Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Jul 15, 2012 14:10:34 GMT
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I thought id share some of my ideas/inspiration pics ive been collecting. this one from hawaii is pretty good- I particularly like the flat-topped front arches, they look so much better than the radiused front ones against the flat-top rear as stock. the extended and flared rear skirts tie in nicely too. persnally id flare them a little less, but I like the idea of bringing them right down lower than stock. I think this is actually a chevy, but the body style is close enough. I particularly like the way its lost all its chrome trim except for the beltine below the window/front screen surround, and the floating grille bar. the frenched headlights are nicely done too, with the extended swageline on the side. this is just awesome. I love the colour, and the pinstripe scallops. it actually retains a lot of the stock chrome too, only the side spears are deleted. i like the bullet added to the centre of the grille (something id already mocked up!), and i like the idea of retaining the gravel guards on the rear wings. needs skirts though!!
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Last Edit: Jul 15, 2012 14:12:57 GMT by Dez
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
Posts: 11,715
Club RR Member Number: 34
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Jul 15, 2012 14:18:00 GMT
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another nicely chopped one- I kind of half like the rear lights, but tbh I think I'm going to keep mine stock. 50 pontiacs already have a pretty iconic rear light, so I don't think they really need changing just for the sake of being modified. the above pic shows me I really don't like the front arch shape though, flattops are the way to go. probably some splitscreen van rear arch repair panels grafted in I think. the rear skirts do look good rolled under rather than outwards too. one thing all these pics do show me though, is that the chop definitely need to be straight-pillared, not slanted as it is now. and it also 100% needs the 1/4 light chopping down and refitting.
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Last Edit: Jul 15, 2012 14:19:32 GMT by Dez
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teaboy
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Jul 15, 2012 14:32:57 GMT
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ToolsnTrack
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Homebrew Raconteur
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Jul 15, 2012 16:00:22 GMT
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It might just be me, but I look at that and instantly think of yellow checkered taxi colour scheme..
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mrluke
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Jul 15, 2012 18:08:59 GMT
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WOW please make it happen
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Clement
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ambitious but rubbish
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Jul 15, 2012 21:06:40 GMT
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Any of these I cooler than the coolest 50's American car my mind could come up with... I can't wait to see how it turns out. By the way, I had no idea it was possible to get to such a metal finish: How is that even possible? I'm in awe.
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Jul 16, 2012 12:42:22 GMT
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Just... wow.
What sort of timescales are you planning to complete?
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quackshot
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...friggin' cars...
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HAHA Nicks old Supra is in the background!! Thought that disappeared ages ago? nah, its nicks gimpy cousins one- still under the same tree 4 years later! Gimpy cousin = Manningtree talk for father, step father, brother, son and possibly younger sister and future wife all combined into one "gimpy cousin".
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Jul 22, 2012 20:20:18 GMT
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Looks good Dez - the 2nd most used custom/rod tailight! If you've got any side trim I'd be interested in the waistline speartrim?
Cheers
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Club RR Member Number: 34
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Jul 22, 2012 21:58:59 GMT
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the orange one is definately one of my faves. i wanted to do it blue suede, but the only interior/wheels colour i could see it with them would be red, which is just too much of a cliche for me. at the moment I'm favouring a deep burgundy gloss with gloss black wheels and a black interior. froggy- uts easy to get a finish like that on steel. my A is gunan be bare metal like that. wilko- it appears youve left the building, but ile still answer. its a long termer, no rush. its one of my 'three'. damo- got it in one fannywhacker- yeah, unusal to see em in their original home, not the tail panel of a A-coupe! ive got some side trim. I'm keeping the 'spears' below the windows, do you mean the stuff lower down, about knee-height? if so ive got some of it. i think ive got both front wing sections(the pointy bits), both rear wing bits from the doors to the hips, and one door strip. i don't have the other door bit or the rear flank sections.
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Hey Dez I was thinking of the window spear - not sure if this link will work but like on this 53 Chevy. Want some for my Chevy the same.... I think it looks killer - a really subtle mod that hardly anyone notices. Anyhow my Chevy is a sedan yours is a fleetline so not sure if it would fit anyhoo..
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Dez
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3 years? really? furkinell. its be sat in the corner of the yard all that time. some progress has been made, mostly buying things as theyve come up. a year or two ago(may '13 according to the pics) i got the wheels blasted, painted them, and fitted some temporary tyres in the right size. two are legal but the others really arent, but they're good for mockup. they get it sitting right on a really tall tyre rahter than the oddements it was on to keep it mobile, and look a lot better too. i had some pics somewhere of the horrendous wheel nut bodgery that was going on, but i cant find them now. someone didnt realise these have left hand thread wheel nuts on one side, and had managed to either spin them in the hubs or snap them off trying to 'undo' them. so theyd welded the remaining bits of wheel stud to the wheels through the wheel bolt holes to keep the wheels on! thankfully i managed to get it all apart with some careful chiselling to break the welds without damaging the wheels, and then removed the reminants of weld with some careful filing so i could recut the stets on the wheels with a 60 degree cutter to save them, as they're the original matched set of 4 and very important to the look of the car. here it is with much better footwear- ive got the basics of the air setup stashed away now too. the front bags on these can be tricky as the spring pockets are small, theres only really two brands/sizes that fit without huge amounts of work. they have to have a 5" bag, so i ended up with slam specialities RE-5s, which are a very nice bag with internal bumpstops and 1/2" ports, which solves a lot of problems. I'm going to do an 'old school' setup with valves on the tank, cos they look cool. other things on the 'purchases' list include some stainless headlamp fenching rings, and some unity appletons, an original matched pair. plus lots of materials and 'gubbins' type bits for doing the rear suspension. stainless exhaust bits, and various stuff to keep my engine and box options open other than that, up until last week all id really done was research in how i was going to do stuff, and a lot of reading build threads. Brian Bass' fleetliner build being my favourite. www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/49-chevy-fastback-custom-update-7.235486/this car is beyond awesome, and he seems to think quite similar to me about not cutting off your nose to spite your face in 'keeping things traditional'.
