before & after pics.......lets see em'

5 year build.

 

34 came to me as a pile-o-body parts stacked above the office of a buddy's body shop. After a few years of thrashing, this is it now...still a long ways to go..

 

This is more a before and now, rather than a before and after......but I think you get the idea!

 

Before . . .




During . . .





After to come . . .

 

Freaking Awesome!!!!

Nice work.

 

The Floater...

Rotting on a farm, Before:



Still rotting, but driven all the time:







DuckusCrapus

 

I haven't done much visually except a wheel/tire change, but everyone tells me it looks like a different car.

 

1981 to 2011, before & after, My first car in high school 1978

Dad & I fussed, cussed, argued, celebrated, fought, hugged, & bonded over that set of wheels since the time we bought'er in 1974.
Dad passed away Jan. 29, 2010, but his memory will live forever when the car is driven.

Over 550,000 miles.....toured 38 different states....4 paint jobs, 3 transmissions, 4 engines, 3 interiors.

 

Said that I wasn't going to post any photos until it was "done" but what the hell...

I saved this big ol' farm truck from going to the crusher a few years back and took the body and flatbed and put it on a 95 Dodge Dakota Club Cab chassis. Everything under the skin is completely stock Dakota stuff.

I've been having fun (and saving a ton of money) engineering all of the Dakota stuff that I can possibly re-use to work on the 49, like the steering column, the electric wiper motor, and even mounted the stock AC condenser under the bed with some minivan electric fans mounted on it...

I had NO idea what I was doing when I started, but thanks to a lot of support from some fellow HAMB'ers, it's coming together quite nicely!!!

"Build thread" coming soon!!!

 

Im not a chevy guy, But this chevy is bad ass!!!

 

I have plastered these pics all over the HAMB, but whats one more..

Merc before.


Merc after.


39 before.


39 after.


34 before.


34 not done yet...


See ya, -Abone.

 

Before is the black w/ red wheels...for the after, I was going for tradtional but not overdone. I am about to start on the interior...i will do b4 and aft on that too.

 

The sedan I just sold and my coupe project:

 

Took approx 1 year to restore

 

That looks like a really fun truck, nice job!

 

Buick LeSabre. Cut and polish and a set of wheels..
Unlike other projects I have..lol

 

A local car, before and after a freshen up. An older car given a new lease on life with a slight chop.

 

Man, you do good work!

 

my 1937 ford fordor sedan

 

Before and after

 

before....

take one flat packed 50 Fiat Topolino..500C for the buffers by paulatxntric, on Flickr

after 3 months...

lights, plate and rear panel by paulatxntric, on Flickr

still a load of work to do...but it's getting there and it owes me just £505 so far!!

 

Here's one of mine...

 

The ol' 59 Ford.
Not done yet..

 

Almost two years ago....


Where it stood about 2 months ago....

 

Not done yet but it's on the road. I brought the cab home in October 08.


I don't have any good pics since I got it on the road so how about a video.

 

Started from this:



and done...