Baby got a new coat of paint!

I got the '51 back from the painter last night and got my home made whitewalls mounted today. Dammmmmmn I like it. It is fainally starting to lokk like the car I imagined the day I bought it. Nothing fancy, no chop, channel, etc. I love the way this car looks in stock form, the 49-52 Chevy's have always made me tingly in my happy place. Uh... maybe that was too much info.
I still need to get the bumpers and grill re-plated or replaced but I'll be driving around with a perma-grin for awhile the way she sits.
Ed

 

Looks good. ***s...

 

Nice ride!!

 

CONGRATS

Hoping to post pics of my painted 51 in the near future!!

FONZI

 

Looking good!!

 

Time to update the avatar!

 

Awesome......................Rich

 

Sweet, simple and to the point - me likee....

 

looks nice, like the color combo.

 

looks great

 

Lookin' good - I like the white top!

 

I'm with ya all the way- looks great.

 

looks great and the chrome can wait!!

 

Saaaawweeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!
Love the colours

 

looks nice..
with all the talk on another thread of what it cost, and how long it takes to paint a car..
can you give us a feel where you were at on this one?

 

Very nice!

 

Great update, I am working toward having my 52 hardtop on the road by next spring.... but I think I said the same thing last year.

 

There's nothing better than the pride you feel when your project comes together...
POZ

 

Very nice car!!! Homemade white walls? Did you sand a set down?
We did that on a 1950 Dodge Pickup after someone had stolen the $250 cokers.

 

Great car, great color choice!

 

Nice!!!

 

Very nice! I always liked the lines of the little coupes. Good job-

 

Sweet!

 

Very Cool!

 

Looks clean man, nice job on the tires.

 

Are those buffed whitewalls. That whitewall looks huge, what tires did you start with??

 

Thanks Guys! I appreciate the feedback. Those of ya interested in the whitewalls check out out this thread

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=382473

ED

 

Thanks for reminding me!!
Ed

 

Sure, I bought a nice stock unrestored but non running 1951 4 door sedan at an estate sale along with a matching but rough parts car (the motors in both cars were seized up and the mice had built a village in the nice car interior). They sat in the shop for awhile and, in a moment of financial clarity, I reviewed my budget and decided that the sedan was never going to get restored (unless the Lotto gods smiled on me) so I put the cars on the local C-list site. The first guy who came to see them was a body and paint shop owner so we worked out a deal; he got both sedans and I got my coupe painted. I got a great deal on the cars when I bought them so my investment was...... small. He got a set of cars that will make one very nice sedan (and one rough driver, if he wants). Everybody is happy.
I really prefer to barter and swap stuff rather than shell out hard cash, especially since I have VERY little of the stuff.
Ed