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Posted on 11/29/2014 10:46:27 PM PST by Dallas59
It could be a Bel Air or a 210. The front bumper is definitely from a '57 but the lack of tail fin and side molding is like a '56. If I recall the front clip of a '57 will bolt up to a '55 through '57. What do you think?
dang, I’d forgotten ... Thanks for the reminder, Moose!
Days of style and class.
Love them. He is right.
The molding includes a dip BELOW the prime center mold, which is not on any of those models. Cannot find it on the other makes, either (my gut was Pontiac), which makes me wonder if it is slightly customized, tragically already.
I do not know enough about the cars to say anything about easy interchangeability!
There are elements from several mid-50’s GM coupes on there, with the “base” of it all being a ‘56 Chevy, imho. The grille area has a little ‘55 Oldsmobile going on. Appears to be heavily customized using mostly stock GM bolt on chrome bits on a mildly channeled body, but some of it was created one-off because it doesn’t appear to have come from any other model.
BTW, that nose of the hood bothered me from the start. Looks too blunt. Another thing that made me think “been customized”.
..You are right the Chevy bumper had rubber tips...so that would be an Olds bumper
If you look at the faint highlight and shadow on the rear edge of the fender, it appears that Olds taillights might have been used, too. The roof is chopped, the body is channeled, both mild enough not to jump right out. A mix of trim pieces, mostly Olds, grafted onto a ‘56 Chevy 210 two door post, I’m guessing.
Pity he started out with a post instead of a hardtop.
Thanks. The truck is unique. It is a 1/2 ton, short bed chassis with the cab, drive train and 8-lug axles from an F-250 Camper Special. I did most of the work myself. It’s got a 390 so it scoots. Current rebuild has 65k and the engine prior to the rebuild had 100k so it’s got 165k miles total. Not bad for a 45 year old truck. :-)
My grandfather had a 64 Merc, the Montclair with the hide-away back window and a 390, smooth riding car, and fast!
Sorry mind was non operating... waiting for coffee at the time...
me, I had the 411 
Solid 60s technology (actually nothing mechanical that wasn't available in the late 40s)
Anyone got the make/model of that car?
Thanks for the ping!
Looks like a very early ‘50’s Dodge Wayfarer.
That’s GORGEOUS!
Miss my ‘72 F-250 to this very day.
I yanked the OEM “elephant ear” mirrors in favor of black, “missile cone” sport mirrors, “shaved” the trim, did all of the lead fill “old school,” stripped the truck down to nearly nothing, and had it painted; outside AND inside. Told the shop, “I want it as bright yellow as possible without a trace of orange.” After three coats of the yellow they began with, thy called and said the base primer was still showing through and asked whether they could please dope the yellow with some Titanium White to make it more opaque. I agreed. The truck took four more coats to end up with a 7 coat “Porsche Yellow” acrylic lacquer job that would put a ripe banana to utter shame.
I blacked out the OEM steel wheels, and reamed the center holes to fit chrome center caps. Blacked out the rear bumper, and had the door grabs, door buttons, and the block letters from the hood powder coated Satin Black.
The original 360FT Wedge ran strong through a pair of Blackjack headers that I’d had metal sprayed with aluminum to mitigate corrosion. I ditched the factory exhaust in favor of a brace of glass packs dumped just ahead of the rear axle. I really put some hours into that rig, though I built for looks, not speed; it would turn 19.01 quarter miles all afternoon, and get a consistent 12mpg doing it.
It’s no wonder trucks like that are getting good money if the body’s straight; they’re just SOLID machines, and in my opinion Ford never made a better-looking truck body than that ‘66-’72 “Fleetside.”
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