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16/07/2021 8:14 am
When was the very first time you made a modification to your car, changed anything to make it yours? What did you do?
I was fifteen and had a '64 Buick LeSabre convertible in Coral Mist. My dad gave it to me when he bought another car and the first day I had it, I put pinstripes on it.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
16/07/2021 8:50 am
I put blue airport marker lights under the dash of my first car - a '46 Plymouth coupe.
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16/07/2021 9:27 am
Painted the bottom of my '48 Dodge with a rattle spray can and the top a different color with a brush. Surface rust & faded original paint. My paint job didn't last long as the pic a year later shows faded as bad as the original.
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16/07/2021 9:36 am
Baby moons on my ‘49 Ford.
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
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16/07/2021 9:36 am
First was adding flames to the paintwork on a friend's 1935 Plymouth. I did not like the effect. Car only cost him $35.
First on my own car was adding a Judson Supercharger to a 1958 MGA Twin Cam. Not my car pictured but you get the idea. It worked well.
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16/07/2021 9:39 am
I painted the words "Old Blue" on the trunk lid of my 59 Chev handed down by my grandfather. (the car was two tone blue and white)
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16/07/2021 10:53 am
This question made me have to think! I didn't do much to my cars. Kept them stock. I would have to say the first mods were made to my 1939 Ford and that was maybe the 10th car I ever owned. Changed drivetrain/ suspension/ paint and interior. Turned it into a street rod. Kept it 24 years.
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16/07/2021 11:06 am
My father agreed to hand down the family 68 Tempest if I paid for the insurance and repaired the rear bumper damage. A friend and I replaced the bumper with a clean Lemans bumper (lights were a little fancier) recovered from a junk yard. Girl friend put a hippie flower sticker on the roof. Beer bottle caps on the floor were mine as well.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
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16/07/2021 11:08 am
On my tan '53 Ford I painted the rims black, installed baby moons and reversed the spring shackles. Good grief...Lol!
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16/07/2021 11:09 am
Painted my 39’ Olds business coupe flat black primer with rattle cans, also mounted a Blue plexiglass sunshade to the windshield.lol☺️
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16/07/2021 6:18 pm
I took the luggage rack off my '65 Dodge Custom 880 wagon, installed cool new plastic wheel covers and flipped the air-cleaner cover over to give it that unencumbered and mighty 2-bbl 383 sound !
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16/07/2021 6:34 pm
I replaced the stock hubcaps on my '55 Chevy 210, 2dr post, with '60 Buick wheel covers and I painted the rims red. I thought the change really enhanced the appearance of my first ride.
John Bono
North Jersey
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17/07/2021 9:33 am
@david-green By the size of the blower it seems like it would take 10 HP just to put it into action.
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17/07/2021 10:04 am
Possibly, but it sure gave a nice kick once it got going. It added about 15 miles per hour to top speed and cut several seconds off 0-60.
A friend had one on his VW and loved it. The one for MG was slightly larger and different but worked equally well.
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