Got to love it, it just looks so silky to me and not as harsh or raw as hard black with tuns of clear or toatly dry flat black.
You tell 'em kid!!! Build it the way YOU want it. When everyone else starts coughing up cash for the project THEN they can start dicatating what it should look like. Do what you wan tto with it. Paint it lime green, glue sea shells all over it and drive it into a tree if you want to. It's YOUR car. "To thine own self be true." - Shakespeare
Oh GENTLEman, I thought he said genitalman. Ahhhhhh now I have the guilts. Like kickin a 3 legged dog or something. xxx
LMFAO!!! Oh Brandy, where's your head at? Now that's the funniest shit I've heard in a long time!!!!! If I didn't love my girlfriend so much I'd have a crush on you! Genitalman, indeed!! Actually, I am, but that's a pitcher of margaritas story...
Ha! Actually my head is atop my shoulders..........but my brains under the table of a titty bar. A pitcher of margaritas? How about a fifth of whisky and a couple of senoritas? xxx
Will you marry me? Oh yeah, you ain't the marryin' type. Well would you at least play house with me for a long weekend??
my friend, everything i wanted to do with this is right there. haha. do you have popers on the back doors or are they just dummy doors ?
you just do what ever you please with your car, thats what make this sport what it is, its so diverse, and there are alot of things to look at. I dont see why people have to get on other people backs about something they want to do to there car hows about this for a reply HAVE FUN JEFF
Well some of us are feelin' pretty damned pety tonight, eh?!? Dude don't listen to the jackasses who think that all cars *must* be this way or that way. Fuck 'em they're stuck in their little boxes and don't give a fuck about true individuality, just the kind that they like. Makes me glad I have the cars that I have. Not a classic. My ass. I get so sick of that shit. I see where yer comin' from wantin' to use this as a learning experience. If learnin' how to do what ya wanna learn means it's got a mixed personality, so be it. If ya do somethin' ya end up not likin' ya can always go back and do somethin' else to make it better. Just don't sit there and look at it. Do stuff. Olson --------- goin' outside to admire my own uncool cars
right on! tonight i started with the dash, at 1130 at night with a flashlight lol. if im not sure of something or im waiting on something ill go to the next thing that needs work. im all about working smart and i really want to see how hard i can push myself.
There ya go. Been out workin' on mine with a floodlight pissin' the neighborhood off many times. Usually a little noisier than cleanin' the dash, but there's been plenty of that too. And if ya don't know what to do, ask. Yeah you'll get dumb ass answers but ya will probly get the one ya need too. There's plenty to do before ya get to that front clip...don't rush that one. Enjoy Olson
Cool. So you are going for a nosebleed stance in the front. How high? maybe raise it up about 8 or 10 inches. Yeah man, friggen 16" from the ground to the rockers! .....but wait, you also said you wanted 2" lowered spindles and a "WEST COAST CRUISER LOOK".....hmmmm....That means LOW to the ground....O.K. I'm confused now. Fella, you can't have BOTH with the same car! I don't care if it is your car and you CAN do whatever you want with it........As far as I know, ownership does not allow you to disobey the laws of PHYSICS. congrats on your first classic car. It looks like a healthy start. I dig it....and for $300, it sure looks like you got a great deal! Oh yeah, I don't care if Satan has a clean coat or a dirty one....I still wouldn't want anything to do with him. HAHAHA
Now this isn't meant to start another shit storm but it might put some perspective on this. How old are you Less? What experience do you have building a car? I know this is your first project for yourself but have you ever worked on an old car or any car for that matter? The answers could go a long way toward explaining your post so far. Now, with that said, jump in with both feet and get dirty. Call on the HAMB for help if you get stuck, but above all HAVE FUN. Keep us posted on your progress, some of us old farts need to be reminded about how it was when we first picked up a wrench. Frank
Im 22, im apprenticeing at the streetrod store in NJ, im in automotive school to get all my ase's. I been messing with newer cars for awile. Really the first time for me with a classic. I dont know all the terms yet. As for the gasser look with the lower spindals, I like how the rest of the car looks as far as the gasser design go's. Im not refering to the hight at all. satin black does have a little clear coat over it. Maybe i spelled something wrong, im not a good speller by any means.
