I purchased this car in Arizona in 1992 and drove it back to Chicagoland. The smooth contoured lines of this and the Olds with the rear tri-window configuration have always been a favorite. I have been content to keep it in it's original state (aside from having the engine rebuilt) but have been standing on the sidelines long enough. It's time to do a mild custom job. Nice paint, upgraded interior, wheels/tires and, yes, a lower stance should do it. But first I have to get over the sticker shock of purchasing those replacement ball joints.... Cheers, D. Jan Cella

I built this custom 23T with a friend of mine using very unique proven chassy design. The frame is double rail rectangular tube. Front suspension is a 4 bar with adjustable Alden shocks. The rear end utilizes a Curri 9 inch Ford with a posi 456 cog. Wheelbase is 125 inches combined with the low CG gives this machine incredible stability during quick accelerating quarter mile passes. Power comes from 427 open chamber rectangle port 10.5 to 1 Chevy. Sitting on top is a set is an Offy single plane dual quad with 600-cfm vacuum secondary Holly's. The transmission is a turbo 400 with a full manual valve body shifted w a B&M. The torque converter is an A-1 9-inch unit with a 4200 RPM stall. Any questions send to E-mail ajmanoog@aol.com

THIS ALL STEEL SEDAN HAS THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. 3 1/2" CHOP, HALIBRAND WHEELS, IDIDIT TILT WHEEL, BILLET SPECIALTY HALF WRAP STEERING WHEEL, POWER WINDOWS, FORD MOTORSPORT WHITE FACED GUAGES, VINTAGE HEAT AND AIR, CRUISE CONTROL, REMOTE ENTRY, KENWOOD CD W/ CLARION SPEAKERS AND POWER BOOSTERS, WALKER RADIATOR, 302 FORD WITH HIGH OUTPUT HEADS, EDLEBROCK INTAKE, CARB, ETC.

THE EXTERIOR IS PPG 2280 SWISS AQUA WITH A FULL LEATHER INTERIOR WITH RECARRO SEATS IN SMOKE GRAY. FIRST PLACE WINNER IN IT'S CLASS IN THE 1999 "WORLD OF WHEELS" HELD IN CHATTANOOGA, TN. ALSO WON BEST INTERIOR, AND BEST ALTERED STREET ROD. THIS CAR IS AN EXCELLENT DRIVER AND HAS MADE NUMEROUS TRIPS TO DAYTONA BEACH, FLA, FT WALTON BEACH, FLA., AND CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, TO MENTION A FEW.

The body and interior have been kept stock as possible, except for the PPG Black paint job that was done over ten years ago. I have a B&M Quick Shift on the floor, hooked to a Turbo 400 3 speed Automatic tranny. My Power Plant is a 1992 GM 350 crate motor.(Z72 Model..Stock 325 hp)....I have changed it over to a Serpentine belt drive, Vintage Air & Heat System, AM&FM Cassette Radio in stock holes to keep look of original, Power Front Disc Brake System, Stock GM rearend, Custom 5 Spoke Aluminum Eagle Alloy Rims, and trunk mounted Battery System... I got a Fathers Day present of a Wieand 144 Blower System...I have installed it on my car and am pleased to announce that I now have over 425 Horsepower at my disposal, ( not that I would ever need or use it..;-]). We have owned the car for about 2 years now, which was a life-long Dream of mine. I will own the car until I am too feeble to drive it, (at which time I will hire someone to drive me around, or have my Honey drive us), or I am not of this Earth anymore.

First, let me say I really like your website. Great cars pics..... My car is a 1965 Corvair....at least the body. engine is a 2.8 l flat six, custom 6 leg ram manifold, comp cams roller 495/286 with roller rockers, holley TBI unit with HEI distributor, headers, Nitrous works 125 horse NO2, headers.....etc. The interior is yet to be finished but includes a dakota digital conversion of a Corvair dash, Winters racing shifter for the B7M prepped powerglide, power windows, locks....etc. Wheels are Weld Prostars. Thanks for letting me ramble John Dayton Parkville MD.

This is my grandfathers daily driven show truck. It has won ISCA shows and Speical awards for Daily driven street rod. It's driven EVERYDAY in the summer and at least 2 a week during the cold New York winter. It's a 97 dakota

1934 steel chevrolet 5w master coupe 454 700r power must2 tilt tel remote doors trunk top 25 shades of the past coler sea coral tan int.

