Any old Customline fans?

[98tls]

Mate just bought this old girl,lovely old tart and with some tlc will be a great cruiser,1st stop was the auto sparky to sort some charging problems.Thing sounds glorious going down the road.

[Nova.]

would be nice with a decent rotary :innocent:


bap-bap-bap-bap

[Grubber]

My god! My uncle and Aunt had one exactly like that.
What a stunning car.
Is that photo taken in Tauranga by any chance?

[98tls]

My god! My uncle and Aunt had one exactly like that.
What a stunning car.
Is that photo taken in Tauranga by any chance?

Nope taken today way down south mate.

[MIXONE]

Love it.Built in the era when cars were made to last.

[AllanB]

Nicccce. The wheels look great. I see too many oldies in CHCH running modern style wheels - the old gals need the deep dish ones IMO.

[Nova.]

Nicccce. The wheels look great. I see too many oldies in CHCH running modern style wheels - the old gals need the deep dish ones IMO.


yeah modern style ones though, classy ones.

[Big Dave]

http://www.davidcohen.co/pics/car.jpg

[scumdog]

Not running small block Chev by any chance?

And originally a local car coloured pink ?

[JimO]

nice......i see it has the speed holes in the bonnet

[unstuck]

Nice flames there dave, my old boss has 8 of these and four sunliners, and a few other goodies.:Punk:

[Laava]

I used to have a 49 single spinner. 239 ci flatfaced fucker. No power, hard to start, handled like cooks strait ferry! Pulled the chicks tho! Well at least one chick. And she miqht have been pissed.

[scumdog]

Nicccce. The wheels look great. I see too many oldies in CHCH running modern style wheels - the old gals need the deep dish ones IMO.

Dang straight - nothing worse than a flash old car with a set of mags that look like they should be on a modern front-wheel-drive.:sick:

[Laava]

Dang straight - nothing worse than a flash old car with a set of mags that look like they should be on a modern front-wheel-drive.:sick:
+1and stuff like that

[98tls]

Not running small block Chev by any chance?

And originally a local car coloured pink ?

No T running a 351 as it should be (well in my opinion anyway).I know the pink one your talking about,not this one.

[Hitcher]

Apart from the body styling and perhaps fuel injection, what's the difference between the Customline and a current V8 Falcon?

[Motu]

apart from the body styling and perhaps fuel injection, what's the difference between the customline and a current v8 falcon?

nvh.......in capitals, after 5 edits it's still lower case - don't blame me.

[98tls]

Apart from the body styling and perhaps fuel injection, what's the difference between the Customline and a current V8 Falcon?

Doors are larger on the new ones on account of late model women being also generally larger.

[Gremlin]

I'd take the ute (which is parked on dotted yellows too :lol:) but then, not many old cars spin my wheels...

Now an AC Cobra... :drool: Damn, even the replicas cost a fortune.

[98tls]

I'd take the ute (which is parked on dotted yellows too :lol:)

Sorry officer, colour blind.;)

[Big Dave]

OK - it's only a sketch - I don't have flames drawn at quite the correct perspective so don't worry about the higher res. This gives the idea.

<img src="http://www.davidcohen.co/pics/car2.jpg">

[98tls]

Cheers D thats awesome,hes just left so will send it to him,many thanks.His Mrs wants to buy him a pplate for Xmas so if anyone can come up with something good theres a beer in:facepalm:ok theres some green bling in it for ya.

[Big Dave]

<img src="http://www.davidcohen.co/pics/yellow.jpg">

<img src="http://www.davidcohen.co/pics/blue.jpg">

[SMOKEU]

Do a skid.

[98tls]

;)Just got a ring from his Mrs Dave,she hates you.Seems the old Cusos getting some flames.:yes:

[scumdog]

What year is it Mike? - a '52, '53 or '54? (Me memory aint to good and I can't be buggered cheating - Google)

I've had 'modern' ones - '56'sm the one I had with 289 & Mk4 Zody box haules arse with both hands!

And Mr H. - I did a minor thesis as to why NZ Police would be better off with a '56 Cusso rather than a new (in '97) Falcon...the Cusso was a winner.

[98tls]

What year is it Mike? - a '52, '53 or '54? (Me memory aint to good and I can't be buggered cheating - Google)

I've had 'modern' ones - '56'sm the one I had with 289 & Mk4 Zody box haules arse with both hands!

And Mr H. - I did a minor thesis as to why NZ Police would be better off with a '56 Cusso rather than a new (in '97) Falcon...the Cusso was a winner.

Shes a 54 mate.

[98tls]

bap-bap-bap-bap

That would be the sound of one of the current generations hotties stomachs slapping the pavement at a mere walking pace?

[Edbear]

My dad had a '56 when I was 13. My dream car and I was gutted when he sold it to finances business! Last one I saw was in Paeroa and for sale for $35k!

[JimO]

the old girl needs a black plate, as much as i dislike PPs SHTKKR would be the go for this

[scumdog]

the old girl needs a black plate, as much as i dislike PPs SHTKKR would be the go for this


Jimhoe is right!. (Said in best Blazing Saddles voice...)

