Thread: Sleeks... When did they start?

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Originally Posted by HiboyGal

Could I use his car in my flash back 1955 movie scene or would it not be period correct because of these tires? Could they have been on a 1955 hotrod? Or impossible?

The part of the car that jumps out as being anachronistic is the headers. Most hotrods in 1955 ran stock exhaust manifolds, and those headers are pretty recognizable as Lakester-style headers sold by Sanderson. The other thing that may be an anchronism is the blower, but I can't see it well enough to tell. The carbs look good, though. What would really give that car a nice period look would be wide white walls with Radir mags or chrome reversed wheels. M&H made a white wall slick in the early '60's but I'm not sure about 1955--I was only five years old back then. Depending on the angle you shot the car, you could probably use it. The black suede and pinstriping are perfect.

Denny, she's in SoCal, you should have looked in the Spanglish dictionary..........mon!