Greetings, Here is a pic of my '34 Ford 3 window Coupe. The spirit of Cruzin' and ZZ Top, is alive and well in San Diego, California. You just might see this in Temeculia this Feb 14th....... Till later, Yvonne Platt aka mspuma

 

This is my 1952 chevy pickup. It has a 283 connected to a powerglide, disc brakes, power steering and a tilt column. I drive it every day to work and have driven it twice to Laughlin Nevada for Roddin on the River. I did all of the work myself.

Here is a picture of my 87 GT mustang Ibought in 1991. Since then I have done many modifications to it including the following..

The 302 block has been replaced with a 1970 Boss 302 block which has been modified with fly-cut speed pro pistons, bored .030,clevite 77 bearings through out, an E-303 cam, double roller timing gears,polished rods fitted with arp studs, i kept the comp ratio at 10.2 to keep it smog legal since i live in Calif, The upper part of the motor is fitted with edelbrock 5.0 alum heads which are completely done. I also use omega 1.72 roller rockers, a hartman power box fitted to the stock lower intake which has been extrude honed, a edelbrock/bbk 70mm throttle body, a 155 litre fuel pump,an svo fuel regulator along with 2 1/2 inch exhaust all the way back thru dynomax super turbo's and Mac 1/58 shortie headers wrapped in thermo tech and sprayed. I also use a hypertech comp chip which is no longer made which made quite a difference (a 3mph gain in the 1/4 mile). I use an MSD 6al ignition along with an accel super coil and saleen spiral wire set, plus a march ram air system. I use a 7003x T-5 (super duty), a center force dual friction clutch system with a hurst short throw shifter with shifter stops for a real nice short throw. Outback is an 8.8 auburn diff with c-clip eliminators and 3.55 (richmond gears)plus an alum drive line w/loop and center line billett star wheels 15x8 1/2 on 245/50/15's out back and 225/50/15's up front. As you will see the hood is quite unique as i had it modified my way instead of the way it came stock,it is fiberglass btw. the car weighs 2830lbs. I have done alot to lighten it up, so the power to weight ratio is quite good for daily street use and being smog legal too. The color is PPG cabernea which was real close to the factory color only a little lighter and softer. I'm in the process of installing a 150hp NOS kit. with that done, i'll have all the power i'll ever need, as its awful fast as it is right now. It has bested 12.3@118mph and I expect mid to low 11's with the NOS running. I have many mods done inside the interior such as a radar,laser detector, a passive radar jammer, an active laser jamer (lidatek echo laser jammer) which is just flat awesome, a ham rci-2950 ham radio w/400 watt shoes, an accell shift light, a BCT-800 (bootlegged) scanner, cyberdyne digital air-fuel ratio guage and oil pressure gauge mounted in the saleen dual gauge pod kit. plus alot more..

Hey this is my 65 Chevy Nova ss running a 327, 4speed Not just for show it go's to!

1987 4 banger converted to 5.0. this car has over seventy mods, including a new S-trim Vortech supercharger. this car was built with one thing in mind........ leaving camaro's and vettes behind!!!!!!!!!! (This is a great photo essay showing just how much time and effort can be put into creating something truly wonderful!

91 mustang LX 5.0......358 Horsepower......bad ass car!

This is my 67 chevy II nova. We bought the car for $175 more than 10 years ago. I love driving it everywhere, because of the looks that it gets. Eddie (CA)

 

This is my hot car. It is a 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlas Supreme Convertable. It has a 3 inch drop on it, and it is sitting on stock, 16 inch rims, and factory replacement Nitto tires. It currently has a K & N Filter Charger from an S-10, and a complete stereo from Pioneer and JL audio. Spark plus wires from VTeck are also under the hood. Since the picture was taken, all the badges have been shaved, clear turn markers up front and two Flowmaster, 2 chamber, mufflers with 4.5 inch tips. A new paint job if next. Maybe a fade to red, don't know yet. Look for my car cruising the streets of Phoenix and surrounding area, along with the rest of Desert Images. Erik Zahnow

Hi there, I'm sending you an image of my oh, not so hot car, but I think it would add a little humor to the gallery, This is a 1987 russian made VAZ (Lada) with a 1300 engine.  Not very powerfull but powerfull enough to get the flame running at about 95mi/h (a frightening experience!!! the car was vibrating like crazy and it was all over the, not so smooth, road), original interior (what's left of it) and a custom paint job done by myself. Thanks to Modern Technology the car is easily convertible to Stretch Model               Sub Compact                    Sports Model Guðmundur Harðarson  (Gudmundur Hardarson)
Iceland

