Theme Tuesdays

Theme Tuesdays: Street Machines

Oct 15, 2013

At first pass a few of you are going to think I am off my rocker –which I might be– for posting 70s Street Machines in the Theme Tuesday category and not the WTF Friday one but, in my opinion 70s Street Machines and today’s aggressive fitment scene are really not that different from one another.

Swap BBS wheels (or your 3 piece of choice) for Cragars (or you slotted mag of choice), coils for shackles, stretched tires for the widest tires possible, wild vinyl wraps for wild custom paint, and it’s tomato, tomato.

Also like aggressive fitment it is/was a style employed on nearly every type of vehicle in existence with no doubt more than a few naysayers ready to point fingers and make “you’ve ruined that car” accusations.

street_machines_1a — After posting this on instagam I realized that many of you were more open to this Theme Tuesday idea than I thought

street_machines_1 — One of the people from a Street Machines group I am in said most people didn’t care what was done to these cars because at the time they were out of fashion to many because of the gas crisis

street_machines_17 — Love this though I can’t quite tell what it is…

street_machines_12 — Classic 70s through and through with this SS

street_machines_5 — For those who prefer things a little more restrained..

street_machines_2 — I distinctly remember building a model kit as a kid with a hood scoop identical to the one on this

street_machines_9 — Vans could –and did– get the treatment

street_machines_11 — As did first generation Civics surprisingly! Now the question is RWD stagger on FWD car or RWD swap?

street_machines_8 — The style also appears to have made it’s way to Europe…

street_machines_15 — As well as popular media… (Snake’s Lil Bandit could be posted here as well)

street_machines_6 — While not quite a Street Machine they are jumping there was no way I could neglect posting this shot. No doubt sending it to flat too

street_machines_14 — This Corvair is simply bad-ass, another car for me to dig up more information on

street_machines_22 — Check out the arches and big diff sticking out from under this Mini

street_machines_4 — I’m a bit of a sucker for these old Econolines

street_machines_23 — Cruisn’ the streets wheelie bar intact

street_machines_18 — Though quite a bit tamer than most of the cars in this post this little coupe looks pretty awesome

street_machines_20 — The Kawashima Celica of the Street Machine world?

street_machines_13 — Evidently not just for boulevards or strips

street_machines_3 — Probably car to end this post with given the era

If this type of stuff is your thing check out 70s Street Machines on Tumblr. If it’s not I’ll be back with something ‘normal’ next week.

8 COMMENTS

TripleCrownCustoms Oct 15, 2013 At 11:59 pm

the one near the top you cant figure out is a studebaker early to mid fifties. and that crazy lifted one is a style of street machines called “street freaks” they are crazy!

- DaveT Oct 16, 2013 At 7:57 am
  
  Thanks! That was really bugging me. I thought maybe an Amazon for a bit.
  
Silver Oct 19, 2013 At 2:57 am

http://race68.com/lars.htm more pics of the blue chevelle

- DaveT Oct 20, 2013 At 9:48 am
  
  Awesome thanks Silver
  
Don Kinney Feb 20, 2021 At 7:21 am

“The Car You Couldn’t Quite Figure Out is a 1953-4 Studebaker Hardtop” designed by “Raymond Loewy”! If it were A Coupe it would Be a “3H or 4H (3H is a 1953, 4H is a 1954) Coupe the “Forerunner of the Studebaker Hawk Series of Cars” which Came out in 1955! The 3H & 4H body was longer than the standard body length as it was for the upcoming Hawk Series Cars! The Standard Body was used on the Champion, Commander & President made Studebaker! Have a Nice Day!

- DaveT Feb 22, 2021 At 10:07 pm
  
  Thanks Don!
  
Don Kinney Feb 20, 2021 At 7:30 am

I just noticed it, it does have a Coupe Body, so it is a 1953or4, 3H or 4H Starlight Coupe, Pre Has Series of Studebakers! I just remembered the Hardtop Version was also referred as Starlight Coupes, even though they were Hardtops!

Austin starnes Aug 17, 2021 At 4:24 pm

I would really like to know more about the mini cooper. I can only find a hand full of pics but no info on who built it or any build specs period.