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58 HARTFORD AUTORAMA

New England Speed & Custom shared some amazing photos of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s New England hot Rod and Custom Car scene.

This amazing collection of scanned photos was shared by New England Speed & Custom. In this article we show some photos from this collection taken at the ’57 and ’58 Hartford Autorama shows as well as a few other shows. The photos were taken by different photographers using different camera’s and techniques hence the different quality of the photos. Hope you will enjoy this great series of scanned slides showing the New England Hot Rod and Custom Car Scene.
Check out the ’58 Hartford Show photos CCC-Article.

 

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CCC-new-england-shows-19Andy Southard’s 1958 Chevy.
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CCC-new-england-shows-18Another photo of the Joe Brienza’s 1934 Ford shows the fully customized interior and dash.
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CCC-new-england-shows-16Herb Gary’s 1949 Plymouth the “Aztec” The gold details explain the name of the car.
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CCC-new-england-shows-09Jack Lentz channeled 1932 Ford roadster.
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CCC-new-england-shows-07The Rod & Custom Dream Truck in its lavender metallic version.
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Rik Hoving

Rik is the CCC editor in chief. As a custom car historian he is researching custom car history for many years. In 2004 he started the Custom Car Photo Archive that has become a place of joy for many custom car enthousiasts. Here at CCC Rik will bring you inspiring articles on the history of custom cars and builders. Like a true photo detective he will show us what's going on in all those amazing photos. He will write stories about everything you want to know in the realm of customizing. In daily life Rik is a Graphic Designer. He is married to the CCC webmaster and the father of a 10 year old son (they are both very happy with his excellent cooking skills)

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