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MelvinsArmy wrote:Sweet.

But is that thing street legal?

the one in the pic, probably not. but there are alot that are built very similar to a 60's gasser, and are street legal.

looks good!!! Love the Old you guys did for Hot Rod. nice work..

I absolutely love old hot rods, rat rods and the like. Awesome. I'd love to have a bad arse old school rod. Well, if I didn't live in NYC that is.

One thing about the newer cars, there's just something about going around a corner and standing on the pedal.

scr8p wrote:going fast in newer cars does nothing for me. i have a hard time feeling the sensation of speed. they're just too smooth. now yanking the front wheels off the ground all 4 gears in my dad's 55 chevy, much more fun.

i will not lie. that does sound fun.

but its also a kick in the pants to take a roadtrip from chicago to texas and back, taking blue highways with the ac cranked and the t-tops off, averaging like 80mph at like 2300rpm, getting 27mpg, and not breaking anything.

i remember years and years ago there was a yellow 55 chevy on the cover of either car craft or hot rod doing a HUGE burnout, its just a vague memory now but it was one of the neatest cars i had ever seen. just a real simple, stripped down badass street car. i think it had brodix heads and a ram air system like the old ford thunderbolt.

oh, don't get me wrong, i appreciate the creature comforts of newer cars. i just have alot more fun driving old ones.

badhoopty wrote:i remember years and years ago there was a yellow 55 chevy on the cover of either car craft or hot rod doing a HUGE burnout, its just a vague memory now but it was one of the neatest cars i had ever seen. just a real simple, stripped down badass street car. i think it had brodix heads and a ram air system like the old ford thunderbolt.

i think my dad has that issue out in his garage, but it's a 57 on the cover. huge burnout and brodix heads. it also has an injection setup, similar to a hilborn. tilt nose, straight axle, and all the other bells and whistles.

naw this one had a hood and and a carb and was definitely a 55. total simple stripped down car but really nice. i'm pretty sure it was all original besides silver spray painted fiberglass bumpers.

i bet theres been more than a few yellow tri-fives doing burnouts on the cover of car magazines.

i still might have it, but it would be buried somewhere. if there was one mag i would keep it would be that one i liked the car so much.

badhoopty wrote:i bet theres been more than a few yellow tri-fives doing burnouts on the cover of car magazines.

oh, i'm sure there was.

here's my dad's 55 when it graced the cover of chevy rumble in may of 05. it's been in 4 or 5 mags, but he couldn't believe it made it on the cover of one.

Awesome. Just say no to billet.

looks good..

huh a real 65 z16 on of what about 13 or 14 made. all i can say is wow, i wish i was born younger to see the like of all the great stuff they made in the 60,s and got away with.

yup.. 201 made. Mine was red/black top and interior.. Was all there. am/fm tilt/wood, power windows, vacuum trunk release. Sold it in 80 for 5 times what I bopught it for and was promptly taken apart and
never put back together. Shame cause its a $300-500k car restored.. heres pics of it taken in mid 70's..

97T595 wrote:huh a real 65 z16 on of what about 13 or 14 made. all i can say is wow, i wish i was born younger to see the like of all the great stuff they made in the 60,s and got away with.