Projects Homemade shoebox p/u

Some more of the back

 

That pic with the front of the hood lowered was definitely a step in the right direction. At least it looks like it's lower.

 

Cool build.

 

It's pretty amazing that the contour of the hood and the body/doors match co closely. Was that just dumb luck or did you have to tweak something to get it that close?

 

I measured the hood width, and narrowed the cowl to match the 41 chevy, then cut the hood to match the 51 ford.

The back was widened 4 inches with the chevy roof to make it have a taper instead of being square

 

It was perfect, all the details are on only 3/4 of the dash, the glove box was plain so I cut it out and kept the look

 

Definitely agree, I'm gonna mount the radiator 2 inches lower and that will help bring it back to that.

 

It was Killin me to see what it looked like with the nose down 1.5 inches more, I think it's an improvement

 

Rum and brainstorming don't always mix





This might be an idea though

 

You should try Tequila!

 

Cool idea. You're not the first. Mid 1940,s Peugeot 202 had headlights behind the grille standard.

 

Johnny Cash would have been proud of you...................one piece at a time.

 

I'm allergic to tequila fun fact, but not in the clothes fall off sense but more the ambulance type lol so rum had to work

That's kinda cool, I'm gonna run these buckets I found a while back. Mainly looking to cool the radiator

Not exited about the dmv part though lol

 

Started working on the grill, and through some scraps on the side to have a look on what to do there to

 

Forgot to post a pic of the lights

 

Might be better to see if any of the cars you bought parts off of has a title you can buy. Then just title it to match.

 

Fun project!

 

I have the title for the 51 ford and Vin that came with the car thankfully.

Definitely!! Low cost fun

 

Radiator and hood are meshing finally,
Gonna start building the hoodsides so I can pull the car apart. Love the way its taking shape

 

Added stake pockets and a rolled lip to the bedsides

 

Started shaping the cowl and hood sides
Looking at it after though I think I need to cut out the shaded off spot on the last picture.

 

Didn't like the first way the cowl met the hood, so I changed it up a little

 

Is the windshield flat glass? If not you should try cutting it, so if needed you can change the shape of the metal opening.

 

I cut a peice of plywood to mimic the shape of a window and used that to make sure the passenger side windshield is the same shape sense it's a split windshield

 

Toying around with some ideas for the hood side

 

Havnt gotten a ton of big things done lately, but got stuff like the transmission cables and line done, throttle, and a few other small odds and ends

 

Good to see you keeping at it!

 

When I look at your mock up I see two twin-50 caliber machine gun barrels sticking out of the sides similar to WW II combat aircraft. And maybe take it further with painted rivets and shark teeth mouth a la P40 Flying Tigers