This is from the sweetest Imperial there, very high dollar mods, but the hood and trunk were up, and it would have been a lousy picture of the exterior, next time.... notice the leather wrap on the steering wheel, which ia a perfect styled design, and the HUGE speedo, and realize it's nearly 1/2 as big as the wheel... must be about 10 inch diameter... push button trans too, and leather dash. A pic of the exterior can be seen at http://www.moparmax.com/events/2007/ii_4-dm-4.html
This Lincoln dash is terrific, easy but small guages, and I think the style of the small zeros in the speedo is cool, they aren't needed, and save space by making them 1/3rd the size of the numbers. Just above the steering column are the temp and air controls, almost un-noticeable and not cluttering up the area under the radio.
I think this is from a Merc, dual small ashtrays to match and accentuate the symmetry of the design of the speaker grill and speedo/clock design. Almost elegant. I'd give a 12 pack to know what is going on with the dual radio faces, the left appears to be signal strength, and the right is tuning, but I've never seen one like this before. A 30's woody maybe.
Another Imperial, and dig the 150 speedo, and the shifter next to the radio.... R N D L.
Goodguys Custom of the Year Finalist, Wes Rydell's 54 Bel Air was designed and built by Foose Designs. 427 powered, Art Morrison suspension, 19 and 20 inch Foose rims with a 24 gallon fuel tank.
This 56 Ford has been chopped 4", sectioned 10", and shortened 18". Tom Pagano must enjoy this immensely, he was awarded the "Texaco Havoline Pick" for the 650HP Ford Cobra powered beaut.
The checkerboard under the hood is very cool, and is even on the firewall behind the block
This is Henry and Mary Ann Rossi's "M&H Special", has a 410 inch motor, and gets my award for best 32 of the show.
Some very excellant detail work, the grilled vent on the sides of the hood to clearance some engine parts, great paint scallops, and the drivers side trunk bulge reminisent of the SS Corvettes, unique.
Found on page 74 of the Volume one, number 1 issue of the World of Rods magazine, this 36 Chevy is owned by Toby and Linda Stanford of Yucca Valley, Ca.
Found more about this in volume one, issue 1 of The World of Rods magazine, page 16. Constructed by Hot Rods and Custom Stuff of Escondido 1 800 hot rod5 , owned by Mike Richards of Escondido. The engine is from a 57 T-bird, and looks like its supercharged to me, but the magazine writer didn't mention that.... odd, that's a cool feature!
http://www.hotrodscustomstuff.com/ is the website... and is full of cool stuff, like legislative alerts, galleries of the cars they've put out, and a page of all the magazine cars (a mean lots!) they've had featured.
