Came across this highly customized’56 Olds 98 nicknamed the “Oldssled”. Won the 2020 Goodguys Custom of the year.

 

Beautiful car.

 

Very nice!

 

That has all the coolest styling cues from when I was an early teen and discovered cars. Corvette grille, Lakes pipes, Continental kit, lowered, skirts (nicest design I've ever seen), grafted taillights (are those Packard?), frenched headlights, and BEAUTIFUL wheels. What a trip!

Thanks for posting those pictures.

 

Whether you like the car or not you have to appreciate the craftsmanship in this car. George Barris or Gene Winfield could not have done better. VC455 those are Packard taillights which were very popular with customizers. Back in the day it would probably have had something like 56-57 Cadillac wheel covers instead of those billet wheels. And it would have had about 25-30 coats of hand rubbed lacquer instead of base and clear coat. Very nice car.

 

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Well executed. The color the Hemi the wheels. I dig it, all of it.