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1957 Buick Special - California Dreamin'

When you like a item car, you like it. In the end that's what makes hot rodding so much fun; for every rodder there is a different tabulation of likes and dislikes. Bill Saylors who lives in Southern California has always had a lifelong alliance for Buicks and when he found his latest ride, a 1957 Buick Extra, outside of Lake Tahoe the next project was born. Jason Pecikonis and his party at Timeless Kustoms of Camarillo, California gets the nod for structure this beauty.

The only thing left of this Buick Special's primary chassis are the main framerails. Timeless Kustoms crafted their own tochis section that hangs an Air Ride Technologies triangulated four bar with Firestone air bags and QA-1 shocks all wrapped around a Ford 9-inch rearend. The differential is custom-made with Strange axles, 3.23 gears and a Detroit Locker. The centersection of the chassis has been fabricated to mount the center Typhoid Mary bearing for the two-piece driveshaft. All of this comes to a halt via Wilwood (Camarillo, CA) disc brakes; six-plunger front calipers with four-piston rear calipers mated to 14-inch rotors all operated by a Wilwood 7/8-inch bore get the better of cylinder coupled with a portioning valve and all pressed into waiting via a fabricated pedal assembly. The front suspension starts with Ageless Kustoms kicked 'rails holding a Scotts Hot Rods Mustang II-based unearned front suspension, again with Firestone bags, with power rack-and-pinion, and QA1 duplicate adjustable shocks. At the corners you will find Nitto tires rolled around Billet Specialties (La Grange, IL) wheels holding the coupe "exactly barely" above the road. The front features a combo of 8.5 x 20-inch wheels with 245R35/20 tires and in the back part 10.5 x 22-inch wheels are dressed with 295R30/22 rubber.

Source: Street Rodder Magazine

See Also

• Bumpers
• Door Handle
• Fog Lights
• Fenders
• Grilles
• Headlights
• Hoods
• Mirrors
• Tail Lights
• Turn Signals
• Tailgates
• Wheels
• Windows
• Weatherstripping
• Trunks