Sunday Eye Candy 1/10/2010

[ChampTrucking]

[55champion]

Looks like it is ready for a Sunday drive.

[StudHawk60]

Sweet '59, I just hope the hood's not latched.[:I] Why only one bumper guard?

[bams50]

I swear, any car's appearance can be very effectively downgraded with blackwall tires[xx(] Set of wide whites and knock the dent out of the rocker panel and she's a beauty![^]

Robert (Bob) Andrews- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys)
Parish, central NY 13131

GOD BLESS AMERICA

[COMMANDERPINK1]

Nice car but will deduct from a 400 pts car for rocker panel damage

Tom

[Flashback]

Thanks for all the photos. I especially appreciate the
ones that look like drivers.

Tex E. Grier

[Milaca]

Looks like the rocker panel met a rock!


1949 2R17
R is for Rusty
In the middle of Minnesota

[14x7]

Could that rocker panel dent be from a car hoist ?

[silverhawk]

Very nice! 14x7, yes, it could be. I know at my dads shop, we have to be carefull with the 2 post lift on some cars, since the frame is higher than the rocker panels. I don't know what its like under a hawk though.

Dylan Wills

'61 lark deluxe 4 door wagon

[JRoberts]

I am probably alone in this but to me in most cases I prefer black sidewall tires. In my opinion the lack of whitewalls takes nothing away from this Hawk. But then each to his/her own....right?

Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

[dictator27]

I'm with you, Joe. Blackwall tires rule. To each their own, of course, but to me whitewalls, particularly wide whites, detract from a car. I know it is just me, but WW tires just look out of place.

Terry

[StudeRich]

I agree with Dick Steinkamp, in that I know he places a VERY high value on correct LOOKING Wheel/Tire combos! [] Not necessarily correct to the car, but the BEST looking for it's intended use.

Of course everyone has an opinion on this, so no one can be RIGHT, but the correct part is where we differ, my opinion is they NEED TO BE CORRECT for the era, or at least the intended use: Drag Racer, Street Cruiser, family car etc.

That is why I hate the 20 in. wheel stuff, rubber band tires etc.

And a top of line model only looks correct with wheel covers and either narrow or wide white walls depending if '47-'62 or '63-'66.

A "stripper", Lark Standard, Challenger, fleet vehicle, Police car, Taxi on the other hand, actually looks correct and "right" with the bottle caps and blackwalls! [^] It's MY opinion, and I'm sticking to it!

StudeRich