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Banham X99. Banham Conversions was a coachbuilder and manufacturer of kit cars from the late 1970s until 2004. The company, based in Rochester, Kent, [1] was founded by Paul Banham and started off as a coachbuilder, converting vehicles into convertibles.
The Muntz Jet was built by the Muntz Car Company, which was founded by Elgin, Illinois, native Earl "Madman" Muntz. [1] [2] Muntz, who was born in 1914 and attended Elgin High School for three semesters before dropping out, [3] had established a prominent reputation selling television sets and other commercial and consumer electronics.
Being nearly identical, it too has the distinctive odd-sided hexagonal shape. These engines can be fitted in rear wheel drive vehicles with the right bellhousing and are used in hot rods, kit cars, sand rails and late model engine swaps. All Cadillac Northstar V8s; Oldsmobile Aurora L47 V8; GM 3.5L LX5 "Short Star" V6
Outside of the Corvette-based XLR with its retractable hard-top, Cadillac hasn’t offered a true convertible since 1976. And while the Sollei remains just a concept vehicle for now, it’s clear ...
Nudie modified Pontiac, Buick, and Cadillac convertibles with typical Nudie icons, such as silver-dollar-studded dashboards, pistol door handles, and longhorn steer horns as hood ornaments. [6] Several of the cars were pictured in Nudie's Online Car Museum. [7] [8] Webb Pierce purchased several Nudie mobiles, including a 1962 Pontiac convertible.
1954 Champion Starliner Hard-top Hard-top for five passengers. Studillac is a name given to an American customized aftermarket car assembled in Rockville Centre, New York between 1953 and 1955, comprising a hard-top Studebaker Starliner coupé fitted with an OHV 210–250 hp Cadillac V8 engine.
In 1984, eight years after Cadillac built its last convertible, the division temporarily resumed production of a convertible version of the Eldorado Biarritz. This car was an official Cadillac production option convertible converted by American Sunroof Corporation (ASC, Inc.) offered only for the 1984–85 model years coded by vehicle VIN.
Conversion was done by custom car shops across the country such as George Barris, E & G Classics and Auto Gard, Inc., as well as many smaller shops. A well-known pimpmobile fabricator was Les Dunham of Dunham Coachworks in Boonton, New Jersey. Les built the cars in Super Fly, as well as the "Corvorado" and the Cadillac Fleetwood in the James ...