1952-59 Ford I picked up a 54 mainline

I picked up a 54 mainline recently all stock 223 3 speed with overdrive , someone had added lakepipes and Starburst caps and looks to have had some dummy spots at one time ! Since I bought it I have lowered it (aerostar springs in the front 3'' blocks in the rear ) shaved the emblems and shaved the trunk . I also narrowed the grill 10 3/4'' and and working on frenching the taillights (mooneyes kit with 50 Pontiac lights in them ) I have some 53 ford headlight rings to do the headlights . Also plan on Lincoln door ****ons and drop spindles and dearched springs in the near future !!

 

so I have to download some pics from my camera but here are a few mock ups and some progress!!

 

Nice ride! Digging on the swamp cooler those things are bringing some cash these days so don't leave it parked where you can't keep an eye on it thieves have been grabbing those even at car shows. If you can find the grille surround trim from a '55 you can use that on your '54.

 

Good lookin car. Keep us updated.

 

Great car! Always looking forward to progress pics!

 

so I still have to finish the other side !!

 

Coming along nicely,I lived in Manteca 1976-80 there a was plant that processed peppers behind the house didn't smell as bad as the sugar beet plant but still not to aromatic.

 

No more sugar beets out here , I moved out here around 2010 and bought a new house (cheap) !! I'm getting ready to move up to up to Lincoln - Roseville area soon !!

 

Great looking car. Pretty nice metal work also.

 

Sweet ride.

 

Love it.

 

Thanks guys !! wish I had more time to spend on it and am lucky to get a few hours a week !

 

So I think I should have the taillights finished today !

 

The spoiler on the trunk looks weird.... otherwise coming along nicely...

 

Still didn't finish my taillights but swapped out the hub caps to Hollywood's !!

 

Looks awsome.
Not judging anything. Its your car, you do what on earth and beyond you like with it. I'm just curious as to why you use those vertical bumper parts on the back and not on the front.
Regards

 

I said that 'cause I'de like to take those parts off in my car, but the front bumper is so beat up that is ****s. So I kept them up front and took them off in the back. A little detail but in my mind I have a bulkier front and a slicker back.

 

Very neat car - keep the pics coming!

 

The whole rear bumper is going to end up getting swapped for something else ! Still not sure what yet possible a 1957 plymouth front bumper slightly modified !

 

I had a couple of hours before my wife went to work to work on these today ! Have a few spots to finish and and grind down !!

 

Looking awsome elnutty.
OT on your frenching work, but were the lake pipes funcional? Straight from the exhaust manifold or through a muffler?
Regards

 

No Just dummy !!

 

Thinking about doing something like this to my grill opening !!

 

On the way to this? http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?***le=File:Sam-barris-1952-ford.jpg

 

Just for fun: http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?***le=Larry_Cantor's_1953_Ford

 

Yeah those 2 cars are influencing me a little !

 

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This guy likes it LOL! Seriously the Kustomrama site has a lot of pictures that may work for you.

 

I go kustomrama a lot or dig through my old magazine collection !

 

Or you could do some measuring and adapt a late model tubular grille: http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stor...147708&langId=-1&storeId=10001&N=6+4294965674

 

Here's one from across the pond