Where do the old customs go?
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Laughing Gas
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From: Lavergne, Tn.
Where do the old customs go?
I've attended the F100 supernationals since it first came to Gatlinburg from Chimney Rock. I stopped going when it moved to Knoxville and it opened up to cars. I've always wondered what ever happened to some of the really super nice custom trucks that I've seen at the nationals 25+ years ago. I've taken hundreds of pictures over the years and saw some of the same trucks for a number of those years and suddenly they're gone. Even a repaint would not have disguised some of the more heavily modified trucks. Anybody ever run up on any old customs tucked away in garages or barns or know any of the history of where they are today.
Just wondering...........
A few..................
One of these days I may sit down and scan a bunch of the old photos and post them up.
Just wondering...........
A few..................
One of these days I may sit down and scan a bunch of the old photos and post them up.
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I just acquired 400-600 old custom and hot rod magazines going back to the late 40s. I've come across more than several magazines with customized mid-50s Ford trucks.
I, like you, plan to sit down and scan the articles and pictures from these magazines depicting the mid-50s custom trucks.
I, like you, plan to sit down and scan the articles and pictures from these magazines depicting the mid-50s custom trucks.
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That pic beside the space needle arcade is awesome. I'm trying to pick out some of my relatives standing there on the street with their white legs lol. I'd love to see some more of your pics. There was a discussion on here a few months ago about that second panel truck with "Awesome" stenciled on the side. Somebody was wanting/trying to duplicate that front end I think. My family used to drag us down there and we'd stay at the Riverside Motor Lodge in the middle of town for years and years. I can't believe that joint is still open.
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Makes you wonder how it got in that state.
Well not the state that is in this photo, how it was when found in Mexico.
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I still haven't forgiven my Mom on this one... the story was that the Orbitron sat in front of that little **** shop in JUAREZ, MX for more than 20 years... In 1990, I was in basic training in ElPaso, TX and the night I graduated from basic, a bunch of the guys in my platoon hopped the border for the night. Sadly, my mother came down for the grad ceremony, and she refused to cross the border... If she hadn't been there, and I had went to Juarez that night, MAYBE, just maybe, I would have been the one to find the Orbitron...
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Tastes change and what was once the coolest thing on the block now becomes a white elephant. People are drawn to what's different not what's old. It's a sad commentary but unfortunately true.
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Drewski,
Loved the pictures of the early Supernats. Posting pictures of the early Supernats would make for a great thread and definately bring back some memories!
You ask a great question. I know a few of the past F100 Supernats winners have sold their trucks. One in particular, the 2003 F100 Supernats sold on Barret Jackson in 2005.
Loved the pictures of the early Supernats. Posting pictures of the early Supernats would make for a great thread and definately bring back some memories!
You ask a great question. I know a few of the past F100 Supernats winners have sold their trucks. One in particular, the 2003 F100 Supernats sold on Barret Jackson in 2005.
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Yes, it got rescued and restored.
You can check it out here. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Orbitron
You can check it out here. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Orbitron
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one truck that really made an impression on me was a panel called "Illusive Dream" In my mind the craftsmenship put into the tilt front end on that truck set the standard by which all others are measured (still even today)
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Laughing Gas
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That pic beside the space needle arcade is awesome. I'm trying to pick out some of my relatives standing there on the street with their white legs lol. I'd love to see some more of your pics. There was a discussion on here a few months ago about that second panel truck with "Awesome" stenciled on the side. Somebody was wanting/trying to duplicate that front end I think. My family used to drag us down there and we'd stay at the Riverside Motor Lodge in the middle of town for years and years. I can't believe that joint is still open.
The panel "Totally Awsome" was built by a friend of mine here in middle Tn. back in the late 70's early 80's. He built that panel originally solid black, later it got redone in pearl white with with artwork on the side of a pregnant ghost and the was aptly named Casper's Nightmare. And finally the way you saw it in the picture with the chopped top. I think it won people's choice that year and that was also when he sold it and to my knowledge nobody has seen it since.
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Laughing Gas
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Do you recall the color of "Illusive Dream"?
