Chevy Taildragger Update...Cannon Ball...pics

I rolled my project outside this weekend to clean up a little and grabbed a few shots out in the light. When ever I step back an eyeball it, the old streamliner trains of the late 40's and early 50's always come to mind. I did a little poking arond and found a the name of a streamliner that used to run in my area on the east coast.
So...meet Cannon Ball , I think it fits!

The mechanical build is pretty well done, so I should be ready by next week to pull it all apart for final welding, body work, paint and assembly. It's finally time, besides with my other cars gone, I need something to drive! haha

I couldn't find a picture of the original Cannon Ball, but you get the idea.
LSM

 

looks great,,,.,sits nice too

 

That's bad ass! Are you done or what are your other plans for it?

 

looks great!

 

what are those tails out of?

bad ass lookin car!

 

beautiful! cant wait to see it driving around!

i like how you moved the bullet shape in the hood too
and when did you swap the fender skirts?

 

also, am i seeing things or does that bad ride have a hitch too???

 

yeah it does, he showed it in the last update, i guess he needs to tow his drag boat with it

 

Ya that looks Pissah,take it from me,thats got the right look.

 

Damn, looking awesome, some nice subtle touches too.

One of my favourites on here...

M

 

i don't think the feelings i have for that rear end could be considered natural....

just flippin sweet...

 

Hot damn, thats one sexy beast!! Lookin great man!! Absolutely LOVE that taildragger stance, lots of nice subtle tricks on there so far. I gotta get my butt in gear and post my current updates too sometime soon.

Happy Easter!!

 

hey keith, it was great seeing you tuesday night. the "Cannon Ball" is really looking cool. man you do good work, very well thought out. how are you making out with the hood? i can't wait to see that thing rollin down the road!! thanks for having us down there the other night.... nice digs ya got there, always fun just looking around, thanks again, mike

 

Yup, Thanks for having us up there Keith. Now put a pic. on here for what the trailer hitch is for. That thing is sweet to. You just have it all Keith. I realy like the finger nail the best. Ha Ha Jerry

 

Keith,
Are you gonna smooth out the hood sides or keep it the way it is?
Looks awesome by the way.

Paul

 

that is a really good looking chevy taildragger

 

Verry, very tasty! I love the choices you made - really brings out the best of that car's natural beauty

 

Thanks.
There's just a lot of subtle things going on inside and out, real mild custom. Other than the the front bumper, you see the basics for this round. Obvious paint and interior.

 

Great car-Great name-Great times ahead-Atta Boy-Sololobo

 

Greaty stance

 

FUCK YES!!!
This one's gonna be sick.........

 

...when you "lowered " the hood vents, you shoulda flipped em side to side....in other words, with the louvers goin down and back. This was actually the way the hood was sposed to be produced, but the sketch got approved upside down and went into production "upside down". True story, I've got an old magazine with an interveiw with one of the original designers of that year Chevy. Now, to me anyway, those louvers look all wrong as produced. I want to flip them around on my car as they should've been.

The 37 Chev is my all time favorite Chevy design. Yours looks awesome, keep up the good work. What color you goin with?

 

Looking good...drove mine out of the garage today too...we are about at the same schedule with our cars...

 

That chevy has some sweet lines, I like it!

 

Looks great

 

absolutely love it...I was showing my partner the kustom illustrated pics of your ride today...

 

Beautiful. Seriously, beautiful.

What color are you putting on it?

 

Thanks again everyone, I've been grinning through this whole project.

jmn444 - The taillights are '41 Studebaker. Yea, that's a trailer hitch you see, doesn't every car have one? haha . I plan on pulling my Scotty camper to some long distance events when I can get the time, but plan on pulling my '65 Stevens hemi powered drag boat with it locally.

NashRodMan - The hood sides definitely won't be smoothed. If they were, I wouldn't have spent the time to lower the spears. I like the look with the louvers and the trim, but they needed to line up with the lowered '38 headlights.

rusty1 - I could see what you mean about flipping the spears, and that would look good also. I had actually looked at doing that when I cut them out, but thought with the spears lowered, the louvers were to close to the bottom and got lost. It would have actually saved me some fab time if I had done it that way.

tragic59 - I can't give away everything. haha
But I can tell you it'll be shinny, and a dark period color. I won't have the final body paint done this year do to lack of time, so it'll be in primer for now. I will have a few key pieces in the final color so I can see it on the car. You'll have to wait until next year for the finished product!

 

god dammit man!! that looks sooo good! when i see the boat hooked to it im gonna need a roll of paper towels.... also cant wait to see both sleds draggin the scottys down the road...

 

looks awsome. the name fits it also