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    Image of Brian Brian
    12/07/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    Two door. Wagon.

    This is J-nik. The Ford is the only right answer.
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    12/06/09

    In reply to Slapstick Japanese Duo Pays Homage To '86 Toyota Tercel 4WD, We Think
    It's a Sprinter Carib, not a Caribbean. Just another thing I learned from playing with Tomica cars as a kid.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    12/06/09

    In reply to Slapstick Japanese Duo Pays Homage To '86 Toyota Tercel 4WD, We Think
    Ah manzai, you'll never make sense but you'll always amuse me.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/06/09

    In reply to Slapstick Japanese Duo Pays Homage To '86 Toyota Tercel 4WD, We Think
    The wagon for cutups. Normal operation includes random openings of the hood and tendency to roll over.

    It was a nice wagon, almost indistinguishable from the Honda version. I thought they'd sold enough to keep producing them, but you have to get a CUV these days if you want a tall wagon.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/06/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: The original Tercel wagon lasted until 1987, but it was getting old by then. For 1988, a new tall wagon was introduced in the US as a Corolla. For some reason it didn't sell and it was dropped after a year or two. Maybe it's because Toyota already had a regular, low-profile wagon in the Corolla line. The Honda wagon sales also faded in the late '80s despite updates and the addition of 4WD. Perhaps it was a style whose time had come and gone - it's a shame, too.
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    Edited by tonyola at 12/06/09 1:57 PM tonyola was starred tonyola was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    Yay for the return of Project Car Hell!!!

    As much as I am a Chevy fan, this time I'm going to have to vote Nash Statesman. Comparatively few were made. Fewer yet survive. Need parts? Better brush up on those library research and machining skills. It also seems to be the worst of the four in terms of material condition.

    So, you will put yourself through all manners of hell trying to restore a total basket case with a barely existent spare parts source, and to top it all off, the only recognition you will get from the word "Nash" is a Nash Bridges reference. No one these days has any idea what the hell a Nash is, and thusly none will truly appreciate the shit you went through.

    That is truly the most hellish of the four, and thusly I feel is the meritorious victor of this edition of Project Car Hell.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    Because I'm feeling a little crazy, I voted for the Nash, which I'd immediately put an Eagle drive train in.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    Voted for both the Ford and the Nash: the Ford as a restored driver with a hopped-up 351W, the Nash as a heavily-modded machine from Hell, preferably with later AMC power (401? Wedge it in!), or even an Int'l Harvester 392 for added frustration and head-scratching.

    So, wicked cool hauling wagon or hippie-graffitied Pininfarina hellbeast with thirteen-letter-shit-spreader power and eighty-seven yard turning circle? Your choice, amigos.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    Most hellish? Nash.

    Coolest? Ford, preferably with a north-south Ecoboost V6 transplant.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    If you want a project that will be valuable and find a ready market when you're done, get the Chevy.

    If you want a project that will be moderately practical when you're done, get the Ford wagon.

    If you want a project that will be fairly sporty when you're done, get the Poly-powered Dodge.

    If you want a true PCH, get the Nash.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    Too bad the Nash isn't a 1956, which is easily one of the top-five ugliest cars of the 1950s -- right behind the 1957 Hudson Hornet. AMC designers had to work hard to kill those brands.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    I inexplicably don't really like the Nash, and although the Chevy is fairly well stripped of its parts, you've already mentioned how easy the parts are to find. The Dodge could be mostly complete, and that's good, since a lot of those bits might be difficult to find.

    The Ford has an undeniable coolness, and although the running gear will be a cakewalk, the wagon specific pieces (of which it's probably missing several) are going to be fun (in the most facetious use of the word) to track down.

    The wagon gets my vote.

    Fortunately I don't need a '50s project car, since I already have a '79 Checker.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    Gotta be the Nash. Nothing screams PCH like an orphaned nameplate.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    '55 Ford. Since I already got the '54.
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    Image of SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R) SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R)
    12/06/09

    @Ford Tempo Fanatic: I didn't know they had a Tempo in '54.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    12/06/09

    @SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R): They didn't.
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    Image of SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R) SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R)
    12/06/09

    @Ford Tempo Fanatic: You've completely destoyed my image of you. I've always imagined you as the guy in Alaska with something like 3-4 Tempos in the driveway. I imagine one is well used but surprisingly clean, 2 definitely showing their age but running and useable and another one for parts... but that's all just the story I made up. A '54 Ford??? hmmm I have to recalibrate.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    12/06/09

    @SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R): Picture this. A log cabin in the Alaskan wilderness, with a garage the size of the house itself. Parked inside his brother's project VW Beetle and my truck (1990 Ford F-150 with some goodies under the hood). Parked right in front of the house, a not-showroom but still well cared for 1989 Ford Tempo. In paid storage, a 1954 Ford F-300 Big Job waits for funds to have a new engine dropped in.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    Hmmmm. None of these are my faves. As much as I love cars, there are a few 50 models I feel an aversion to--must be some childhood trauma. Chevy--done to death, I'd rather have something weirder, like a 58. Ford, never felt it for those mid 50s years--though this IS a wagon, so bonus points there; and oddly, as much as I love MoPars, that is one model I am not crazy about--maybe because it's too tame for a Mopar. That leaves us in Wisconsin. Seriously that wreck is actually this:?? I am way too old to tackle that. So, 55 Ford wagon it is, I guess.
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    12/05/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, Party Like It's 1955 (and You're Broke) Edition: Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Nash?
    i love Nash. doesn't matter what model... and i also have a deep love of the tri-5 chevys........ but nothing will ever beat 2-door wagon, nomad-der (see that, eh?) what make or model! i must have it!

    as far as PCH goes.. i imagine the nash is probably the worst to try to work with... not enough examples to pull junkyard pieces off of let alone finding reproduction pieces...

    i'll take the "easy (wagon)" way out with the ford... the 55 chev would be too easy.

    i got through all of that without mentioning the dodge... umm.. since i want to own a mid to late 40's led sled.. this would be about the latest model i could pull that look off in.. hmmmmmm... though going lead-sled.. it's not a matter of PCH.. it's a matter of how 'slim-is-my-wallet'....
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    Edited by chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling at 12/05/09 5:48 PM chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling was starred chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling was unstarred
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