Projects 1951 Chevrolet coupe mild kustom

Tack.
Have some ideas….

 

Lars, what a gorgeous little coupe! You scored! My avatar sported when it was done, 55 Olds headlights, 50 Dodge taillights, one piece hood, stock grille, I think with the one bar across they look custom to begin with, nosed, decked, 49 Chev license plate guards front and rear, Pontiac belt line trim behind the quarter windows, sbc and 700r. I really miss that car.......but sounds like you have a solid plan with some great ideas. Carry on!

 

Thanks!
Well, my plans seem to change day by day.
Got 2 options:
Option 1 -Custom grille surround molded with 54 desoto grille without the lights. 50-52 Buick tail lights mounted like watson heartless.
Option 2
-49 cadillac grille and frenched 54 wagon tail lights.
Both frenched headlights using 52-54 merc rings, nosed and decked.

option 1 is more agressive
Option 2 more barris maybe

 

A surround like this. But with desoto teeth.

 

Or this. 49 cad.

 

This is a lot like the 53 grill. It's done a lot.

 

I know, but this is way cleaner than the 53 surround. Done a lot but for a reason. Looks good. Imo

 

Keep up the good ideas and good work. My '52 is very popular with folks where I live. I have since had top painted to match the cream-colored cove.

 

I kind of like this setup, a little simple maybe.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...tiac-grille-1954-chevy-parking-lights.943104/

 

That Pontiac grille bar has been on the block also.

 

Just the top? So kept the blue but with cream top and coves? Cool

 

It's one thing at a time, one day at a time. I had the top chrome piece of the grille re-chromed and will install it in the spring whenever it gets warm.

 

Ok, so the engine/iron glide is pulled.
Scored a smallblock, alu glide, 56 rear combo thats going in this coupe.
Also scored a 53 grille surround so things are happening.

 

Looking forward to the build

 

Hi Lars, great taste in cars - must be a Norwegian thing ( I'm descended from Norwegian line of Eriksen) & I like the looks of the 1949 thru 1952 Chevys as well. Enjoy!

 

Thanks a lot Brother. Theres a lot of Norwegians that left Norway for the promised land.

 

Ok,
What do you guys use for E-Brake? The orginal one must be removed due to the v8 swap.

 

My 1952 Pontiac Catalina with a 350/TH400 swap still has the original Parking brake, and it even works now!
It is one of the few things still the same.

 

'52-'53 Olds also had one similar to the Pontiac

 

Maybe i can move the handle over to the other side of the column. Not a bad idea.

 

When I did my swap, I used a tranny cross member that would accept a TH350 transmission. With a slight modification I was able to use a T-5 from an S-10. I took advantage of the bolt locations and was able to remount the emergency brake brackets and arm. I sent the original cable to the GM rear and attached to the original cables coming out of the rear backing plates. The trick was finding a way to get the spring reattached. I used a flat bar and bolted it to my two exhaust pipes and used that to mount the spring. Here are a few images of what I did. Maybe it might help?