My 52

Heres my 52 4 door im building.
Heres some pics of when i got it.



Plan is to do some subtle body mods and lay it out on a new frame and running gear.

I wanna bare metal it and do a nice clean simple interior.

 

Did you find it in the woods?

 

cool !
post up a pic of that rh drive dash,

 

Very cool! Keep us posted.

Skullz

 

Yeah in the woods and up a goat track.
It was in a barn hidden rite up in the mountains.
Almost killed ourselves getting down to where we could load it onto the trailer.
Will chuck some more pics up shortly.

 

You get all the gl*** and bumpers with it?

 

Cool! keep us updated as you go along.

 

that's going to look sick laying out keep the pic coming

 

Got all gl*** except one half of the front screen.
No bumpers or grill but all the trim seems to be there although i doubt much of it will be going back on.
Ive stripped the body back to bare steel and it looks pretty good to me.
Thank God for 3m clean and strip discs!
The original car from the looks of it was orange and it has a 'General Motors of Canada' tag.
I also have a 54 that came from South Africa.

 

I still cant get over the right hand drive....cool..

 

Heres were the body is at.
I am going to be making up some new sills so when layed out its layin dead flat rocker on the ground.
The last few pics are a 54 ive had for a little while.

 

Looks cool. Keep us updated, but please hit enter between each picture you post so it posts vertical

 

Fixed your pics. So far so good though.

 

I find it interesting that you guys have 49-50 "wrong hand drive" dashes in your 51-52's down there. guess GM saved a bundle by not redoing the dash.

I used to work with a guy from New Zealand who rode motorcycles here in the states and pulled out of a parking lot and continued down the wrong side of the street on more than one occasion. he said in a car it's easy to remember... but on a bike you don't remember til the cars are coming at you with horns blaring.

 

hey u know ur steering wheel is on the wrong side

 

The last pics of the 54' - was it a 4 door originally?

 

Yeah. The chop is nice but rust wise its too far gone to save.
But im still going to finish as a beater sled, get it road legal and drive it. Just leave the body and rust as is.

 

Did you take any pics of the 4 door conversion and chop? Thats the problem with Chevs down under - most are 'more doors'

 

Yeah most of the 2 doors down here have been imported from the US.
Nah ive got almost no pics of the chop and conversion.
The doors were stretched about 6" longer using some donor doors.
Its a real shame because the panels overall are all pretty good but all the drip rails and gutters are totally rotten.
The amount of time it would take to fix properly would be insane.

 

Thats a shame, looks like you already put some serious hours into it already.

 

Hi Mate,

Working on one of these as well have you got a source for front gl*** in NZ

cheers

Jonno

 

Tell me what you need? I got a few screens, front and rear for 51 52 and 54.
I can get most screens front and rear for 49 thru 54 from a couple of sources.

 

i got one as well, but i'm in Aus, if you guys are having a hard time getting parts come over here and get some.
good luck with it, good to see it's gonna stay a 4 door.
what colour? motor and box combo?

 

Great thread... my first car was a 52 Chevrolet my dad bought new from Joie Chitwood Chevrolet in Brooksville Florida. I miss that car and him too.
PK

 

Cool ! ! R H drive, need to change mine over

 

Awe yes, the ol' goat track find.

 

At this stage i want to leave it bare for as long as i can. Or as long as the clouds and my WD-40 budget lets me.
It will be layed on a new frame built by TDS Metalworks and running a Toyota 1uz V8 and auto.
Im going with the Jap V8 due to value for money.
I can get a complete 1uz motor, box and ECU for $1500 (USD$1000)
I figure if i want to go Chev and have it reliable i would be spending at least 3 times that.

 

fair call, they look cool if done right.

 

Bought some Coker Cl***ics today. Good used set of 5 off a dudes 59 Caddi.
Saved me a heap!




They were listed as H73-15 but i couldnt seem to find that size on the Coker website so i think they are actually H78-15

Either way they measure approx 28.5" in diameter so i can now make a start on the ch***is.

 

Got the rest of the paint off.
Im really pleased with the body.
Has a good look laid out.












Chur