'59 Chrysler Imperial Speedster [pics]

Clever Stuff.

Really looks like a toy in that first shot with its oversize wires.

thats sweet, alot of work there for sure

engine cover is very nice

well finished in terms of paint and trim, if you like that sorta thing, but theres some pretty glaring faults elsewhere-

I can see at least two nylock nuts with bolts too short for em there
that rose joint closest to the camera don't look too happy either, its more or less maxed out(even with misalignment cones as well) and thats at 'rest'. the angle of it wont change with suspension travel either. the bracket is at the wrong angle. personally id want a gusset on the bracket too. pretty basic mistakes given the level of the rest of the build.........

plus in my eyes it needs smaller wheels they make it look too short(it it actually shortened? I cant get the feature to load. looks like it is? which doesnt help the proportions really.)

I think its just the way that link is sitting on its balls. It looks to me that the far end of it is also at that "twisted" angle but that there is plenty of movement available to twist back the other way if you grabbed it.

I'm with you on the short bolts though.

I think the fact it's had about 4 ft taken out of the middle of it helps with that too!

i think that could partially be it, the fact it has misalignment cones fitted at all on a joint that operates as that does in a plane linear to the joint highlights theres an issue though
ive just looked at the pic again and didnt even notice first time theres no jam nut on it either(which will expain it sitting twisted even though the front joint is a heim that should stop it twisting), or on the front lower link either!! again, more pretty basic mistakes.


bizzle,
ile try it in safari, i don't use filthly dirty PCs
funnily enough i have been having a lot of trouble with firefox since the last update, seems curse word now, wont load stuff and has started crashing which its never done before.

Yeah, but if they'd kept that Imperial sedan like that, nice though it is, there's a good chance I'd have never heard of it! And I wouldn't say it's a short-cut - with any project, it makes sense to start with the best possible base.

Cars are just things, I think it's good that people aren't too precious about chopping them up to create something unique and interesting.

When I saw that as a just-started project I thought it would be awesome. But its sadly not at all right for me. It looks like a "shortee" VW or Mini rather than a speedster.

It needs cuttaway front fenders and a lot more restyling to make it work.

more in the way this Corona was done but in a more retro/flash Gordon sort of way