Despite the family-vehicle stigma they've carried for decades, once-lowly station wagons have been hot commodities recently. So when Derick Samson, of Marshall, Missouri, got his hands on a clean '62 Chevrolet wagon, he was excited by the possibilities. The old family hauler needed a little straight
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Go ahead, admit it: You were about ready to turn the page and dismiss Clayton Moorman's Bel Air sedan as just another stock-bodied, resto-rod, red '55 Chevy. We almost did the same thing when we first saw the car at the 2005 Goodguys Southeastern Nationals. Then we took a second look. So should you.
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It's pretty easy to change a vehicle's style. Do a little cutting and welding here, some parts swapping there, and you're bound to make any car look different. Making tasteful and purposeful changes is a bit more challenging, however; it requires talent and restraint to truly enhance a car's design.
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It's pretty easy to change a vehicle's style. Do a little cutting and welding here, some parts swapping there, and you're bound to make any car look different. Making tasteful and purposeful changes is a bit more challenging, however; it requires talent and restraint to truly enhance a car's design.
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Wonder Wagon"I am not a famous guy, but I thought you would be interested in one of my rare rides," writes Stuart Clark, of Chehalis, Washington. Rare, indeed-Chevrolet didn't build a two-door Impala station wagon in 1959, though Stuart's longroof has been decked out in Impala attire. It also wears
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'49 Chevy FleetlineLet's get this "Stylines" sendoff started in style with a classy Chevy. The Fleetline has such a nice profile that I left the roof unchopped, though I deleted all the trim except for the top-accentuating beltline brightwork. Up front I inserted a floating '54 Chevy grille flanked
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A Low-Profile '53 Chevy From Chopit Kustom
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You might think someone who buys and sells cars for a living would view all vehicles as mere commodities-merchandise on which to make a profit. We're sure that's the case for some car dealers, but we've also met quite a few who are true enthusiasts and keep handfuls (sometimes fleets) of cool person
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You might think someone who buys and sells cars for a living would view all vehicles as mere commodities-merchandise on which to make a profit. We're sure that's the case for some car dealers, but we've also met quite a few who are true enthusiasts and keep handfuls (sometimes fleets) of cool person
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For all the talk about custom enthusiasts being "lost in the '50s," in reality many aficionados today never experienced that decade. Kirby Wilcox is representative of those who grew up in the '60s (or later) and prefer more performance-edged cruisers.
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The word unique gets tossed around pretty casually these days, but it's aptly applied when referring to Larry Johnston's radical '50 Chevy. This is truly a one-of-a-kind custom. Yet despite its singular stature, this car's story will sound all too familiar to many enthusiasts.
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Take a look at this fully customized 1963 Chevy Bel Air Coupe with air ride suspension from Custom Rodder Magazine
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Check out this completely customized 1950 Chevy Coupe!
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We've got a new pen contributing to "Stylines" this month-Murray Komant, from up in Lake Country, British Columbia. He's dreamed up a pair of way-cool wagons to ignite the imaginations of family-minded customizers, or simply those who have a lot of stuff to haul around.
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Most custom cars are personal creations, built to suit the specific tastes and desires of their owners and builders. A select few go beyond mere personalization and approach the level of true design studies. Such cars often appear to have rolled right off an assembly line, rather than looking signif
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Wild Paint Defines Mike Legault's Otherwise Mild '70 Impala
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There's an approach in the numbers-matching musclecar realm known as a "day two" restoration. Rather than aim for assembly line accuracy or dealer showroom condition, a day two resto returns a car to the way it might have appeared several days after purchase, once its buyer had an opportunity to add
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Harvey Bagshaw's Sweet, Sultry '55 Chevy
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Sixties cars have been building steam on the custom front for a while, but I still think there are a lot of cool cars yet to be tapped by you guys, particularly from the latter part of the decade. So I came up with a couple big ones that lend themselves well to "the treatment."
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Tri-Five Chevys are, without question, the most popular '50s cars around. Far more than just cult favorites, these machines have become automotive pop culture icons. Few will argue that they look sharp in stock form, yet somewhere along the line their designs have been deemed so sacred that most ent
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Check out this fully restored and completely customized 1955 Chevy Coupe!
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"It was an incredible idea. Although it started out small, it was still incredible. It came to me about one day after the '52 Chevy sedan was delivered to my driveway from a field at Joe Casto's place in Oklahoma back in September of 1997. There it sat, treadless tires incredibly still holding air,
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Some customized cars knock you upside the head with radical modifications and elaborate paint schemes. Others are so subtle and nuanced they require study with a trained eye to fully recognize and appreciate the work performed. Henry Gong's '56 Nomad belongs t
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Bobby Alloway sends Chuck Rowe to Fin City
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If you want to impress little kids, car show spectators, and other non-automotive types, paint your car hot pink and lavish it with "gee whiz" gimmicks like gothic murals, suicide doors, a big blower, and gold-plated curb feelers. But, if you want the admiration and respect of true car enthusiasts a
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