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(@dickjwa)
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A few customs,

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LaSalle

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LaSalle

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Chrysler

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BMW

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BMW

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don't know the make it started out as.



   
Brush
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Keep them all please.



   
(@mike-detorrice)
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All seemed certainly to have been done at a professional level and that first one has some resemblance to the well-known '40 Lincoln "Scrape" custom.



   
(@David Holcombe)
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Beautiful paint jobs on the first and last, and the chrome seems carefully applied.



   
Tim Kubiak
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+1



   
(@bob-jackman)
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+2.



   
(@Bruce Gibbins)
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Two gracious customs. To own these two would be like as in car heaven on earth.

The LaSalle and the mystery car at then end are almost mind blowingly beautiful - the paint work is stunning.
Place the rest on the Channel Ferry with the BMW and get them the hell outa here.



   
(@jack-dodds)
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I'll take the '55 Buick. The last one looks like a '47 Ford mated with a Packard Hawk.

It and the LaSalle represent a huge $$$$ outlay but the results are questionable IMO.



   
(@Bruce Gibbins)
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The penny has finally dropped. I thought how is the Beemer a custom. OK, so its not however the woman in the day glow vest looks to be a customs agent and so winning a place with three true customs.
Subtle humor, eh, Dick?



   
(@Bruce Gibbins)
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Set off with a 1950's something Oldsmobile grill - what do you reckon, Jack?



   
(@jack-dodds)
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Looks like a "55 Olds bumper/grille to me; not sure what the center of it is comprised of though.



   
Frank Kocour
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The top might be from an '80s BMW 6 series.



   
(@Robert Bolin)
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What the he'll did they do to that LeBaron GTC?



   
(@duncan)
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+3 Good craftsmanship still doesn't negate rotten taste!



   
(@jack-dodds)
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Spent thousands on it only to make it almost worthless. Crusher please!



   
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