big dreams, little money, lot of work my 52 pontiac

Well this is my 52 pontiac 4 door , it has been my biggest for about the last 2 years..and lifes been competing with my time to work on it as much as i like ...but all i have is time.

.i bought the car and it had about a 3 inch chop on it that was royally screwed up...the guy i bought it from said he had just planned on cutting the top off, but up for a challenge, I bought it with the intention of fixing it since then ive cut it all back apart, took a 2 and 3/4 more out of the front and 3 out of the back,cut out the center post and to make it a hardtop.
latly i've been converting it to a 4 door car to a 2 door car with the help of a couple of 51 pontiac hardtop doors i found at a wrecking yard for 100 bucks.Thats where im at right now...
i plan on keeping the original straight 8 with the hydromatic in it and fabing up a split manifold to route duals out the back...and also making a custom intake to hold dual 2 barrels to feed it for a little extra umph...and i will be notching the frame and bringing the whole car on the downlow with a slight rake to keep the nose up alittle bit
w****d it some 4and1/4 inch 710-15 wide whites and probably some 49-50 pontiac sombreros, color is still undecided
all in all i only have about 800-1000 bucks in the car right now including the price
im trying to build a dream on a poor mans wage's

but enough small talk heres the car...please excuse the multi color...i've had it out side for a while and have been hesitant about striping it all the way down to bare metal until i get it back in the shop....

this was after rebuilding the top and making it a hardtop

 

ill keep updating this thread as i get more done...so keep on the look-out for more updates

 

Looking good so far-

 

I have said it many times, it has blown me away to see the work you put into this thing, I remember seeing it when you first got it and I thought there was no hope for it!!

Keep it up man!

 

Damn I LOVE old Indians!I like the fact you are gonna keep the I8 too!

EVIL

 

Wow! Looks like your on your way. Keep it up man!

 

looks great...keep it up!

 

little more done .....jus about ready to weld it in

 

That looks wicked. Man, I wish I could find a 50's car around here for a decent price and drop one of my newer model drivetrains in it to make a really cool driver to reflect my tastes and personality better, oh well...........keep us updated.

 

Lotsa work there, looks great so far. Good proportions on the chop too. I have similar plans for my ford sedan.