Customs 1952 pontiac the golden indian

for the last 4 years i have been building a 52 pontiac cheiftain full custom, i bought the car off of ebay for 250 bucks and it had a really bad unfinished chop, was a 4 door but was just the challenging learning tool i wanted,i wanted to extend and expand my abillities as far as possible, and have cut ibto the roof 3 times all together, the plus side was the motor looks rebuilt and the rest of the body was decent but it was devoid of almost every thing except the basic shell. i have a long way to go,but with only about a day a week to work on it its moving along.
this will be my official progress thread that i will update from time to time

 

so the idea from the begining was a hardtop 2 door.

 

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That sir will be a challenge. Don't give up, I like that kind of cut up and weld back together..... neat car to "lead sled"

 

Looking good. I like the drawing alot. Is that the exact plans?

 

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still more to refine the bracing, the center over the hump is temporary still

 

OOOOOOOO!!!!! I like it.

 

I like the plan. this will be a sweet kustom

 

some are out of order

 

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Hey Eddie...good to see you're still around and working on that old Poncho.

 

body off..............

 

Thats some great progress,its going to be a great custom,you do some nice work, kepp it up.

 

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I can see from your pictures that this is not your first day on the bus. Looks like you know your way around sheet metal. Have you got any past projects that you can share with us?

Frank

 

if you ever build one of these cars replace the rear cross member the pic of the original shows why, dont jack the original up there that shit will buckle like it tried to on me. 3/16 wall 2x3 replaced it

 

heres a name I havent seen for some time hows kern county these days

 

and thats where i am at the moment, well a little farther but no new pics yet . yes i have done a few other projects but all jus for friends, my 50 fleetline was my first trek into the custom sheetmtal genre but that was over 7 years ago and i am since redoing the whole car, it is a mild custom and my daily
heres a couple of pics

stay tuned

 

just as gay as ever haha.

 

I remember when you joined and when you started working on that old Indian...........and I've always been pro go!

But here's my own word of cautionary advice: Because the bodies are SO similar to Chevy's, don't blend the Pontiac out of it.

Does that make any sense?

 

well there are certain characteristics that will remain an although they are similar, there are a few noticable differences. the plan has been evolving since day one, as for noticable pontiac characteristics, thats what i picked this indian up for, she'll retain all the stock trim handles and all even the straight 8 like the 52, itll just be slammed, ....hows things brandy? you still in bako?

 

Oh yah, I haven't figured out how to escape this town......altho I get a good run going before my lead whips my butt back like a yo yo.

Retaining the trim, especially the hood waterfall with Indian will TOTALLY scream Indian! WHOOT!

 

bako aint bad i like it, better than this little hell hole ive been stuck in for 5 years now!!!

 

All fish dream of a bigger pond man! If I lived in that shit hole, Bakertucky would be heaven sent.

 

Looking forward to watching this thing come together. I've always wanted to see someone do this to a '52 Pontiac as they are PERFECT for this type of job. Looking great!

 

Wow man, you took a lemon and made delicious lemonade! Nice work

 

OK, now I want to get back working on my 51 Poncho

 

I like where you're going with this....