point of cutting half the steering wheel off? dennis

[BobT-47P15]

A modernistic (supposedly) custom touch. Been done by customizers for years.

[Don Coatney]

i think the gold caddy is a cut-down 2 door, but what is the point of cutting half the steering wheel off? dennis

Think airplane

[Young Ed]

Look closer that caddy was a 4dr hardtop

[47heaven]

That blue car looks like a Buick and Plymouth got together and had a miscarriage. The Cadillac looks like a "Pimp-My-Ride" gone wrong and the light blue Studebaker looks like they did the best they could after a head-on collision. (Is that a cable dish they are usuing for a side mirror?)

The '49 Plymouth and the '48 (?) Chevy are the only nice ones I see. Sorry guys, I just don't like the modern day customs. It's like looking at pieces of American history get butchered and mangled.

[RobertKB]

Gotta agree with this statement. They are the only two I like as well. Saw a '32 Ford Victoria hotrod this week but one I approved of. Whole car was fiberglass and the oldest thing about it was the Vortec engine. I appreciate the work that goes into rods but there are way too many good original cars or restored ones that are being rodded.

[Normspeed]

Nah, it's a human trait to butcher and mangle and make something unlike anyone else's. Guys were doing it in '46, still doing it. Some of it becomes history itself, like the Barris cars. I'd hate to see all the old ones go that way but creativity is human. Heck Darin, there are purists that would scoff at what you've changed on your own P15. If it's being driven, if it was saved from the crusher, I'm all for it, even chopped, channelled and decked out in neon.

Gotta agree with this statement. They are the only two I like as well. Saw a '32 Ford Victoria hotrod this week but one I approved of. Whole car was fiberglass and the oldest thing about it was the Vortec engine. I appreciate the work that goes into rods but there are way too many good original cars or restored ones that are being rodded.

[47heaven]

Nah, it's a human trait to butcher and mangle and make something unlike anyone else's. Guys were doing it in '46, still doing it. Some of it becomes history itself, like the Barris cars. I'd hate to see all the old ones go that way but creativity is human. Heck Darin, there are purists that would scoff at what you've changed on your own P15. If it's being driven, if it was saved from the crusher, I'm all for it, even chopped, channelled and decked out in neon.

Gotta agree with this statement. They are the only two I like as well. Saw a '32 Ford Victoria hotrod this week but one I approved of. Whole car was fiberglass and the oldest thing about it was the Vortec engine. I appreciate the work that goes into rods but there are way too many good original cars or restored ones that are being rodded.

I see your point, Norm, and you are right about other purists probably scoffing at what I have done, but I still think I've stayed as original as possible. I fall in between the "anal purist" and the "half-ass purist," if that makes sense. Somethings just have to be changed to make the car pratical...like 6 volts to 12. As far as the customizing...I still feel that today's version of it just disfigures the orginal beauty of the car. I feel if you want a chopped, channeled car with bucket seats and a digital dashboard, buy a PT Cruiser...it's all ready done for ya there.

[junkyardjeff]

I dont ever remember seeing a stude cabover before but many years ago I seen some pics of some stude prototypes rotting in a woods somewhere around South Bend and in the woods was a cabover plus many more. Jeff