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Post by lo51merc on Jan 31, 2021 16:01:42 GMT -5
I was just wondering if Hychko built this car. Sure has his weird style.
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Jan 31, 2021 16:30:30 GMT -5
Looks like maybe '60 Chrysler or DeSoto fins?
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Jan 31, 2021 16:33:17 GMT -5
I was just wondering if Hychko built this car. Sure has his weird style. Yeah it kinda does, check the front plate...looks European
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Jan 31, 2021 16:51:15 GMT -5
Speaking of John Hychko, his coupe is..well....interesting.
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Jan 31, 2021 16:52:23 GMT -5
The go ole days...
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Post by EchoBravoSierra on Feb 18, 2021 22:37:04 GMT -5
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Post by spex84 on Feb 18, 2021 23:20:51 GMT -5
Now that Jeep-rod is super cool, Eric! Thanks for posting!
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Post by Duane on Feb 19, 2021 0:16:52 GMT -5
i love this Jeep !
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Post by dodgefever on Feb 19, 2021 17:25:04 GMT -5
Words escape me here.. Guessing it's built on a '55-'56 Buick frame How many other influences do you see here? Thoughts? Comments? PIC credit to Richard Bartrop on MCM. The grille bar and the windshield look like '56 Buick. I found the photo elsewhere with someone saying it was built in Norway on a '40s Packard frame.
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Feb 28, 2021 15:53:52 GMT -5
That Jeep/Gimmie is insanely kool. Really shows the ingenuity of these early GI's to build that from scrap.
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Post by FordRodnKustom on Feb 28, 2021 15:56:32 GMT -5
I dig the simplicity of this early A. Strip the fenders, put truck tires on the rear and off you go in your jitney. I'd love to see under the hood.
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Post by skip on Mar 1, 2021 8:48:56 GMT -5
I dig the simplicity of this early A. Strip the fenders, put truck tires on the rear and off you go in your jitney. I'd love to see under the hood. This is a much nicer version of what was being run on the Roadster Racing Circuits. Tex Smith did a great book "Racing Roadsters" as did Tom Medley, "Hot Rod History" (in two volumes). In the late forties into the fifties they were running nearly stock roadsters on the same tracks that midgets and some of the higher classed roadsters ran. There was a class specifically for the "beginners" to race in which was pretty much a "Street Stock" class which many would drive to the track, strip the lights, windshield and other breakables then go racing. Hopefully there was something left to get them home after a night of fun other than a ride of shame with a buddy! This car also details what was happening across the good old USA Post WW II where guys bought cheap and built the car they couldn't get at the dealers. Many of these pre-war cars filled in for months, even years after the war disrupted production of civilian cars. So if you've got to drive something a little older, why not start building a nice little Hot Rod out of it!! Which is just what we're seeing here. Suspect it probably has a banger still under the hood, based on the stripped fenders and the later big-n-little wheel and tire combination. Running a banger wasn't too shabby either as there was lots of used speed equipment from those afore mentioned Hot Rod Roadsters. Many of which were now showing up with V8 power under their "hoods"! This was a time of experimentation and innovation of the post war Hot Rod!
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Post by EchoBravoSierra on Mar 3, 2021 22:44:02 GMT -5
June 1950
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Post by Duane on Mar 3, 2021 23:35:14 GMT -5
nice !
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Post by skip on Mar 4, 2021 1:18:26 GMT -5
WoW! That's something else, especially when you think about it being built by a younger guy, with some help from the sounds of it. Either way that's some accomplishment for a just out of high school age kid, the styling is top notch looks like it would stand the test of time stylewise.
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