Well on my introduction I posted I was going to rebuild my step dad's 53 4 door and it's still a plan. I was going to drop in a V8 etc but I think I may just keep it stock and drop it with steelies. it's in a field full of snow right now so no pics yet. I decided to build a two door as well. I bought one from here on the HAMB and I can't wait to go get it. I do have a pic of the one I just bought. I don't know exactly how I'm going to build it. I'll will do the paint last so it will have the rough look for a while. I do want to drag race it so a V8 will go in. I like steel wheels...not red lol but light green might look good with dark green on the body. At the same time I like the look of torq thrust rears and those g***er style spoke wheels up front. The only thing is I don't want to make a g***er. I did see a black and orange..ish Tri 5 with this set up that wasn'traised up in the front and it looked pretty sweet. Here's a picture the seller was nice enough to hang on to it for me until the weather breaks.
It sat under some trees in South Dakota so it doesn't have too much rust. It needs floor boards and some work on the right side rocker. The lower rear 1/4 has some rust but it is towards the rear and looks easy to fix...famous last words. I have to go to Iowa to pick it up....bit of a road trip about 11 hours each way I thought about throwing a big block in this car but after some searching on here it sounds like t may not fit well. I couldn't find a real good post about this swap. I've been a moder muscle car guy for years but one day the idea popped in my head to build my step dad's 4 door and now all I can think about is building some old 50's cars....must be I'm getting old. I may sell the 87 GN I have to play around with some of these and get into trading and swap meets etc. Just seems like fun.
Congrats on on both cars. Sounds good. Make the 2-door into a hot rod and the 4-door as a near stock custom/cruiser. You will have the best of both worlds, and keep the the 4-door in the family.
nothing like a new old car reall steel all american all the way im shure she will be just as sweet as the day she came out of the factory with a little elbo greese and a few beers
The 4 door will stay in the family for sure. He also has an old Model A behind his pole barn that I always thought was junk. It's a 4 door with the roof cut off. I saw one on here built that way and it looked pretty cool. Future project??
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