G'day all, I have an Australian built 54 4 door sedan, painted in satin black with a candy apple blue / metal flake roof with ghost flames. It's powered along by a 351 Cleveland and C4 auto but still has the standard cusso diff. Still have lots to do but first on the list is a new wiring loom (still has ancient 1950's cloth wire in some parts) and a set of new shock absorbers or airbags. Anyway here's a shot of me and my ride: I no longer have the Dodge caps on it, a pain in the **** as I couldn't have them on the rear wheels when driving..one decent bump and goodbyes to my hubcaps!
Thanks for the welcomes, At the moment I am trying to work out what to do paint wise with the car. Should I paint the whole thing but leave the roof alone? (thinking of a pale suede blue to match roof) or do some blue scallops on the side? unsure at the moment of what to do!
Nice car man. Boy do I miss my Customline! I think that a complimentary shade of blue for the body of the car would really set it off. If you have a side or 3/4 shot of the car with no obstructions I could photoshop her for ya to give you some idears. I'm a bit rusty, but I'm free.
Welcome aboard, you found the best group for info and support for the Fords. My suggestion if you decide to change colour, would be to leave the roof as is and do the lower body in light blue satin, with the wheels the same blue as the roof and spider caps. Nice car.
Thanks for the advice, I will probably keep it as is for now and get my Cleveland's overheating probs sorted out. Think it's just the temp sensor in the block that the thermo fan is wired up to..hopefully not head gaskets!
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