The Jalopy Journal
Now the fun begins... no more welding, grinding. All is shinny black and i love this part....
Ton of parts for the power coater...
Installing exhaust and breaking it down for power coating the frame etc...
Hooking up a/c lines
Putting radio and air ride controls under driver's seat.. stock gas filler had to go...
New gas door and closing the gap between fender and hood..
closing up some door gags and making the doors line up... lot cutting and welding
If the site will let me i'll post pictures of the whole thing including the interior.. glad you liked it. all the door panels and side panels...
I don't know how long it's going to take to post the build here, i keep getting a note that tells me i'm missing a security token about every...
Replacing some rotted out wood in the floor, and fixing some rust in the drivers' seat riser.
Thanks, yes we kept the wood floor but had to replace about a foot of it at the rear. i'll post some pictures of what we did.. the whole inside...
Building the middle seat out of a truck seat frame, and getting the floor completed..
Replacing the floors....
Getting some rust repair...
Filling in some holes in the dash and getting the body off to the sand blaster,, and finding some rust surprise's...
Hooking up the steering column and gas tank, oil cooler..
Getting the motor and trans set up along with the front sheet metal.. first look at what it might look like.
Here the frame is sand blasted and filling a lot of holes in the frame. Set up the front end and the 9" ford rear end..
Well guys all the fan fair is over, the owners were very surprised and i think they're still on cloud 9. Many of you ask to see some build...
This one won it's class which was in Sedan Delivery '49 and up
Steve, the guy who did the woodgraining is a pinstripper friend of mine from Santa Ana Calif. the shop is Miracle Design his name is Phill...
Thanks a lot and sorry you didn't get to see the wood grain but here are a couple pictures hope that helps..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCNScVOzgsU This is a short video of the owner's getting their surprise... not real clear but you'll get the...
Thanks guys for all the nice words, the surprise went off without a hitch. They were floored, lots of tears and hugs. They just couldn't believe...
Thanks a lot, great meeting you too.. and we all love your ride...
That's cool, the owners couldn't believe that everyone in the world knew but them... total surprise and lots of tears...
Thanks a lot, and you're right about the pedals,, we talked about it after the interior was done.. we bought them so long ago just wasn't thinking...
Thanks, the front is MMll with air, and the rear is 9" ford with 4 bar with air bags..
I'll have to get all that for you over the weekend. I made the middle seat using a seat frame out of a early's '50 pickup truck, it would be about...
Thanks ok cavemag, so i'll take that as a thumb's up...
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