Customs My 50 ford custom project...

Well first off I bought this car a year and a half ago. The car ran with the original flatty but eventually the flatty became unreliable and i wanted to drive the car everyday so i decided on a 302 swap. I chase hail storms and was working in a town i ask around found what i thought to be the best man for the job and dropped the car off. He said no longer than a month... Fast forward 13 months later and I go to Alabama to pick the car up unfinished of course. I get it back to my garage in Tn and What I found was heart breaking. the motor was in the car welded to the steering column on one side and welded to two half inch bolts on the other side. My firewall was gone and I could sit in the drivers seat and hold a valve cover. My front floor board was gone and to beat that the motor I had built was rusted and full of water. After talking myself out of shooting this man I decided to start over. So I get the motor in using the jamco motor mounts kit. Disk brake the front and well the rest... Here comes the pics...


I took the car to Steven Hamilton a friend from my younger days who over the past few years had taught himself to do literally everything. so with his trust bead roller and english wheel he came to save the day.


After he replaced the firewall and ****** tunnel we realized we needed to make the drive shaft tunnel bigger



That took him a day and a half and it went so quick that I decided to do what any southern redneck would do and chop the top...







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With the back done Decided to slant the posts...

 

Looks good

 

thanks

 

That is going to be a slick one. Looks good from here.

 

Wow! Thats a good looking ride man! Keep up the good work.

 

I don't know WTF the guy in 'Bama was thinking with what he did to your poor ride - especially when it's such an easy swap with Jamco or Butch's kits .

At least you got it looking good so far

 

WOW, sorry to hear about your initial experience, it happens all too often. Looking really sweet in the pics though, keep up the good work!

 

nice ride! but i would still shot the ***** in his diggle berries..
but i'm that kinda guy!

 

Well for his sake he better hope i never have to go back through there. haha.

 

Decided to Paint the cowl and engine bay....

 

Guy in Alabama was thinking he could take advantage of you, and you aught to take him to small claims, it should be pretty simple to show the judge the hack job and show him the kits that are out there and get a judgement against the guy. Plus the water damage.

 

Im more worried about finishing the car haha

 

Great looking chop. I love how you moved the rear window forward, and brought the top straight down...The filler panel above the trunk works. Great job.

 

Thats really nice looking chop,good work!

 

Looking good, I would still consider gut shooting this ******* with a 22 short...

 

your fab work and chop is looking really good!

 

your ole friend does some nice work , the first guy , must have been an auto butcher , his shop name must have been summers eve hotrods

 

If you guys know of anyone in the east tn area that are looking for custom metal work such as patch panels chops etc pm me

 

Anybody wana recomend wheels for this thing?

 

Vary nice,i am jealous. Don't put too modern looking rims on it. Wide whites are a must. You will be cruzin with a big smile soon.

 

Im think black steelys with maybe a chrome ford center cap and white walls

 

looks good keep up the good work it will pay off.

 

Sorry its been awhile since I updated this thing. Car is coming along nicely. Here are a few more pics.

 

The chop is right on!!!! Nice job!

 

Very nice chop!!

 

Thats a great chop! and sorry to hear you were ripped off...... happens WAY to much

 

Nice work, love the slanted pillars

 

Great chop. This thing is screaming for wide whites and either a level stance or a slightly nose high stance IMO.

Do you have the hood?