Post by gm4ever on Apr 1, 2011 6:01:29 GMT -5
Before pic:
As found today:
Not much is known about the history of this one. It was a 1960's show car in the "George Barris" style, that was put out to pasture a LONG time ago.
Found behind an old repair shop on Rt. 519 in Rosemont, NJ. It was originally a ’59 Lincoln that had 3 ’57 T-bird scoops on the elongated hood. The interior was the back seat only with a huge extension on the dashboard. As hideous as it was, there was a ton of work put into it! That car along with many other far gone projects were unfortunately purchased by a scrapper out of Philly.
A LOT of work was put into this car...a long time ago. The cowl has been moved back to where the front seat was, and the front seat is sitting where the rear seat was. Front sheet metal now 3 feet longer. These are supposed to have dual canted headlight bezels originally, but as you can see SIX headlights were added.
Most of the mods appear to have been done using body filler on that car - way more than there should be, even for custom body modifications. Also, a lot was done with brazing instead of actual welding. Brazing seems to start rusting almost immediately......especially if left outside in New Jersey.
Pretty amazing what can be found behind old buildings.
-Mike
As found today:
Not much is known about the history of this one. It was a 1960's show car in the "George Barris" style, that was put out to pasture a LONG time ago.
Found behind an old repair shop on Rt. 519 in Rosemont, NJ. It was originally a ’59 Lincoln that had 3 ’57 T-bird scoops on the elongated hood. The interior was the back seat only with a huge extension on the dashboard. As hideous as it was, there was a ton of work put into it! That car along with many other far gone projects were unfortunately purchased by a scrapper out of Philly.
A LOT of work was put into this car...a long time ago. The cowl has been moved back to where the front seat was, and the front seat is sitting where the rear seat was. Front sheet metal now 3 feet longer. These are supposed to have dual canted headlight bezels originally, but as you can see SIX headlights were added.
Most of the mods appear to have been done using body filler on that car - way more than there should be, even for custom body modifications. Also, a lot was done with brazing instead of actual welding. Brazing seems to start rusting almost immediately......especially if left outside in New Jersey.
Pretty amazing what can be found behind old buildings.
-Mike
