Projects Rusty 47 Ford Reserection

Those fenders are in better shape than I thought. Given your fondness for welding and fabricating I'm not sure if thats good or not.

 

Hay thos fenders look good.. Yes not much on this saturns that can be used.. I always like the latches from dodge mini vans.. then come power and simple to rig up.

 

Its an i phone app he used I downloaded it so I can have some fun with it too...isnt it great to see again! I got my new goggles this week too!

 

Kool, How much longer before we see some color on the real thing? My nerves! MY NERVES!!!!!

 

Yes, seeing is good! Good luck with the new specs.
I was just watching Susan Anton and Catherine Bach in Cannonball Run II.
Not a great movie but the scenery was great!!!!!
Yup. It's good to see.

You sure do a great job getting rid of the rust.
People not from this area just don't understand how bad and fast things rust here.
That takes a lot of work so give yourself credit for the weekends work.

 

They were pretty crappy under the paint almost the whole flat top surface was completely surface rusted under the paint..kinda surprised me ! The only reason the fenders look half decent is cause they were the first things I fixed on the car...you thought about the meteor/ford project yet ?

 

Oh and I went to my buddies today heres acouple of pics of the boat tail project hes doin for a customer...



Hasnt come up with a grille plan yet...







All steel..started with a 37 chevy cowl and 39 pontiac hood and the rough chevy front fenders rest is hand made...

 

Pretty wild! Looks like a Hotwheels car!

 

Hay that is moving along nicely.He got lots of time to finsh that for the summer!! lol

 

Yup, I'm gonna find a picture today and get started. Been working seven days a week so free time is a bonus. Good thing my "Honeydo" list is small.

 

WOW projects are looking great! Really can't wait to see them finished

 

Its movin right along Steve , Those fenders look good considering the rust of the car . Er , A , I mean REST of the car !!! LOL Andy..

 

Steve I think I found what I need, in the meantime here are a couple of teasers from previous photoshop work.


The sedan delivery was originally a woody.
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cars looking really good steve, great progress, you make the rest of us look bad!

 

Steve, I decided to use my previous photoshops as a starting point for the beater and chopped versions of your '50 Meteor. Will get to the Ute and flatbed later this week. Hope you like. I actually like the beater better. lol



Chopped and slammed

 

That needs to be built.

 

I must say that is pretty sweet ! Nice,simple yet super classy! You even managed the matt paint on the beater !

 

Focus man! Focus!
But you are right... sweet.

 

Oh I am focussed on the 47...but damn both of those look great!!

 

Yes, they do.
Eli needs to start a community to help folks like us....
Maybe Eli's Chop Shop.

 

The poor guy would have to retire to keep up with the demand....and thats just me buggin him ...you should see the 61 Parisienne chopped sedan delivery he did after I expressed my fantasy of wanting to build one ,its in the big photoshop thread!

 

You guys cracked me up! Joe 'll photoshop anything you want, just let me know.

Thanks Steve I really like the way that turned out.

Sometimes when I do this stuff I really don't know how it will turn out and have often been pleasantly surprised. Steve's '47 is a good example of that. The bad part is I end up wanting to build what I photoshopped! That white '61 Ford sedan delivery is a good example. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=664750 Its also very gratifying to see my work used as an example on someones real project. Big grins for sure!

As much fun as photoshopping is, I'd much rather be working on the real thing. Got a little kitty going now that I'm working seven days a week and hope to find something this summer or fall. More than likely it will be a Ford. I'd love to get hold of another '56 F100 or a '56 Customline or Crown Vic. The 429 on my engine stand really needs a new home!

 

This is looking so good! You are my inspiration to finish the Desotos and never stop believing in the end result. Thanks for the many pics, great job.

 

Okay Steve, here's the (sorta) Ute version with the ZZTop style slanted B pillars.


Believe it or not I'm having a hard time finding flatbed picture material for the beater flatbed version but I'll keep trying. Hows the bodywork coming on the '47? Eli

 

Thanks Eli ! Any chance you could lengthen the wheelbase between the door and back wheel about 6 inches? I think it might look good and isnt all that much more work ,considering what I have to work with lol! I did some metal work for a friend last week to help him along, and finally decided to get a look at my dead cummins pick up....which I finally figured out what is wrong with it, shutoff solenoid has fried inside and was shorted to the engine block, but its stuck so that no fuel can get through the truck to start it, it looks like a real pain to get it out too, but at least I know whats wrong now! Back to the 47 this week.

 

Another hack photoshop from Eli's Hack&Chop Shop! Not sure if this is 6 inches, maybe more like 6-7/8". I see what you mean, stretching it definitely looks better and I hope you do build it. That would be a cool parts chaser!

 

I am liking that! I wonder if I could make the s10 chassis (heavy enough" to pull a car trailer with such a contraption and really use it as a proper parts chaser...If I had time that would be a cool one to try in 1/25th scale first!

 

Pull a trailer!!you want it all. I always wanted a 4 banger parts haller.. I find you tend to do alot of driving and most times it just parts.. But then again this is Steve he not happy till there is a whole car to hall home!! lol.. Very cool idea all the same.

 

the rear window would look better at the same angle as the tail gate

 

Lean the tailgate in more like a Nomad.