I have had this truck for a little over 18 months and love driving it. The looks, stares, and thumbs up I get make the whole venture worth while. In it's present state as seen here it has the original 347 V8 and 4sp hydromatic transmission. I am working on a 383 stroker(475hp) and plan to mate that to a TH400 with a narrowed 9" ford rearend(40" drum to drum). This winter I will also be starting on the mustang II front end change over which should change the ride, height and handling of the truck also making it a safer daily summer driver. I look forward to taking her out finished in the spring. She is a part of me that I will never be able to give up. If anybody has any ideas or suggestions to help in my winter project I would gladly like to hear. This is the first time I have tried taking on a project of this size and just reading about others like them in the different publications does not give you the full insight into the tasks required. Dan Rasmussen Calgary, Alberta, Canada

We just received a new photo of this truck from Dan along with a description of his recent mods.

Here is an updated photo of where my baby sits today. Since the first set of pics my ’57 GMC has under gone a few changes. We removed all the sheet metal and running gear, blasted the frame and powder coated it in gloss black. Then we pulled out the old 347 V8 and installed a 527hp 383 stroker motor. The old 4sp hydromatic was swapped for a TH400 with a 3000 stall converter. Then the old 10 bolt rear end was tossed aside and a new narrowed 9” Ford with 3.5:1 posi with Strange axels was top mounted on new leaf springs in it’s place. This lowered the rear ride height by 5”. The leaf spring, straight axel front end was removed in favor of a ’74 Mustang II with power rack and pinion unit which lowered the front ride height by 7”. The new Mustang II coil springs were not heavy enough so a custom set were made raising the height to it’s current stance. The front drums were also discarded and 11” power disks from a Granada were installed in their place. The stock column was replaced with a tilt unit ’70 Chevy van. The entire truck was rewired using a Ron Francis kit. The factory gauges were replaced with a set from VDO. I still have the interior to finish but it is a joy to drive as it is.

The old Chrysler (1979 Cordoba) still has factory paint two tone. Replaced pin strip with graphic. Running a 360 with J heads and 10 to 1 pistons, headers 3" pipes and edelbrock rpm package. output around 395 hp 390 tor@4500. Dan Alford- Tulsa, Oklahoma

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1950 Mercury "THE SHADOW" 5" chop, Lowered 3", Pontiac 400 CI power, 350 Turbo, camero swival buckets. Black with red and black interior, original dash and steering. Cruises "fine" T. J. Wilson Marietta, Ohio

 

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72 Plymouth Road Runner. Purchased as a rolling chassis for $900, It had most of the Air grabber parts for the hood. The 340 engine and 4 speed pistol grip transmission were acquired from a slightly mangled 72 Demon (cost about $200). The Rebuild on the engine and transmission was $2000.A paint job later (Sassy-Grass Green & Satin Black) I had the cheapest project car Iever started - also one I still have to this day.   Todd Thompson  Omaha, Ne.

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1969 AMX, 390 cu.in. bored .030 over flat top pistons. T-10 4-speed 3:54 posi, I just finished restoring it. Terry Grow.

 

 



 

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1970 Pontiac GTO Judge. Its a restored numbers matching CA car. Tom

 

 

 

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'69 Nova. it's powered by a '64 327 bored .030 over with TRW forged pistons and a Isky 262 mega cam, and a TH400 tranny. Chad.

 

 

 


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1968 Mustang. Completely restored in 1996-1997. 302ci engine, 4 sp top loader, factory bench seat, deluxe interior, ps, ac. Neat car.

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Here is a pic of my 1954 Ford Popular. I customized/rebuilt it 15 years ago and now run it every day. It runs a 1600cc Ford crossflow with manual Ford transmission. Phil

 

 

 

 

 

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1923 Ford T Roadster, 430 Hemi, Built in the '60's, Just out of mothballs.
From H. Lyn Smith, Certified Master Mechanic and investigator of mechanical explanations for vehicle accidents

Consultant / Mechanical Expert forAttorneys and Insurance Companies Automobiles, Trucks, Motorcycles, RV's, Race Cars

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The "BLACK WIDOW" from Larry

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