A couple of years ago, we featured Ray Farhner’s ’63 Corvette. Despite the fact that I’m not much of a “show rod” guy, I fell head over heals for the car. I love the asymmetrical front-end, but it’s the overall shape that does it for me. The damn thing just looks like a shark ready [...]
Tag Archive: Customs
Almquist Sabre Roadster
Ed Almquist, founder of Almquist Engineering, is one of the big names in the history of hot rodding. Almquist catalogs were packed with performance parts and custom accessories that could be delivered to your door if no local speed shop existed. Besides selling go-fast bits, and unknown to many hot rodders, Ed also made a [...]
Italian Body, American Bones.
The Fina Sport was a limited run, totally custom coupe and convertible made by Perry Fina of New York from 1953 to 1955. The idea was simple: Start with a modified 115 inch Ford chassis, add a 210 hp or 300 hp (2 x 4bbl) Cadillac 331 v-8 coupled to a bulletproof Hydramatic. Next step [...]
I Miss My Cosmo
Ryan’s great post about his ’65 Riviera reminded me of the iconic old car I had to finally sell, but still remember quite fondly as well. She was my first custom car, and I too bought her right around my college years, when I didn’t have much money to my name. For $1500 I bought [...]
The American Sports Car Company- TASCO
After WWII, a number of American solders came home with a new-found appreciation for the tiny sports cars from MG, Jaguar and Singer they saw buzzing around the UK and Europe. A group of investors in the US wanted to capitalize on this growing trend and fund the creation of an American-built sports car for [...]
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