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There's a whole list of "period-correct" accessories, mid-'50s to mid-'60s:

- Fender Skirts
- Continental Kits
- Spinner Wheelcovers (Olds Fiestas were "kool", as were Dodge Lancers)
- "Baby" moons or "Full" Moons
- Whitewall Tires with "hand-painted" white letters!!
- mini-PomPoms around the windows
- Windshield Sunvisors
- Blue "sexlites" on the upper inside windshield
- Rear Deck Antennas (duals were BEST); Whip antenna
- Side Window Chrome Visors
- Record Players (yeah, 45 rpm)
- Rear Bumper draggin' with a "Car Club" plaque, Front Suspension sky-high (SuperStock-look)
- "Dummy" Spotlites aka "Appletons"
- Dummy/plugged "Lakes" Pipes; Exhaust Cut-outs behind front tires
- Pinstripes ala "Big Daddy" Roth
- Nosed & Decked (remove front/rear emblems)
- Louvers on Hood/Trunk
- Shaved Door Handles/Trunk Handle
- Frenched Headlites
- Extra Grille Teeth (Chev) or Tubular Grilles (think billet, but much thicker bars)
- "Smitty" Mufflers
- Split Manifold (Chev Stovebolt Inline-6)
- "Necker Knobs" (already mentioned)
- Floorshift Conversions (Foxcraft, Cal Custom, Hurst etc.)
- Intake Manifold swaps (2-bbl to 4-bbl and more...)
- Camshafts ("3/4" cams were REAL "racy")
- Engine Swaps (REAL hardcore hotroddin')
- Tuck 'n Roll or Diamond Pleat interiors
- Chrome inside window frames
- Custom dashknobs
- Reverberating Speaker(s)
- Bobble-heads in the rear package tray

...and 100 more...

"Modding" ain't new...but trends change...