glad to see more chevy stuff, and on our cars you dont use lowering spindles, you need lowered uprights, and cut or lowering springs. you'll want a 55-57 rearend for use with a th350 or any other v8 trans. let me know if i can help you with leftover stovebolt parts.
I think the kid means satin with some clear coat on it. Although, satan with a clean coat would look pretty cool. Of course you would have to find a guy who is very artistic and can airbrush satan wearing a clean coat on your car.......maybe on the deck lid, now that would be cool. As far as the lowered "gasser" goes, do what you want, it's your car. Hell, I'm in the middle of buyin' some 6" balljoint spacers to put on my lowrider. John
Hey nice score, I also bought a 54 4door Bel-Air cause it was it was cheap and its turned to a heck of a project, Ive done the V8,trans,open driveline, wire harness, ect, so let me know if I can help. Good luck!
for some reason this one still bugs me. and don't get me wrong, it's not the car or less's plans for it, and definitely not his enthusiasm, I think that is great, the car is great, it has great potential, hell I'm excited for him! there's nothing like starting a new exciting project but I'm having trouble with the use of the word "classic" here... it used to be classics referred to expensive limited production prewar cars.. or at least I thought that's what the word meant now it seems the word has been redefined to mean any car twenty years old and older? now the wife's '84 Volvo wagon is in the same class as a Bugati, Dusenburg or Hispano Suiza? it makes me think of the argument I had with some guy who insisted on calling all hot rods roadsters regardless of body style.. very frustrating maybe I am getting old. less, have fun with your car, that's all that really matters here
I think sums it up pretty well : "Definitions of Classic car on the Web: Classic car is a term frequently used to describe an older car, but what exactly is meant by that varies from person to person and organisation to organisation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_car" Pretty well meaning - obviously everyone has their own interpretation L
Maybe you are getting old but that doesn't mean your wrong or a stick inthe mud. I agree with you. There's nothing wrong with being detail oriented even if lots of folks get the phraseology wrong. A classic in my mind is a large, exclusive, pre WWII luxury car. I hope that the Volvo never ends up in the classic category. Mazda really pisses me off by calling the Miata a roadster. It's not!! For the record, a roadster, by 'classic' definition has no roll up windows, a removable winshield, a removable top, and two doors. That's the way I've always heard it.
Less, Good luck with your new old car! I've stopped by The Street Rod Store twice in the last two weeks for brake fittings. I asked if you were there both times, but no luck! I'm probably going to be stopping by there after work for a brake light switch. You gonna be around? Ed
Less. Yeah, I think you spelled something wrong too. We are just messing with you a little. As for the "gasser" look. If there is one thing that is universal to that look, its the height of the car. A gasser is NOT lowered. Its either stock height (50's era) or raised up in the air a bit (60's) or SKY FRIGGEN high monster truck style (70's). There are all sorts of different "gasser" flavors. But something low to the ground is probably going to be called something else.... FYI. Maybe you were referring to the tilt nose when you were saying "gasser"? Don't let it curb your enthusiasm, but you do need to learn the terms. I can remember when I was about 26 years old, I called a "hot rod" a "street rod" and just about got punched out by one of the hardcore greaser types. Hahah....Its funny to think back on that, but you should have seen the look on that guys face. I was the dumbest person on earth to him. My only comment on the "classic" debate is that I think it used to be used ONE WAY in the past, but now the term has been bastardized and is used to describe any old car.... Make sure to post many many pics of your progress LESS....so we can have visuals when we tear you apart and shit on what you are doing. Haha (just joking)
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