1957 Chrysler – Tire failure
During a trip to the “King Cruise” car-meeting, I got a sense there was something wrong on the 1957 Chrysler I was driving. It felt like a wheel was ‘getting’ out of balance and I [more … ]
1957 Chrysler Windsor
2019 Kustom Kulture Forever – Herten, Germany
Me and a friend of mine decided to visit the 2019 Kustom Kulture weekend in Herten, Germany. The weather was perfect for the 2hr trip to Germany, so we loaded up my ’57 Chrysler and [more … ]
Autumn photos with the 1957 Chrysler Windsor custom
As a follow-up on the previous photo-day out with 1960 Chrysler New Yorker, I decided to take out the 1957 Chrysler as well for some nice autumn color pics. Still, the leaves on the trees [more … ]
To the Drive-In Cinema with the ’57 Chrysler
A group of people recently organised a number of Drive-In Cinema-events on the premises of a local Gin distillery called ‘Nolet Distillery’, located in the town of Schiedam. The location is also the site of [more … ]
Mopars @ La Baraque
Today was one of the last meetings of the year. This Mopar-only meeting was held at Party-center La Baraque near the town ‘Zevenhuizen’.
’57 Chrysler trip to Belgium
Took a nice trip to Belgium today with my ’57 Chrysler to pick up a left rearfender repairpanel for my ’73 Dodge Dart. The weather was nice so it was a perfect day for the [more … ]
’57 Chrysler front swaybar
Re-installed a factory style front swaybar on the ’57 Chrysler today. Although the car did not lean excessively in corners without it, the addition of the anti-swaybar still helped noticably with keeping the car more [more … ]
Calendar photoshoots
Earlier this year I had a couple of calendar photoshoots with some of the cars. The shoots were for The Cruise Brothers carclub and a local animal shelter.
Custom bullet grille for the ’57 Chrysler
Some time ago I bought 5 bullet-cones from Wirth Automotive and mounted them in the grille opening. I thought it looked ‘ok’ from an angle, but downright silly when viewed head-on. The bullets were just [more … ]
Vintage Chrysler Fenderskirts
I received a pair of fenderskirts from a good fellow from Florida recently. I wanted to know how they would look on the ’57 Chrysler. I think they’re allright once they’ve been painted and mounted [more … ]
Chrome bumpers for the 57 Chrysler
I had ordered a pair of bumpers for the ’57 Chrysler a while ago from “Big M’s Salvage yard” in California, to replace the painted ones on the car at the moment. Chroming my own [more … ]
1957 Chrysler engine tuning
Finally had some time to further tune the 354ci engine of the ’57 Chrysler. Since it was still a cold but dry day, I took the car out for a little testdrive and shot a [more … ]
Garage photoshoot with Lady Luck Lisa
We had a garage photoshoot a while ago initiated by some friends of mine from the other side of the country. On a chilly sunday, me, CultPhotos.com Marcel and his girlfriend VisualAcid.com Jolanda all met [more … ]
Carburation upgrade on the ’57 Chrysler Windsor
After the trip to the RDW (local DMW) I had found the engine of the ’57 Windsor didn’t pull at all. Although the 354ci Polyspheric engine revved nicely in neutral, it lacked major power during [more … ]
Different wheels for the ’57 Windsor
Decided to put the Astro Supremes wheels with custom made dual pin-stripe tires from DiamondBack tires on the car to see how they look. Looks OK, although I think some wider widewalls would be better [more … ]