So those of you that follow Dez's projects may have clocked that, in order to progress his Shoebox (among others) some cash was generated with a bit of "fleet reorganisation". In other words he sold a car or two.
One of those cars has come my way....................
I'm sure some of you know how this kind of story goes. I've got the Mustang to the stage where it needs paint so there is very little for me to do until that happens. Despite the fact that there is a ton of work to do after it gets painted I start to get that itchy feeling thinking about the next project. I've always loved rods and customs so that's what I'll do next I think. I toy with the idea of building something from scratch to go through BIVA but then get cold feet after reading the manual. Browsing RR one evening I'm looking at Dez's Shoebox thread and I wonder if he bought it for himself or if he bought it with a view to doing it and moving it on. So I sent him a message to ask. We go back and forward a bit and suddenly he offers me this Pontiac. I've seen the original build thread and I really love this car so, clearly, I'm in! We agree a price and a couple of weeks later I am having a massive reorganise of my space to fit everything in!
So here is the one picture I took of it outside:
I cannot tell you how excited I am to own this car and to take on (admittedly a pretty big) project like this. Only time will tell whether my skill set is up to sorting out the bodywork which does have a few issues, but I'm going to enjoy finding out and can always call in the experts if it gets tricky.
It's a 49 Pontiac Streamliner, it's had a roof chop, the bodywork needs a bit of "help". You can read about some of the things Dez uncovered so far in the original thread. My plans are probably not that different to Dez's; sort body out, throw in some sort of V8, bag it. That makes it sound easy but all I've really done is take some pictures:
The majority is very solid for a 67 year old car..
Holding the cut off door frame up to the car tells me the roof has had about 3" taken out of it:
There is lots of trim and shiny moldings:
And it has an interior These are the door "cards":
The seats are totally awesome:
As is the dash:
There is a minor problem if I combine my height, the roof chop and the standard seat though................the forward visibility, this is my eyeline:
I guess I'll take some height out of the seat as it's huge.
So basically, that's it, I haven't had time to do anything to it yet and I probably won't for a little while yet due to Mustang finishing, lack of funds, requirement to go on holiday with SWMBO etc. My first plan will be to do a lot of measuring to work out which bits need moving to get the body back in line. Other than that I'll just be collecting parts I need if and when I see them.
Finally, thanks to Dez for selling me this. I hope he won't mind me saying that I'm not 100% sure he wanted to sell it but moving a couple of projects on to enable the completion of some others is something that occasionally has to be done.
One of those cars has come my way....................
I'm sure some of you know how this kind of story goes. I've got the Mustang to the stage where it needs paint so there is very little for me to do until that happens. Despite the fact that there is a ton of work to do after it gets painted I start to get that itchy feeling thinking about the next project. I've always loved rods and customs so that's what I'll do next I think. I toy with the idea of building something from scratch to go through BIVA but then get cold feet after reading the manual. Browsing RR one evening I'm looking at Dez's Shoebox thread and I wonder if he bought it for himself or if he bought it with a view to doing it and moving it on. So I sent him a message to ask. We go back and forward a bit and suddenly he offers me this Pontiac. I've seen the original build thread and I really love this car so, clearly, I'm in! We agree a price and a couple of weeks later I am having a massive reorganise of my space to fit everything in!
So here is the one picture I took of it outside:
I cannot tell you how excited I am to own this car and to take on (admittedly a pretty big) project like this. Only time will tell whether my skill set is up to sorting out the bodywork which does have a few issues, but I'm going to enjoy finding out and can always call in the experts if it gets tricky.
It's a 49 Pontiac Streamliner, it's had a roof chop, the bodywork needs a bit of "help". You can read about some of the things Dez uncovered so far in the original thread. My plans are probably not that different to Dez's; sort body out, throw in some sort of V8, bag it. That makes it sound easy but all I've really done is take some pictures:
The majority is very solid for a 67 year old car..
Holding the cut off door frame up to the car tells me the roof has had about 3" taken out of it:
There is lots of trim and shiny moldings:
And it has an interior These are the door "cards":
The seats are totally awesome:
As is the dash:
There is a minor problem if I combine my height, the roof chop and the standard seat though................the forward visibility, this is my eyeline:
I guess I'll take some height out of the seat as it's huge.
So basically, that's it, I haven't had time to do anything to it yet and I probably won't for a little while yet due to Mustang finishing, lack of funds, requirement to go on holiday with SWMBO etc. My first plan will be to do a lot of measuring to work out which bits need moving to get the body back in line. Other than that I'll just be collecting parts I need if and when I see them.
Finally, thanks to Dez for selling me this. I hope he won't mind me saying that I'm not 100% sure he wanted to sell it but moving a couple of projects on to enable the completion of some others is something that occasionally has to be done.