{"id":12621,"date":"2010-09-29T21:42:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T04:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=12621"},"modified":"2010-09-29T21:43:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T04:43:37","slug":"custom-car-1965-crown-imperial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wifes Mild Custom &#8217;65 Crown Imperial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fcustom-car-1965-crown-imperial%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F09%2F1965-custom-crown-imperial-lace-paint2.JPG&amp;description=The+Wifes+Mild+Custom+%E2%80%9965+Crown+Imperial\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[12621]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"The Wifes Mild Custom \u201965 Crown Imperial\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=The Wifes Mild Custom \u201965 Crown Imperial&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/\" data-text=\"The Wifes Mild Custom \u201965 Crown Imperial\" data-desc=\"Custom Car 1965 Crown Imperial Sedan What does a hot rod shop owner's wife drive?\u00a0 It's gotta have some purple and lace right?\u00a0 Even some fur... Even though its a ladies ride, I think you dudes out there will dig as well. This is Julie's 1965 Crown Imperial custom.\u00a0 Julie is\u00a0married to Scotty\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-lace-paint2.JPG\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Custom Car 1965 Crown Imperial Sedan<\/h3>\n<p>What does a hot rod shop owner&#8217;s wife drive?\u00a0 It&#8217;s gotta have some purple and lace right?\u00a0 Even some fur&#8230; Even though its a ladies ride, I think you dudes out there will dig as well.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-lace-paint2.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[12621]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12623\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Lace paintwork on Julie's 1965 Crown Mild Custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-lace-paint2.JPG\" alt=\"Lace paintwork, 1965 Crown Imperial, Mild Custom\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-lace-paint2.JPG 1144w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-lace-paint2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-lace-paint2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-lace-paint2-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is Julie&#8217;s 1965 Crown Imperial custom.\u00a0 Julie is\u00a0married to Scotty Birdsall, owner of <a title=\"Chuckles Garage website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chucklesgarage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chuckles Garage<\/a>.\u00a0 If you missed the story on his ride, click this link, <a title=\"1962 Falcon Gasser with Nailhead power\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-gasser-straight-axle-nailhead\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8217;62 Ford Falcon Straight Axle Gasser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-front-bumper.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[12621]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12697\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1965 custom Crown Imperial \" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-front-bumper.jpg\" alt=\"1965 Mild Custom, Crown Imperial, Chuckles Garage \" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-front-bumper.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-front-bumper-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-front-bumper-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-front-bumper-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 1965 Crown Imperial (alot of folks call it a Chrysler, but Crown was its own entity at the time) is definitely My Ride is Me.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s see why&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Custom-Crown-Imperial-slammed.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[12621]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12698\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Custom and slammed Crown Imperial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Custom-Crown-Imperial-slammed.JPG\" alt=\"Custom, slammed, Crown Imperial, Chuckles Garage\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Custom-Crown-Imperial-slammed.JPG 1144w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Custom-Crown-Imperial-slammed-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Custom-Crown-Imperial-slammed-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Custom-Crown-Imperial-slammed-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see it certainly fits in as a &#8220;Mild Custom&#8221; build.\u00a0 There&#8217;s not alot of mods other than a super crazy paint job, some suspension work, a groovy fur dash (it is a lady&#8217;s ride remember!) and some 600-15 wide whitewalls.\u00a0 When the goal is to personalize your classic machine, those are simple and effective touches.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-mild-custom-crown-imperial-front.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[12621]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12699\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1965 Mild Custom Crown Imperial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-mild-custom-crown-imperial-front.JPG\" alt=\"1960's, Mild Custom, Crown Imperial\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-mild-custom-crown-imperial-front.JPG 1144w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-mild-custom-crown-imperial-front-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-mild-custom-crown-imperial-front-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-mild-custom-crown-imperial-front-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the face of a not-often seen 60&#8217;s classic luxury sedan.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve seen one of these before, but I like the mid 60&#8217;s era Detroit designs.\u00a0 To me this car is the perfect mix between late 50&#8217;s flair and 60&#8217;s edginess.\u00a0 Look at the front bumper.\u00a0 It has just a hint of the late 50&#8217;s big bumpers, but its definitely been toned down.\u00a0 Stick with rockin&#8217; round headlights, but now they&#8217;re encased in a square housing.\u00a0 The rear fenders also have a miniature fin sticking out of the middle of it.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-paint-booth.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[12621]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12700\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1965 Custom Crown Imperial paint booth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-paint-booth.jpg\" alt=\"1965 Custom, Crown Imperial, custom paint, lace paint, burple\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-paint-booth.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-paint-booth-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-paint-booth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-paint-booth-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Paint is a black base with candy burple and blue candy over the top with 3 sizes of flake. The lace is another shade of candy blue with gallons upon gallons of clear dumped over the car.\u00a0 The sides are black with tiny bits of blue flake thrown in for effect. The paint looks like you could actually swim in it.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-custom-paint-work.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[12621]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12717\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1965 Custom Crown Imperial custom paint work\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-custom-paint-work.JPG\" alt=\"1965, Custom, Crown Imperial, custom paint work\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-custom-paint-work.JPG 1144w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-custom-paint-work-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-custom-paint-work-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-custom-paint-work-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look at that lace work.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve seen about half a dozen lace paint jobs in person and every time I just stare at &#8217;em.\u00a0 I wonder how the heck they do that.\u00a0 Work of art!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-air-suspension.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[12621]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12725\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1965 Custom Crown Imperial sitting on air suspension\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-air-suspension.jpg\" alt=\"Mild Custom, Crown Imperial, air suspension\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-air-suspension.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-air-suspension-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-air-suspension-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/1965-custom-crown-imperial-air-suspension-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scotty says about the power setup, <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s powered by a 413 and an auto tranny getting about 7 mpg&#8230;Take that you hippie dippie Prius<\/em> <em>owners!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s awesome Scotty and Julie.\u00a0 Love the Crown.\u00a0 This is what I love about this hobby called hot rodding.\u00a0 We each have our own likes and dislikes, we all have different budgets (or lack thereof), there&#8217;s so many different makes and models to choose from.\u00a0 Even if the mods are simple, if you&#8217;re able to achieve a finished car that is unique to you and your style and puts a smile on your face, then you have successfully hot rodded your car.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chuckles Garage blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chucklesgarage.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chuckles Garage Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hechtspeed<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fcustom-car-1965-crown-imperial%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=The+Wifes+Mild+Custom+%E2%80%9965+Crown+Imperial\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"The Wifes Mild Custom \u201965 Crown Imperial\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=The Wifes Mild Custom \u201965 Crown Imperial&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/custom-car-1965-crown-imperial\/\" data-text=\"The Wifes Mild Custom \u201965 Crown Imperial\" data-desc=\"Custom Car 1965 Crown Imperial Sedan What does a hot rod shop owner's wife drive?\u00a0 It's gotta have some purple and lace right?\u00a0 Even some fur... Even though its a ladies ride, I think you dudes out there will dig as well. This is Julie's 1965 Crown Imperial custom.\u00a0 Julie is\u00a0married to Scotty\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Custom Car 1965 Crown Imperial Sedan What does a hot rod shop owner&#8217;s wife drive?\u00a0 It&#8217;s gotta have some purple and lace right?\u00a0 Even some fur&#8230; Even though its a ladies ride, I think you dudes out there will dig as well. This is Julie&#8217;s 1965 Crown Imperial custom.\u00a0 Julie is\u00a0married to Scotty Birdsall, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[384,1814],"tags":[2520,217,2524,1263],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12621"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12778,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12621\/revisions\/12778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}