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Last Edit: May 2, 2015 10:34:09 GMT by Dez
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Club RR Member Number: 34
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the reason for some progress, is due to some other projects being finished up or moving on, a big clearout and me taking on a little extra space, is its no going to be living inside! but, before it goes inside, i need to remove the majority of its paint and filler. it was only left on to protect it whilst it was outside, and tbh its done a reasonable job, it hasnt deteriorated *too* much in the time it has been sat outside. the reason its all getting taken off before it comes inside is i don't want to fill the workshop with the huge amount of dust and mess it will make. i don't have time (or inclination) to actually spend a solid amount of time doing this, so to save me sanity and me from VWF, I'm trying to fit in an hour either at the start or the end of each day to strip some of it, so within a week or so it should be stripped. ive been experimenting with different methods, and surprisingly the majority of the actual paint can be removed with a heat gun and scraper, leaving only some of the original paint and its primer to be DA-ed off. the filler is another story, and i have to resort to a knotwheel for that. some area will be blasted at a later date to remove rust, but i want to see what ive actually got under it all before i spend money doing that. i think i will end up cutting out a lot of what id be paying to get blasted, which seems a bit pointless. this is heatgun and scraper down to the original paint, a quick DA with 80grit, then a coat of gibbs. that area took less than half an hour to do. then, i went it heavy with the knotwheel of the lower extremities, to see the extent of the filler. previous lives- this panel don't actually look too bad, but there is some sinkage going on in the middle- i can probably tweak whats there rather than replacing, depending on what i find behind. i knew there was filler in the rear 1/4s, so i moved there next, skipping the door as thats removable so i can do that later. there was a lot of filler in odd places not covering anything in particular, but tbh its not as bad as i was expecting- theres quite a step to the bottom of the panel and a lot of filler here on the sill, so i guess i'll be redoing that lot- i carried on up around the rear arches. some panel damage and heat distorting, but again, coulda been a lot worse given the amount of filler! theres a lot of lead on the back corner. i expect its holed underneath, gotta drag the torch out to get rid of that. theres a bit more panel damage and slide hammer holes underneath too, but thatll dress out. again, there was a lot of filler here but the panel underneath is quite reasonable? overall, quite reasonable considering how long this car has been in the country. the one bit i knew was absolutely loaded with pog was the roof. i ran a little trench in next to the rear window- to be greeted with this. nice. you can see inside, the roof is all overlapped and piecut and stuff- and this is the outside after a few whacks on the inside with a BFH- so yeah, i think i'll be reskinning the back half of the roof at the very least. good job ive saved these for it- i may even rechop it. not decided yet. i want all the paint and filler off and the car mocked up dropped before i decide.
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
Posts: 11,715
Club RR Member Number: 34
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oh, and ive dated if off the chassis number, so its now a '49 not a '50
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düdo
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Another great project. Gives me that Kerouac 'On the Road' vibe. This is not filler, this is the white cliffs of Dover
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Awesome ride, pretty envious! And holy cussword, thats a lot of bondo!
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Awwwwesome. Bookmarked for sure! Looking forward to the same quality of work that's been shown previously. Hopefully now that its moving inside, progress will be swift and sure like usual?
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
Posts: 11,715
Club RR Member Number: 34
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yeah, theres quite a lot of filler to get rid of! jay who i got it off though was quite happy to say he was aiming for a much quicker project than i am just to get it on the road(that and its quite a rough starting point, i can see why he didnt want to get into a mega-project like i plan!) and him being a body guy just did the filler work to match the filler work already on it, which is fair enough really. the actual metal isnt actually that bad in terms of the quality of welding and ive not found much in the way of overlapping panelwork yet either, i just plan to loose a lot of the filler down to better metalshaping and finishing. for example, this is the roof i did on my pickup, and this is the kind of finish I'm aiming for- i doubt progress will be swift. its a long term project and will be done around other things. moreover, theres a huge amount of work to do and I'm aiming for a very high quality build so costs of certain things will be high, but spread over a longer period to make them affordable. but having it inside without paint on means i'll be able to jump straight in each time i get to work on it rather than farting around stripping it back before i can do anything. this is going to be a huge project. its getting a full chassis build- bagged, reswept rear rails, new rear suspension, dropped front uprights, new engine and box. the body will have all new flat floors fitted, semi-custom interior to fit around things like the fairly large prop tunnel that is going to be necessary. an entirely new boot floor will be needed too. thats before i actually do anything 'kustom' to the bodywork.....
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
Posts: 11,715
Club RR Member Number: 34
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found the wheel nut pic. it was a right mess-
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Looks fine to me!
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