New to the Board from Utah... 52 Chevy Deluxe

Been lurking around for a little bit thought I should introduce myself before I start making posts and stuff haha!

I am from Utah, been into cars most of my life. I have owned a 68 chev pu, 72 Plymouth Scamp (still have it), 74 Nova, 8 or so Merkur XR4Ti, and my latest acquisition a 1952 Chevy Deluxe 2 Door Hardtop.

About 5 years ago I lost all interest to work on cars of any sort ofter some serious medical issues. After my Dad told me about this car he located out in the desert, about 2 years ago, it has been percolating in the back of my mind. It final burst into a full blown infection a couple months ago and I located the owners and got permission to go out and drag it home, and so the work begins. It feels good to have the bug again.

 

Welcome from St. George.

My '27 T Roadster build: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t= 734383

 

Welcome from the Netherlands!

 

It never really leaves you...i had a 55 chev sport coupe in 1985 while in high school then years and years went by after i sold it...then 2 year ago i bought a 1956 olds...now im back in the saddle..by the way another welcome from st. george utah..post a pic of the car ya got from the desert would love to see it...

 

Thanks for the welcomes, nice to see some guys in the George!

Here is the pick of the car as it had been sitting for 30 plus years.

 

Electric, are you in STG too? There are quite a few of us here now. Maybe we should do a HAMB and eggs or something.

My '27 T Roadster build: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t= 734383

 

Yeah I am in Santa Clara. That would be cool to do a get together.

 

Welcome from SLC where the seagulls fly upsidedown.

 

@ electricwitness NICE...im trying to picture where this pic was taken..it looks like it was there mannnnnny years waiting for you...i love seeing them in the original condition that way it makes for the pictures and work to come a WOW!!! look at it now..plus thats half the fun of saving another one and the pride of ownership and change...

 

Cool! Guys, join the Utah group here: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=20

Off the top of my head the other STG HAMBers are ksnpvmt, Jim_Beam, capm', Jimi_neutron and a few others. There's 76formulafiend in Cedar too.

My '27 T Roadster build: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t= 734383

 

The car was out on the Arizona strip south of St. George about an hour and a half. I took a bunch of picks while I was loading it up, I will post them up later.

 

Hi, Welcome for Kentucky !! Ray...

 

Welcome from NC.....love that hardtop!

 

arizona strip huh...nice..PS i love the picture you took..that shot gets my blood flowing..i wish i had a huge acre lot i could just find one after one of these cars and buy them..i just love looking at them even the way it is right now..true art...like time is frozen..post more when ya get time

 

I also love the picture you took.. I set it as my desktop background. I have a 52 hardtop and I did a ground up restoration starting 5 years ago. It is finally in the paint shop. Looks like you have a ton of work to do with the sheetmetal. You will most likely have to replace all floors, quarters, inner and outer rockers, braces, door bottom inner and outer. Dont give up, there is a thousand parts to these cars and it takes a very long time to complete one. Any questions about this car let me know. I have researched and downloaded pictures, manuals, Part numbers and I have my own pics that I could send to you to help you out.

 

52hardtopbob, not sure how I missed your post! thanks, glad you like the photo, it's my background too. I definitely have a lot of work ahead, and yes you are right about all the sheet metal that needs attention, haha.

 

Welcome to the group. Good luck with the Chevy. If nothing else, that is a great photo. Hopefully someday you will have the "after" pictures.