Customs I want my chop.....

Koolkemp how is your's going?

 

It was maroon:

 

Should have some mud on the top over the weekend check my thread on sun or mon I will update it then, but its coming! Trying to get it presentable enough to bring to a friends car show in a few weeks.

 

Actually the car was a dark gold, butterscotch/Cinnamon(hmm getting hungry!) color first, and was later repainted in a dark blue. Not quite sure when it was repainted blue. Possibly when Gil changed the 46 Ford bumpers to the 49 Plymouth bumpers. The car looks a bit darker in the photos with the new bumpers. But I'm not sure about this.

 

The car looks good , Bro.

 

thats chop looks good, thats one car that looks right with a heavy chop

 

hey psyco50,thanks for the thumbs up.I installed those Smithys i got from awhile back,along with the complete exhaust.havn't started the darn thing up yet,but getting close.

 

bandito, nice job man. definately inspiring. great pics, how are you going to blend the fenders?

 

never mind about the fender quest. finally got all of your pics to come up. should be a looker man, keep the pics flowin'

 

Hey guys,sorry for not posting up much lately but was put under the knife and all is well now.I am gonna have to kick ass to catch up to Steve(Koolkemp)lol.Here are some pics of my vent windows cut.
Went over to Bruces' "KICKASS" shop(Dreracecar)to get them tig welded since i am not equipt,Bruce did the deed and i am stoked at the results,Thanks again Bruce.I've been able to get some primer on the body,but did not finish since i ran out of primer and...energy,how do you do Koolkemp! I made a pattern of the new opening once i arrived at the size(measured many times).The piece laying next to each frame is what i ended up removing.Just need to dress down the welds and polish.As far as the body goes,it is pretty much done with the exception of the front end.Looks cool Anyway check out the pics.will post more when i have something else completed.Oh ya,as far as the color being green like the Lopez car,that was the direction, then i changed and went with the Ayala tribute idea.

 

I love this car. Please keep the updates coming.

 

Wow looking great for a sick guy!! You are miles ahead of me brother ....I still got rust to fix and its gonna be too cold here soon for me to do much more mud work unless I can get it to a friends place who has real heat !!

 

very nice

 

I forgot to mention,i am in need of 1 half of a '42 grille,not perfect since it will be cut.this way i can get to slicing up the front end and forming the opening.Thanks

 

Fantastic.... glad you are back on it?
Looks really good in primer.

Have you been in contact with RussV on the grille. He is cutting a 1942 Ford upt to sort of recrate the Pete Brock Convertible. I'm not sure if they will keep the grille or replace it with a 1947 units to match the Pete Brook car.... You can always ask.

Check it out HERE

 

Thanks for the heads up Rik,

 

I already tried...guy he bought the car from wants the grille back...

 

Hey David,

The Bandito/Ayala fourty-two is lookin killer!

It's good to hear you got back up off the mat, health wise.

Real kustoms are so cool!

'' Meanwhyle, back onboard The Tainted Pork "

 

Wow! Nice kustom...lookin forward to seeing it finished

 

Thanks for the positive vibes fellas.I finally got all my parts that i needed to recreate the grille for this project.I ended up getting two grille sets to make one.The Ayala car had the grille extended in order to fill in the original opening on the front end.So i ended up splicing some pieces together.I will weld them up and finish the welds then i will start the fitting to the front........next time i will post pics of that process.It's going slow and easy,but it will get done.

 

man, thats coming along REALLY nice!! Thats a great slope to the roof line!!

 

Lookin real good,gonna be SWEEEET!!!

 

Nice Job, I attached a pic of the rear of my 41. I used the same splash and bumper wit Chevy lic surround (slight lean)

 

I am very envious of your 42 grille Wish I had one I could use , looking great!!

 

hey s@son,thats one badd ass '41,how about a full on pic? Whats up Steve(koolkemp),it was a mission finding grilles for this project,it's not that they are not available....some guys want an arm or your first born!.Anyway i finally found them.The grille looks good,i finish welded it today,hope you like it.'Till later...

 

Man, your car is lookin great and I cant even describe how happy I am to see you doin that grill ! It is nice to see a custom being done like this ! Great job, im lovin your sled .

 

sweet look good ...........................................nice

 

Really shaping up to be something special.

 

Nice.............

Vr&c.

 

Well,i almost have the front sheetmetal work done which includes narrowing the hood and molding the grille in.But i would like you guys to take a look at this picture and help me i.d. these hubcaps.They are mounted on the Ayala '42,i want to start looking for a couple.thanks,stay tuned.