Any chopped Kustoms from San Diego?

Mine is in process but I hope to have it on the road as soon as I can. Owned since '98 and finally got round to turning into a traditional styled Kustom. Yes, it will be a painted Kustom. No offense to any suedes out there but I sure hope the fad dies. Pic of her in '98...

 

and her current condition...

 

Looks good,more pics please.Is that a Riviera bumper and what are your plans for it ?

 

Thanks TheFrenZ! Yes, it is from a Riviera good call. I am going to cut and use the rounds to mimic the Hirohata style grille. I'll post some more tomorrow when I get my front wheel on!

 

Ypur car's come a long way. What color are you going paint it?............slim

 

HOK Kandy Green Basecoat. It's much darker than the true Kandy Green and I've never seen it on a shoebox let alone a Kustom. I have the engine compartment already painted with it but I'll have to get some pics of it on here. I love Brandywine, Maroon, Black, and Candy Red but it's so safe and common. This green is really a deep organic green and I know it will stand out without looking like a sore thumb.

 

sold my 53 ford to a guy down in san diego a few months ago, maybe youve seen it driving around. sure miss that car

 

That's probably the best '53 I've seen. Did you sell it to Cisneros? Was he the one that painted it?

 

actually i bought the car from him but he did paint it

 

When i look back at all the shoe box Fords i had a chance to buy over the years, and passed up because they werent "the flavor of the time" i could kick myself square in the nutz!!! Nice lookin car "crusader", cant wait to see it in the green. Will that base then just be left uncleared so that you get a satin , or are you trying to turn the tides and are going heavy clear?

 

This is a Sandiego car. Entirely built by the owner, and I was priiledged enough to spray it and lay down the flames.

 

He will probably be striping my car as well as hooking me up with a painter. I wish I could get this to VLV but there is no way I can get it ready in time. I have to finish the dash, a little floorboard work, door poppers and latches, work on the windows...etc. I'm currently looking for a mobile glass guy right now. I want someone that knows what there doing with glass to set mine up. I don't care about the side until it's time to get ready for paint but I really would like to be ready for paint sometime in April.

 

shoot for paso, thats what im doing. i heard viva isnt going to be as good this year, alot of bureaucracy.

 

The tides must be turned Hip! Kustoms should be finished and that means paint jobs that shine and look like they are 100 feet deep!! I'll be glad to do my part!

 

Nice work JimSibley! Those flames look great!!

 

Paso is a good target! As long as the paint is done and she's back on the road I'll be there. Even if it means I'm staying at a hotel 100 miles or more away!

 

Oh no, theres goes the nieghborhood! (I love glossy jobs myself) Right-on crusader.

 

i hear that, thats probably wut im gonna have to do too still worth it though

 

A few more pics...

 

Manuel's a good friend of mine. Who in San Diego bought the car next?

 

Quite an improvement!

As soon as I'm done with the sporster chop, I'm getting me a shoebox...


-eddie

 

Nice, I like the flush skirts. Are those Merc shells making up your grille surround?

 

Thanks Eddie! Shoeboxes are totally underrated. We all love Mercs but chopped shoeboxes look great too!

 

Thanks Mike! Yes, the grille shell is from a 50 Merc. I wanted to have the grille opening part of the hood as opposed to separate because you don't see too many people do them like that.

 

Nice...Who chopped it? Mines going under the knife pretty soon.

 

his name is doug, not sure what part of sd he lives in tho

 

Nice mike1610! What part of San Diego do you live in?

 

Big difference, this shoebox is looking bad ass nice work crusader

 

I really like that pic.Very cool car,also like the skirts and especially their shape.Really adds speed to the whole look.That's why I use '49 Merc skirts instead of '51's.Maybe extended an inch,not sure yet.Front end with two Merc grille shells is also cool and can't wait to see the grille fabbed from the Riviera bumper.It's not period correct since it's from the mid 60's but hey,if it's gonna look good,why not ? Great car,I like it.

 

I live in Rancho Penesquitos.