Cool Day 2 55 Chevy Pics - Page 2

**hvychev** · #11 03-09-2003, 07:55 PM

Guys I just love a nice nostalgic 55! A lot of you guys probably started out with a tri five like that. My father told me that when he started driving in the mid 60's a lot of the muscle cars that we love today were not as hot as hot back then. They were just every day cars. He said the real hot rods were the tri fives. They were cheap to pick up and you could do a ton of things to them. He told me that the 55 shown in the pictures cost him $200.00 for the initial car but cost another $2500.00 to build over a couple of years. Man, he could have bought a new car for that price!

The Sun Tach with the garter is cool. I do the same thing to my car now! If you look at the pic with the view of the interior in B&W from the driver side you can see a little Playboy bunny sticker on the vent window. Man those must have been the days. I bet my dad can still hear the Mowtown playing on the radio when he used to cruise the streets of Chicago when he looks at these pictures! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

BTW Whitetop what kind of wheels are on the 55 in the first pic? I have a Keystone Wheels Catalog from 1967 and they look just like Keystone Kustomflite wheels. He told me that after these pics were taken he bought a brand new set of Keystone Astro mags. What did Astro's look like?

whitetop · #12 03-09-2003, 10:59 PM

Frank
I've seen ads for Astro wheels. What do they look like? In the early '60's a company was making chrome 5 spokes called Astro Supremes, somewhat similar to a Cragar. I think it was Keystone who made the Astro wheels your refering to. They were an inexpensive chrome slot wheel just like on the '55 your dad's friend had. The local Nationwise Auto Parts had them for something like $12.99 each up into the mid '70's. They were real popular from say '67-'68 up to '70 or so.
Dave

Norm reynolds · #13 03-09-2003, 11:32 PM

Frank Your father is the same age as me In 1969 I was 19 had a 59 el- camino uesd to race down at atco Wish I had that car today [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

**hvychev** · #14 03-10-2003, 12:08 AM

Man, whitetop you do know your day 2 stuff! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] after posting that question about the Astro's I asked my father again and he said that his buddy who's 55 is shown in the last pic posted by me had Keystone Astro's as well.

**hvychev** · #15 03-11-2003, 04:23 PM

Just because I just love how everybody is posting all of their vintage pics I will post another one although not a Chevy it is still GM. This is my dads friends 68 442 that his parents bought for him brand new for a high school graduation present. The car was yellow, red wheel wells, with red line tires.

NWYENKO · #16 03-13-2003, 03:47 AM

Not '55 but our first car together in '65. Sold it in '66 for $700 to buy an airline ticket for LaDonna to come to Germany. Jim

JChlupsa · #17 03-13-2003, 04:45 AM

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**hvychev** · #18 03-13-2003, 04:55 AM

Jim your old! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

**Stefano** · #19 03-13-2003, 02:44 PM

Belair62,
You should wear a longer skirt if you don't want people to know what you do with the extras.

NWYENKO · #20 03-13-2003, 04:21 PM

Thanks, Jeff, I am trying to learn how to make it bigger! (the picture that is) [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Frank, I feel old today. This constant rain is killing me!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif[/img]Jim

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