Derek's 1950 ford coupe shoebox build and introduction

Will have to agree. Atleast they have rocker panels.....!! Some people did some very bad things to my 'Box in the 80's. Great work being done here....nice example.

J

 

Des wow so much work done, love the bare metal look.each time I check in you guys have made so much progress .It's gunna look bad as at Chopped...hey have fun in the states you'll love it their your suitcase will be full of car parts!.....Rod...

 

Thanks fellas. Yeah she's a damn good car an I got a sweet deal I think. Bare metal is bitchin I'm lovin how it looks

 

Cheers rod. Yeah second time in the states really looking forward to it only 13 days left. I'm gunna go even harder onte car for the next two weeks and see how far I can get before I go. I'm gunna try get some cool shit for the car while over there, man I hope I get it all running and stuff for chopped do I can drag it.

 

Des I know when Arhon left here saturday, so you've been doing a lot with out him that's for sure.

Talking with him I think he's loving it as much as you, or almost.

You guy's are doing an unbelievable job, at an amazing rate.

And the caps aren't gay either.

Mark

 

thanks mark, yeah i deffinately dont want everyone thinking it only gettin done cause tex and ahron are there with me, they only come sat arvo into the night, the rest of the week is all me and whenever there not there, im just lucky they wanna come help me and teach me plenty of things along the way, its great, yeah he loves it too much, i keep saying mate i gotta fix ya up some how and he just says shut the fuck up and relax, i have a vc that needs rubbin down i know were ya live.
yeah its really coming long quite quickly but then again its cause im in there nearly everynight straigth after work till late, thats the only way to get heaps done, oh and weekends and sickdays ha ha.
yeah i think the caps are cool. ahron said you have been lovin watchin us work so will be good to meet u possibly at chopped. come down and see texs dads deisel powered moster.
des

 

a new little vid for anyone interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQYL_ih4BF8

 

if any hambers are going to donut derelicts around the end of july, saturday 30th i beleive, have a look at my pics and come say hi, ill be there probably in some peice of shit compact rental car, but ill be there none the less. looking forward to it.

 

great job Des, looking forward to seeing it out in the future.
Mark, next time Ahron is workin in your shop and youve got time bring him round to dads shop id like to have him take a look at my chevy to see if he'd be interested in helping with the metalwork - Rhys

 

thanks mate, ha ha ha dont steal ahron till mines done ha ha

 

ripped all the fenders and inner gaurds off this afternoon, time to clean up the engine bay and front end while waiting to do more roof.

 

this is the majority of the rust in the car that i have to repair, shouldnt be too hard, stupid fucks that did this just bogged up the whole a long time ago, i think it did well to hold in there.

 

still after a 3 speed box with over drive if someone in aus wants to sell me one otherwise i will bite the bullet and rebuild mine when i get back from the states

 

The car is beautiful, man. I just spent the last hour reading through this thread. You're making really good progress. Keep up the good work, I'm going to be following this one.

 

The car looks so friggen good all cleaned up in bare metal!!! Looks like you are having fun!

 

Thanks mate it's from your neck of the woods. Pilot point Texas. Thanks buddy. Yeah it's looking cool. I'm lovin it. DES

 

Yeah bare metal looks rad. Thanks man.

 

My hubcaps are here today awesom and my headers clutch and 97 rebuild kits are on there way. I'll be busy after the states smashing this car back together

 

been at it a little. but i have other shit goin on with finalising my trip and stuff but still goin strong on the car till we leave,
got all the front end apart and wire brushed, scrapped and cleaned all the chassis and stuff, put a few coats of chassis black on it, and stripped more of the engine bay, probably going to set up front air bags with drop spindles when i get back, will be so much better being able to jack it uo and get in and out of my driveway with ease.
also me and ahron had a set back last night working on the other qaurter window, we made it all uo the other night it looks great, needed a bit more shape in it, so i took it back into ahrons work last night to shrink it round a little more, but we ended up killing it, ahron got frustrated with it and so did i, just one of those nights where nothing wanted to work for us, so that went in the bin, we did this one the "old school" way today and it came out fucking neat as, and the perfect shape it was easier, looked nicer, was quicker, shoulda just done the other one this way but who woulda know,
after a quick lesson from brother jeffree, i made some measurments on a peice of sheet metal, scribed a few lines, and a few marks, then ahron made a few marks and cut it out, we made it the perfect shape we wanted it to be off our window template, then started all our folds, bassically we used that achine and ran it through that a few times and ahron gave it a few hits on the table with a couple hammers, done, thats it, really neat and easy, oh well live and learn, pretty damn nice i think.
we will test fit it and weld it into the roof and gutter panel like we did the other then the progress will start to show.

 

if anyone has some pics of there front air bag set ups on a shoebox feel free to post pics, would be awesome, im looking on here but there is not a whole lot on peoples front airbags only really rears.

 

Hi Derek, I've just found this thread and read it right thru............I noticed you said a few pages back that there were lots of lurkers and not many posters, and I thought, well, there's only so many ways to say 'fuckin awesome' Your energy and never say die attitude has rendered most of us speachless, and your mates will be the envy of many too, I reckon.

Excellent thread mate, enjoy the states but hurry up and get back......we wanna see how much cool shit you crammed into your carry on luggage.

All the best from the East Island, that car is gonna be the bomb!......cheers Jerry.

 

Ha ha ha thanks brother. That's cool. Yeah I think it'll be more like get home and go nuts buying verything I need for the car. I'll probably have my bag bursting at the seems with all sorts of hotrod t-shirts and shit. But deffinately gunna try get drop spindles and shit in there. Maybe even some front aairbags ha ha.
Cheers mate
DES

 

hey a quick little update for anyone still playing at home, the weeks coming to an end quickly and im off on sunday so if i dont put anything up before i go i will be doin nothing on the car for the next month but when i get back youll see some cool shit happenin
anyway, finished wire brushing and cleanin up the front end, chassis black and reassemble cause chicken is staying at mine while im away and is bringin his 53 olds he just imported round to my house to get some work done on while im away, i will leave the front this way as i have big plans on doin some cool stuff with the front bags to get it really low, but that is later, and if i dont loose all my money in vegas.
also as u can see i got my hubcaps, wasnt 100% sold on them when they turmed up but one i paint stripped, panel beated a little and polished one i think they look kinda cool, a little different anyway, would love to here what some people think of them, i like the idea of havin a few different cap options anyway, remembering the rims will be gloss black with big ass firestone rags when i get back.

 

DES wheels/caps look great have a blast in the states pack light ...Rod...

 

thanks rod, im taking stuff all with me.
catch ya hem i get back on the hamb.

 

Some solid progress there Des! You'll be cruising in no time....

I like the version of the caps without the centre painted black. The whole cap polished, rapped inside a 6.50 Firestone Whitewall = Sano !!

Enjoy your trip mate.

HC.

 

Your right, Firestones would look great! but we can't help it if Derek is a street rodder at heart!

 

yeah me too the whole cap polished is the go, thanks mate, ill have a awesome trip i reckon cheers
des

 

ha ha shut up ryan, im gunna put 17 inch chromies and change the flatty for a smallblock chev with and auto on your 32 then we'll see whos the street rodder, actually maybe a commodore v6 should do it, how dare you, thats blasfamy.
ha ha ha

 

off to the states tomorrow morning, spent my last day at the harcourt dirt drags down here, redneck motorcycle fun, catch you all in a month for some serious progress.....................
des