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Saving a Bonnie?
Saw this on a trailer driving back from Florida, hope it’s getting saved.
Looking at it, it is a Bonnie rite?
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Yes, it's a 1962 Bonneville. Pretty rough around the edges.
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Looks more like a donor car than a restoration candidate.
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.....at least there's hope for it being on the trailer.....
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Could be a lot of good stuff there.
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Thats barely a parts car..
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Looks like the frame is still good. They usually rusted out right at the frame connection in front of the rear wheel. There usually is a crack in the fender right at the back of the rear side window.
Last edited by 389; 10-27-2022 at 10:44 AM. |
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WOW quite the project car good luck!
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That's interesting. My first car was a '63 Impala 2 door hardtop and it had that crack just as you described.
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Seen a 61 Bonneville Conv today in a Florence Music Museum today;
Colt 45s on all door handles Rifles along thequarterpanels Century ols Silver dollars imbedded in the dash, pedals, console. The Brake was an iron frypan The Console was horse saddle 8-lug rims looked excellent Car looked fantastic actually |
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That was the Bonneville on Beverley Hill Billys. One of Grannys Western actors drove up in it to meet Granny. He saw a photo of Alley May and thought she was granny and got a date with her before seing her.
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Must have been a Nudie designed Bonneville. Country music singer Webb Pierce had a Nudie 1962 Bonneville, the Country Music Hall of Fame has that car. I don't know who the 1961 was built for.
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I believe that Roy Rodgers had one also?
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His was a 1963. Nudie built a bunch of them over the years, using Pontiacs, Cadillacs and at least one Buick. I think Elvis had one of his cars too.
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I snapped that pic in Tennessee or Kentucky. Can’t remember.
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