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Proud of your ride? We haven’t even seen it yet, but we can still say we don’t blame you. Whatever you’ve done, you’ve taken a mass-produced or robot-assembled vehicle and turned it in to a hand-worked, one-of-a-kind expression of your automotive passion.

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

'55 Chevrolet 150 Handy-Man "Gasser" Wagon...."Praying Mantis"





This is what MyRidz is all about: Posting your car and telling all the RodzReaders about it. Tell all of your friends that your classic car is on the big screen.


Owner/builder: Kevin Brown


Features: 4:56 posi / 4-Speed with Vertigate Shifter, 2-pc Ansen Scattershield, black diamond tuck and aluminum interior, "Cricket: lift bars, 355 cu. in mechanical roller motor, balanced with ported-"292-Turbo" heads, Offenhauser manifold, Holly 800 cfm carb.


Body: Black with flames and graphics, radiused wheel walls, ball joint extensions, 5x15 Cragers front and 10x15 Radir Wheels (rear w/cheater slicks).


Next up: Coming this spring: straight axle, wheel-well headers, Olds rear end with Henry's axles.


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