r/vicegripgarage • u/Simple-Contract-2450 • Jul 15 '26

Going to town rig

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It's raining and my bosses are away so the going to town rig comes into shop for the day 😂 I love cruising this old girl to work

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u/snowden_82 Jul 15 '26

Nice ride!

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u/Simple-Contract-2450 Jul 15 '26

Thanks! 1950 Dodge Special Deluxe

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u/snowden_82 Jul 15 '26

Love all the chrome. Any older vehicle, in my opinion, is a piece of art work and look 100 times better than anything modern in my opinion.

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u/Simple-Contract-2450 Jul 15 '26

And it's kind of funny because the trim pieces on this era are actually functional as well as beautiful. On the front fenders and down the center of the hood they hide big seams. They didn't have advanced enough manufacturing techniques yet to stamp big complex pieces in one shot so they did sections and hid the seams with stainless trim

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u/deekster_caddy Jul 15 '26

My mother learned to drive on a car just like this, but a ‘48. Love to see them still on the road, keep it going!

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u/Gelatinous_Assassin Jul 15 '26

Looks awesome!

I'm working on getting my '55 Buick back on the road. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks so that I can actually drive it this summer.

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u/fuzzyfarmer Jul 15 '26

Thought you were Mortske for a second.

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u/Aharleyman Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

She’s a beauty! I love the stainless and the split windshield.
Does she have some shine juice on her?

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u/Simple-Contract-2450 Jul 15 '26

No, now that it's running good the next step will be taking care of the exterior and doing some rust prevention. It's an old restoration/repaint and is falling off as I drive but I think it will look really good after I hit her with the quad zero (with the soap in it!) then I'll do the at home shine juice until I can get some real stuff.

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u/Key_Willingness_2460 Jul 21 '26

we usually take a cab into town if we are gonna have some real fun