Black plates rock!!:Punk:

[Big Dave]

One of my favourite books. Recommend get a copy for inspiration. Mine was from tech books in Newmarket.

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[scumdog]

One of my favourite books. Recommend get a copy for inspiration. Mine was from tech books in Newmarket.


Back in the 70's I had a Bambina fully flamed-up, does that count?;)

[unstuck]

Anyone who would openly admit to owning a fiat bambina in public, deserves a medal.:Punk:

[_Shrek_]

Cheers D thats awesome,hes just left so will send it to him,many thanks.His Mrs wants to buy him a pplate for Xmas so if anyone can come up with something good theres a beer in:facepalm:ok theres some green bling in it for ya.

OLD SKL for + 50 :innocent: mind you SHTKKR is :cool:

[Laava]

Back in the 70's I had a Bambina fully flamed-up, does that count?;)

They were reknowned for that as I recall!

[Scouse]

Nice but the 57 customline was my favorite

[Macontour]

Nice car! Having owned a Mk2 Zephyr for a short period of time in my late teens(piece of shit that the car dealer sold me, still hate him) I notice that the Customline looks quite similar to a MK2 Z Car.

[pete376403]

YOu could possibly build a brand new one given enough time and money. If this article is to believed Ford can still supply old sheet metal.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/7929052/Ford-to-sell-brand-new-1940-coupes

[nadroj]

I had a 56 Customline in the 70's.

Plate suggestion - CUSTRD (and paint it the right colour!)

[Paul in NZ]

Almost by definition the fans of customlines are usually old.....

[ellipsis]

...as kids we were often taken to our rugby games in a 58 Customline...it was under 5 stone seven times and half or maybe more of the team would squeeze into the beautiful metallic green monster...if we did well, Jack who was the cool bloke who owned the car would take us from Lyttelton to Templeton Speedway on the saturday night...his Customline remains synonymous in my mind alongside memories of Ronnie Moore, Barry Briggs, Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsson and huge open wheeled speedway machines, the first hotdogs and the desire to want to be a speedway star...the Custom 300 was the coolest of the cool to me for a lot of years...I remember a wild trip to the West Coast with a couple of mates when we were about sixteen and getting involved in a big hassle at the movies on saturday night in Hokitika...we decided that beating a retreat in our Morris Oxford was better than getting our arses kicked by the local boys...they chased us out of town in a Mainline ute...it was real Dukes of Hazard stuff...they were smacking into us on the metalled road and we were hanging out the windows throwing shit at them and waving a big stick at their windscreen...they lost it and roared off into the blackberry on the side of the road...yeah Customline Fords have a big part in my mind...I'd still love one in my shed...

[scumdog]

Almost by definition the fans of customlines are usually old.....
Oi you!

Only old in body...:bleh:

[scumdog]

..they chased us out of town in a Mainline ute...it was real Dukes of Hazard stuff...they were smacking into us on the metalled road and we were hanging out the windows throwing shit at them and waving a big stick at their windscreen...they lost it and roared off into the blackberry on the side of the road...yeah Customline Fords have a big part in my mind...I'd still love one in my shed...

Had a couple of Mainlines too - sold the last one for $1,000 more than I paid for it.
And still kicking myself for selling it at all...:weep:

Just love those '56 Fords:Punk:

[Subike]

Had a couple of Mainlines too - sold the last one for $1,000 more than I paid for it.
And still kicking myself for selling it at all...:weep:

Just love those '56 Fords:Punk:

56 Crown Victoria was the pic of the bunch, but the they snuck in something called a T-Bird......life was never the same

[scumdog]

56 Crown Victoria was the pic of the bunch, but the they snuck in something called a T-Bird......life was never the same

Love both of them - a 'basket-handle' Vicky would get me to part with my F100!

And you would not believe what 10 years will do to the size of a Thunderbird:eek5::shit:

(Compare a '56 with my '66)

[Subike]

Love both of them - a 'basket-handle' Vicky would get me to part with my F100!

And you would not believe what 10 years will do to the size of a Thunderbird:eek5::shit:

(Compare a '56 with my '66)


Just for you to drool ova, and for others to see the reason for the passion.


http://www.c-it.com/chandler/56fordcv/index.htm

[ellipsis]

...that wasn't called for Subike...I just dribbled the last booze I had in the house all over my knees...

[scumdog]

Just for you to drool ova, and for others to see the reason for the passion.


http://www.c-it.com/chandler/56fordcv/index.htm

Pretty bloody flash eh Dave!:cool::niceone:

[Oakie]

My Dad used to work in one of the buildings in the background of those photos back when it was the Austin Motors division of GT Gillies (before the Liquorland was built a couple of doors up).

[scumdog]

My Dad used to work in one of the buildings in the background of those photos back when it was the Austin Motors division of GT Gillies (before the Liquorland was built a couple of doors up).

Those pics are in Ch-ch??

[Oakie]

Those pics are in Ch-ch??

Thames St, Oamaru. Spent my first 27 years there.

[scumdog]

Thames St, Oamaru. Spent my first 27 years there.

We're talkin' 'bout the pictures of the '56 Vicky...right?:blink::scratch:

[Oakie]

Probably not. I was talking about the very first set of photos in the thread.