Wagon Styling vs Sedan adaptive Styling

Yah, I'll take the supercharged option please, thanks!

 

I was a member of the local chapter of the Stuebaker Club here in town. One guy had 3 Avanti R2's, all in various stages of dismantled. Maybe he's still around, 25 years later.

 

Oo oo found a utube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOm5P1AkUi4

 

that car is da bomb digity!

 

My mother had a 1964 Lark but without that roof. I like that little ladder feature though.

 

Other than 67 and 68 Ford Country Squires this is the cat's meow.....What a great car. I'd give up my Cougar in a heartbeat for one of these.



Did you know that Studebaker never in their history use ball joints?

 

Oh yeah! I took my 1955 Studebaker President in for a grease job at one of those Mr. Lube franchises, and the deal was a full lube and oil change for around $20 bucks, back in 1979.

The guy wanted to charge me more because there were 22 grease knuckles! There were 10 other customers in line, and I acted shocked! (I brought it in to do the first 1,000 mile oil change, since I'd done a full restoration and rebuild) He was not impressed!

 

Be sure to look at the 1936 White model 706 Yellowstone Park 14 passenger bus. It had a snap on [I think] soft top that allowed passengers to stand and see the park in good weather. It was closed when it was raining or snowing. I wish I had a better picture, but here's a link:
http://www.nps.gov/yell/historyculture/1936bus.htm

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Heres a later model Ford, showing how the top works:
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Thanks Pinebox. That adds another option to the 'ideas pot'.

 

Custom Car and Street Rod laws in the works -yes!

Not in Canada, yet, but hopes springs eternal in the Car-buff's breast (why else would we love this hobby?)

You can download the model they drew up for the various states:
http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?ID=/content/SEMASANcom/HomePage

So far, they haven't found the hot-buttons for Canadian law-makers. But I know that 4 of our Premiers (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are car-buffs too, so it won't be that hard to get this going here.

 

on our cars?????

it would take 6 men and a donkey to lift them off !!

Howzabout the Stude wagonaire....great big slider sunroof that took up half the roof....thats slick!!!

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That's kinda where I'm tilting too, but I want to shape the roof from steam bent wood and finish it with convertible canvas (think Old Phaeton) on top and varnished slats (front to back) on the inside.

There's enough weather seal types to work with, so I don't see that as an issue. I may do the tailgate frame with a removable cross-bar or roll the rear roof corners into the tailgate ('51 Chevy wagon style) to give the rear sides some strength.

 

Look at this 1955 Nash. See the dip in the roof and the roofrack at the back? Then when you look at the Wagonaire, the roofrack's in front:

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With a dip like that, the slider could go inside the front section, right to the roof edges. Keep the roofrack up front, but have a roofrack crossbar at the back to help push/pull the slider back and also use it for long boards on top. With the dip (after the rear-door column, you could design the rear windows to be removable or collapsible into the sides. Roll down the tailgate window and you've got open air for the dog's sniffing high! ​

 

Legal Requirements for Custom Cars in Florida

My guess is that most Governments would adopt similar rules and regulations. The key is documentation. Florida even allows Homebuilt cars! Interesting...

http://www.dmv.org/fl-florida/custom-built-cars.php

 

Pricey but sure pretty Frames

These guys look like they've got a real handle on build automotive frames:

The one shown is for:
Body Frames Chassis 1964-1972 Chevelle, GTO, Tempest, Cutlass, GS, Skylark

http://www.streetrodgarage.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=586