IMHO the creation of a sleeper is somewhat of an art form.
The car below features:
-quiet exhaust -I cut a 1/16" slice out of the driver side collector gasket to give it an exhaust leak in order to hide the sucking sound of the 4150HP. -Three mismatched hub caps, one missing. One is actually from a Pontiac and two are Studebaker (?). -The ever-so-slightly bent antenna adds to the overall presence of imperfection on the car. -My old straw sun hat sits in the package tray to give it that "old man on a drive" impression". -I soaked the almost new whitewall snow tires in traction compound for about a month. They work(ed) surprisingly well. -I lowered the front bench seat to make me appear shorter, it really works with said straw hat above. -NO stickers! Well ok, I have a PP&L wind energy sticker, a Mike Huckabee for President sticker, and little letters on the bumper say "beats walking"
-Almost forgot to give props to Mr. Jamie Passon for sending me a used, imperfect Hurst four speed shifter ball to complete the look of the interior. A nice new white shifter ball would have cut off my hustle many times over.
Designing a sleeper is more social engineering than anything. Sometimes when I would walk out of the grocery store my g/f and I would bust up laughing at how much of a POS and an eyesore my car was. I even had some punk rock chick say "Nice car!" when I was in the bank parking lot one day...as I close the door and a chunk of 1/4 panel falls off.
GOOD one ... but might I add ....
Doing-it with a station wagon ...WITH ....
A roof rack ...with two alum extension ladders atop.
WITH the back seat down ...full of empty boxes.
AND ...the back window down .... being rolled-up(via 12v) ...with the words U LOSE on it.
Quiet as a mouse .... 2 Imperial muffs ... nicely warmed-over and fresh 440... hemi converter ...with a 4.56 or STEEPER gear ... for that stop-lite action.
The hook ? ... 7" cheater-slicks flat-out worked !
the typical Ferd or Chebby ? 
