This 1949 Chevrolet Convertible was built for Greg Turchetta in 1993 since Greg admired the 1950 Turtle Back that Boyd customized for Jamie Musselman. Conceptualized and sketched by Chip Foose, the ’49 Convertible was nearly identical in body to the ’50 Turtle Back. Only the engines are different; the Turtle Back has a 350 engine with dual quads, while Greg requested an LT-1 engine for his Convertible. Bill purchased the ’49 Convertible in 2009 and had it restored in 2010. Updates included a revised leather interior designed by Ron Mangus, and updated paint and body modifications by Charley Hutton.
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Carroll Shelby was born on January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas. When Shelby was ten years old his family decided to move to Dallas, Texas. While growing up in Dallas, Shelby participated in his share of street racing. However, World War II soon took him from the driver's seat of a car into an airplane cockpit as a flight instructor. Although Shelby didn’t have his heart set on being a race car driver and designer, he soon gravitated toward the field after a number of other ventures proved unsatisfactory. In 1954, Shelby won his first professional prize of $2,000 for finishing fifth place at Monza. After a four race tour of Europe, Shelby returned to the United States to set records at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah in an Austin-Healey sports car. During 1957, Shelby won nineteen races straight, won his first National SCCA Championship, and was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine as “Driver of the year”.
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RER, Inc has developed a tribute to the infamous Cheetah. The project started in 2006. The idea was born from the retro-rod industry that is popular now. With our Corvette history we decided to create our own version of a Cheetah that we could market to the experienced builder. We opted for the 90-96 C4 Corvette suspension and designed a 1 1/2" round tube chassis to keep the wheel base and track to resemble the original. We then created what we thought the Cheetah body should have looked like. We added the front A pillars to house the DOT laminated windshield. Also added were front door pillars for added stability to the doors when latched or opened. Our doors are two-piece bonded with a recessed latch. The other noticeable change are the bonnet flares over the front wheels.
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1949-51 Ford owners now have another option available for their projects. Fatman Fabrications now has a complete bolt-on chassis available to complement their already large list of components for these very popular Fords. Featuring the same heavy wall construction that goes into all of their chassis, it promises to be a major step up in strength for your Shoebox Ford. Four wheel disc brakes, premium coilovers from Ridetech, power steering, 9” rear axle loaded with 3.70 Posi gears, and complete
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The days of hunting through a junk yard are over. No need to drag home a donor housing only to find out that for various reasons it won’t work for what you are building, or worse, that it may cost almost as much to clean up and modify as one of Dutchman’s custom built to order brand new housings. Save yourself the headache and trouble, order a Dutchman Housing today. We have several different styles to choose from, both for looks and function.
This package combines our Roadster Round Back housing & our famous Street/Strip custom alloy axles (in package form). Our Roadster Round Back housing is an affordable housing designed for those who want a "clean" look when the rear shows from the back. Good for lower horse power rods and pickups. Add a brake kit and 3rd member and you have a complete brand new 9” Ford rear end. Custom made in the USA.
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CPP’s new Complete Rear Dual Adjustable Coil-Over Kit is designed to convert your 1963-72 Chevy truck to a corner carving, performance driving vehicle! Our kit includes our new Totally Tubular Trailing arms, coil over springs and dual adjustable coil over shocks and all the mounting hardware to make this rear suspension
Get that cool street rod stance and track proven performance for your 1963-87 Chevrolet C10 Truck! Our Complete Front Coil-Over Conversion Kits include dual-adjustable coil-over shocks, spanner wrench and bearing kit, our Totally Tubular™ upper and lower control arms, and all the mounting brackets and hardware for a simple bolt-on installation.
Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,
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