Update!!!: 50 Poncho coupe (shaving some taillights)

Well with Ryans post about the 49 - 52 chevs i got the idea of shaving the taillights.

heres what i started with


with that being said i went to the local u pull it and cut a set of quarters off of a 52 chev. hmmm see any similarities i sure do




well after some comparing and staring and some beer i started cutting



then after sandblasting the rusty pits on the chev quarters i decided to make my own piece that fit because the pits were very deep.








starting to weld it in

 

very cool.......keep us updated with pics

 

well onto the other side after more staring beer and the local stripper magazine i started cutting and tacking



same thing with this side with very bad rust pits so i made my own piece





more grinding and some hammer work then comes the finished product

 

Ohhh that's gonna look cool!

 

Looks good! What are your plans for taillights?

 

So now it looks like a 50 Chevy.

 

passenger side finished



drivers side


side profile


all together now!

 

Looks good Flop...I'd bet someone out there in Chevyland wants your old tail-light housings and lenses.

Did you patch that panel under your decklid?

Bryan

 

and my idea i think i am going to run with on the side trim

its off of a 52 packard 4 door




50 chevys had completley different quarters boss!

tailights are going in the bumper guards
gonna be 55 pontiac bumper with 53 caddy guards with a 54 chevy overrider inbetween them for the liscense plate.there is a local glass school and im gonna get them to blow me a set of custom lenses for them also which should be a little different then the usual.

 

yah i kept the talight housing i know someone out ther needs them.

yah i patched the whole bottom of this car Rusk.
that tailpan was the nicest patch ive ever worked with.

only pain in the ass on those quarters was getting all the lead out first in the factory seams. other then that pretty staright forward job.

next is the chop just waiting for my windshield to get here from california which is hope is soon . then pancaking the trunk and putting a 49 caddy hood on which should be an adventure in itself.

 

It looks really nice...who made the patch?

Bryan

 

Where did the tail pan patch come from? The break lines look nice and crisp, unlike many I've seen.

 

ems in cleveland ohio
pricy but worth it i think it was around 200 maybe more i dont remember

heres some pics of the other patches along with the tailpan
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=211333

 

That looks bitchin', Oh, and I sent you a PM about the Cut-offs.

Drew

 

that looks great, what are you going to do for taillight instead? ... or did i miss it?

 

...Flop you're coming along great! can't wait to see your chop

-marty

 

lookin good, im keeping the tail lights on my poncho i like em

 

They're going in the bumper guards.

Looking good

 

see post #9....

 

i also took out the body lines on the front fenders

started out with somethin like this


didnt like how it ended abruptly in the middle of the fender so away they went

me and my buddy got to thinkin they were pressed in so why not press them back out

we took an angle grinder and started to shave them down a little first you will be surprised how much you can take off of them with out grinding through .



after we took the 4 inch grinder and got to where we thought it need to be we took the cut off wheel and sliced it down the middle

once you start smooting the body line out with the hammer and dolly you will see how much you stretch the metal and it will move closer



we had to keep trimming it down the middle with the cut off wheel



you have to be real careful with doin this and keep an eye on how thin you are stretching the metal or it will be impossible to get a nice weld with out blowing through

 

Yeah, what I was gonna say. I like the way you did year fender peaks, I wish I woulda done that with mine.
The 53 Chevy grille surround looks good.

 

last few pics with the body line gone







definatly much more smooth looking now with the half body line gone

well of to work it is thanks for all the comments and suggestions guys
later

 

You're not gonna fill the hood are you? It would be cool if you kept the streak. The Packard trim is the shit, looks killer.

 

im gonna try and make a 49 caddy hood fit on the car that is a long ways off ill probably change my mind

 

...Flop, are you going to get rid of the hood? does it have decent trim? i wonder if it'd fit my 49 coupe...


-marty

 

Looks cool, I like the trim you are putting on it. Very nice work on the tailight treatment

 

if your building a chev marty pontiac is 5 inches longer in the front end i think i sold the stainless trim i have a real shitty chrome one though .

also need the other swoopy piece of 52 packard trim because it looked like some ass bag at the u pull it pried it off and left it laying on the ground after he destroyed it.

other then that thanks for lookin

 

Nice work. Keep us posted.

 

i will keep ya posted more pics when i start the chop so hopefully the glass gets here next week sometime

 

nice work on her man. Your posts are awesome, especially the pics. I have some ideas for my new ride, but I don't have the experience to do it. nice to see some of these mods to give me an idea of where I'm going! keep 'em up!