Hi all, not much to say, I've got a keen interest in all things creative, cars, and especially hot rods and muscle cars. i own a 1952 chevy deluxe that i bought a few months ago and am beginning to start getting to work on it. starting with a road worthy (in Australia, particularly my state, theres laws against young drivers and powerful cars, as I'm only 19 ill have to stick with the inline 6 for now). It's not pretty at the moment but she will be. so yeah, thought id be a newbie and post one of these, look forward to learning a lot.
thanks for all the welcomes, sorry didnt get on yesterday. had quite a good australia day, a few beers to say the least And yes George I cannot WAIT to lose the p plates haha. My old man just got a brand new holden ssv ls2 v8. LEGALLY i cant drive it.. but you know.. its only illegal if you get caught
Welcome Reckon that you can tell us WHERE in Aus you live. I too have a 52 Chevie, maybe I can help you out sometime. Rod
hey rod, I'm from Victoria, looks like youre from NSW? is yours a sedan or a ute? its prettymuch a complete car that ive got, just in a bit of a bad state. mostly surface rust. on the outside...but a lot of it haha. i should upload a photo. any places youd recommend besides ebay for sourcing parts and the like? cheers
G'day Ryan,welcome just recently joined myself after a few years of lurking.I also have a 52 just rebuilt, post some pics of your car i may be of help chasing parts. Cheers Mark
Ryan, I am not smart enough to tell you any other way, but if you do a search on "4 to 2 door conversion with pics " all will be revealed. I hope. Cheers
Thanks mark, ill try upload some photos either later tonight or tomorrow night. pretty flat out with work and commitments at the moment, but theyll be up soon were you referring to this? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=4585&page=2 is that a photo from the 09 bright rod run? i swear i saw that chev there.
hope these work. just found them on my computer, thought i was gonna have to find my camera and go out and get some photos haha. like i said, not pretty at the moment. theres a fair bit of surface rust, but shes pretty straight. without giving away too much, she'll be getting a chop, suicide doors, and a lowered stance. got a few other ideas too
Nice chevy,Hell them inline 6cyl can be out of fun. Some would say a split exhaust.from a nice Headers sounds just as if not better than duals on a v8. That and double or triple carbs , them motors can alot of fun
is that a photo from the 09 bright rod run? i swear i saw that chev there.[/QUOTE] Be there again this year with a 58 Sunliner caravan hooked on its tale. Hope we can hook up. Rod
yeah ill be going to bright again this year aswell, sounds good and thats very true, p plates is better than no licence haha, ive got a vz commodore which isnt too bad for power, still a stock 6 though, and still not a bad*** oldschool car either haha. ohwell, when im off my p's ill be laughing at all the kids who have them then
i too am a young one, 20. just picked up a chev today, 49 model though, was wondering wether the grills swap over between the models? wouldnt mind making something mixed between models. also are these ford stud pattern? i havent checked mine out yet but thought it would of been holden?
Holden pattern HQ-present. 49-52 Grills all interchange. My 52 has 51 grill and 52 parkers.Clean and simple. 52 grills with extra teeth look good, but good teeth are like rocking horse sh.t, Good luck, and BOTH you young fellas drive safely !! Ask yourself, why would Chev have Ford pattern?
Welcome aboard you guys. What is it .... when I'm thinking of getting myself a 49-52 Chev .... you guys turn up having bought them all up!!! If you need info, just call on the likes of Fat141 or myself, We'll try to help you out.
thanks for the continuing welcomes Fat141, i think TKL is referring to the ford snowflake wheel on the back left in the photo. thats how i got the car, those photos are from the first night i picked it up, and no its not on there properly AT ALL haha. but the grill teeth are actually quite good so ill be keeping those ill be wheeling her out tomorrow and starting to pull some interior and hopefully cleaning her up a bit to get a better understanding of what im getting myself into to get a roadworthy so ill try take a current photo. i wanna drive her as per 1952 for a bit before i strip her down. thanks stovebolt, im sure ill need some advice soon, its funny you mention that though, i bought mine in april last year and now all of these aftermarket parts and stuff have become available, theyre becoming quite popular models. i dont want to give away too much of what im planning, but it will stand out from the crowd, in a good way
Definitely do this, if only to save rego headaches down the track. Yours looks a lot like mine did when i got it. Then again it doesn't look that much different now.
yer hahah i saw them tasty snowflake mags and got confused, i stripped my interior sunday , only got about palm size rust area in the floor, quite happy with that.
yeah striper ill definately be registering it first, especially seeing as i wanna chop it (sorry to all those "respect the original" enthusiasts haha) and put a v8 eventually and stuff. and i like what youve done, i did consider doing a similar thing to mine, but i always get carried away with ideas haha. wow TKL youve done well, ill let you know how mine goes, ive got my fingers crossed haha. its spent at least the last 15 years in a shed though apparently. but we'll see...
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