Projects 1950 Styleline coupe kustom build thread.

Nice work.

 

Looks great. The bump on the trunk lid on these can be a bit of an eyesore in standard form.

 

Thanks for the support! I haven't had a chance to touch the damn thing for a couple weeks. Work is going to be a beat down until late November. I hope to get a few hours in this weekend. Hope to post up some pics then.

 

Great work , just keep chipping away at it you will get on the road one day

 

I'm impressed, looks like you can fix about any body panel.

 

Thanks for the support. I'm just trying to learn and develop a skill set. Work has been brutal. I've been consulting for a cruise line company and have been gone for about 3 weeks at a time. I touched the car for the firs time in a while yesterday and wound up redoing the skin on the rear edge of the deck lid. There are issues with the first one I did. The re-do is better but I still have some concerns. I'll try to snap some picks for advice. Thanks

 

Alright! I got to work in the car in a meaningful way for the first time in weeks. I've been messing around with the deck lid and decided before I finish buttoning it up I better replace the tail pan and finish fitting the gaps to the new sheet metal. I also began replacing the rear section of the trunk floor. The panels are from EMS and seem to be very nice quality. Still some fitting to do but it's a start.

 

the car was literally crumbling!

 

nice work on the rear, like the pile of swept up scrap, looks very familiar

 

Back at it today

 

Planning on fabbing up a new section of the wheel well to replace the rotten section tomorrow before welding the replacement fender back on

 

Nice

 

Your doing a great job and your perseverance is to be commended. Keep it up, you will get there

 

Thanks!

 

That looks way too close to what I think I have in store for me. Push on, you're going a great job!

 

I hope not lol. At least the car is such a rusty mess I'm not scared to cut it up. It's cool to see some shiny metal for once though. Hope to get some work done tomorrow. Thanks for the support!

 

You got my vote for tenacity. Hot enough in Napa lately?

 

Wow, that's a nice smooth piece you put in there! Like it should be.

 

I remade the rotten wheel well/ fender lip brace. It's not tacked in yet and I think I might re-do it so that it matches the contour of the wheel opening. Good practice anyways.

 

Started fitting up the fender

 

Where do you get the spacers for the clecos? Very nice work by the way....

 

@Devin you are the most gettinest stuff done for a no time havinest dude i've ever seen.

Freaking outstanding.

I just bought a '50 coupe with similar rust issues in the sail panel/rear window opening/beltline. I was looking at it going 'I have no idea, but i'm gonna hafta figger it out.' This thread is PURE inspiration!

So stoked on your ethic and progress. keep it up!

 

I got the cleco spacers from Roseville Rod and Custom at the Sac Autorama a few years back. They work awesome, her is a link: http://www.rosevillerodandcustom.com/Products.html

 

Hey Altered Pilot,

Thanks for the kind words and support. I'm a chef and I've been consulting for a cruise ship line lately revamping their Food and Beverage program. I just got back from being on one of the ships for almost 3 weeks without a day off. To say that I've been chomping at the bit to work on this project and clear my mind is the understatement of the century. I had he last couple days to just work on the car and it's been awesome. The sail panel / belt line is a bitch, I sort of figured it out by accident, I don't have any real skills, its more of a lack of fear of fucking up on an already fucked up car lol. I'm trying to document everything in hopes that it helps someone else out down the road.

 

Awesome work. You car has lots of rust like mine, it feels so good to weld in new metal though right?!

 

pffffff.