Features Lets see your 49-54 chevys

Lots of incredible cars here - can't get enough of 'em!

Say rowjoe, can you tell me about the skirts on your coupe (if it's not a guarded secret)? The stockers look too short for the opening, and yours are exactly what I'm looking for to fill the hole.

 

Oops! Should have posted a pic - per the thread. Sorry guys!

 

Those look like the stockers to me.

What we did with mine is found a set of skirts with flares at a swap meet and grafted the bottom section on the stockers, that added about 2 inches to the bottom and gave a nice flare.




BTW

This pic was taken at Starbirds shop, that's Darryl standing in the garage, the one with the Aloha shirt on.

BB

 

Is this low enuff in back for you guys?? In April, getting ready for new rear and sub-frame, we tore the rear out. 1 hr. later Dad decides to move. Anyway, he has been re-modeling his new shop (in background)...and I decide to build a house (below). Oh well, Dad says we will get them inside this weekend..thats closer to progress. BTW, the S10 is for the sub-frame.

 

mine before construction started

 

Thanks Bob K! I had been pondering how best to extend the stockers... Looks like it's back to the swap meet for a junk set of flared skirts. One of those "if it's so obvious - why didn't I think of it before?" moments!

Love your convertible! And your opportunity to rub elbows with a true legend in Mr. Starbird! Wot a great hobby!

 

Some more pics for this thread.. Wouldn't want to be accused of diversion!

My first car - a '54 Canadian Pontiac (4 door hand-me-down from dad) a fellow named Fabian nosed and decked for me in 1969. I think the hood was a work of art...

My next car was a custom very early in its life and I was custodian of it for 12 years.
Here are two versions: The flamed version first - then a pic of it with "black cherry metalic" and porta-whites on wide M/Ts!! in the desert on a 4,000 mi. trip - Saskatoon to L.A. and back. Great times, great cars! Pardon the high-rider stance, after all it was the '70s!

 

This is not mine, but I'm chopping it at this moment for my friend.
I need trim under the windows and all garnish mouldings to inside!

 

Picture from yesterday. It's quite dark here in the middle of the day.

 

that's a beautiful chop, Janne!

 

Thanks!

 

This is my favorite on this thread, about perfect.

 

The Fiddy......

 

The back of mine as of Dec 20th. Roll pan finally together.....

 

well at least I can drive this when my truck is in the shop only got 10 mi of gravel!!

 

my 52 pontiac project, 4 door to 2 door, chopped 5-3/4 in the front and 6-1/2 in the rearm hardtopped and tons more work and mods to be done...

 

Before and after.

 

Heres my 54.

 

mine