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1. Kaiser Darrin fiberglass convertible
2. Darrins door slides ahead into the fender
3.'55 Chevy Nomad station wagon
4.Turbocharged Corvair engine. My dad had a black '63
5. '63 splitwindow Chev Corvette with a 360 HP fuel injected engine. Chrysler turbine car behind.
6. Turbine engine from the Chrysler
7.I like flathead Fords!
8.Ardun overhead valve conversion on a flathead Ford engine.
9. Mull 2 man chainsaw
10. '40 Ford coupe
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My Grand dad had a black '40 Ford Coupe....not like that... grin. Never forget the chevron tail lights. I remember riding in it, standing up in the front seat, one arm across the back of the seat to hang on, other hand (finger) pointing, in particular to go by the Studebaker dealership in Houston where they had a "2 front car", a '39'ish Coupe where someone had removed the hood and fenders off one and put it on the rear of another (paint matched) so that it appeared to have 2 front ends. Back then that model Studebaker coupe did in fact look very similar front and back. The trick was just what it was intended, and advertising ploy.

In my plastic model collection, I have one on display, a tribute to a great friend and companion.

Mark
 
I have never cared much for the flaming car paint jobs. Now I am re-thinking that notion. The paint on the '40 Ford is beautiful. Thanks for posting the pictures.
 
Not according to a picture I have in an "American Classics" calendar State Farm Ins. gave me. Front end, hood ornament, 6 cyl logo (265 cu. in. V8 had the V under it), headlights, park lights, grille dimensions, and front bumper are the same as a '55 Bel Air pictured. There is a difference in that the sheet metal above the headlights is chrome trimmed in the Nomad and wasn't on the Bel Air.
 
(quoted from post at 13:23:28 07/01/15) Not according to a picture I have in an "American Classics" calendar State Farm Ins. gave me. Front end, hood ornament, 6 cyl logo (265 cu. in. V8 had the V under it), headlights, park lights, grille dimensions, and front bumper are the same as a '55 Bel Air pictured. There is a difference in that the sheet metal above the headlights is chrome trimmed in the Nomad and wasn't on the Bel Air.
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A guy in my H.S. Class used to drive a red and white '55 Nomad. It had the 265 V-8 with "Power-Pack and 3 speed stick. His Dad bought it brand new and he was driving it in '58 and '59 when we were in our Junior and Senior years of H.S.
I know his dad spent a lot of money on rear tires as his son beat the heck out of that car.
Now, most of us wouldn't normally take a second look at a station wagon back then, but this one sure was special!
 
Fisher Bodies DID have her spruced up. I remember being in a parade in San Antonio, TX. and seeing my first '55, a convertible Bel Air
with the two tone salmon and grey combo which, like all the rest went together beautifully. Thought I was a Ford boy till I saw that.

What I really liked was the way they color harmonised the interiors with the outside before the "protectionists" got hold of auto design
and turned everything dull and drab....oh and plastic.

Talking about beautiful, that little 265 with a pair of glass packs, 3 on the tree in second gear winding out was music in the making. I
"Lusted in my Heart" (Jimmy Carter) for one of those suckers but wayyyyyyy beyond my means at the time.
 
I went back in my pix and tried to get the name of the saw closer and I cannot tell whether it is a "Mall" or a "Mull". It's too hard to read. I should have looked at it closer when I took the pic. I did not take any notes from the show, I wish my memory was better. You're probably right.
 
(quoted from post at 06:11:02 07/01/15) I believe that #5 is a 56 or 57 Nomad. The 55's grille was smaller.
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Sorry, but it [b:f5122c8512]is[/b:f5122c8512] a '55 (I had a 2-door post) 8)
 
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