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Our 37 chrysler royal,440 727 auto 8 3/4 rear.Just finished painting it in metal flake . we have owned this car for 32 years. [IMG]
It,s a Police scene for stolen cars.:rolleyes: Looks exellent Mate.
Congrats on the new shop But just a question That hotrodder Don who posted those photos has he got a yellow 34 coupe as I met a gentelman in...
I painted a few cars and vans in the late 60s and the 70s in flake.I am painting our 37 chrysler in flake this is the dash I just done. [IMG]...
That was a quick reply:) I am going to get rid of those side mirrors and replace with 4" round ones and put on a chrome front bumper. I had a...
Love the roof chop.I have been toying with putting a steel roof back on my 52 Dodge coronet as I have never been happy with the carson style top I...
No, he is only a check book rodder.:D
Here is our 59 out for a cruise in sunny Taranaki New Zealand. [IMG] Notice the No 1 cloud above us.KOOL
here is a gas pump I made out of scrap panelsteel and 3ml plate.still have to finish the globe,I'm making that out of fiberglass.I took a mold of...
This is our 37 Chrysler Royal 440ci 727 auto 8 3/4 rearend.just put new gauges in the dash and then getting the car ready for paint. [IMG]
the timing for your motor is 153624 and looking from the front of the car the dissy. turns clockwise.Hope this helps.Ray.
I posted this on the wrong thread so I have had another go. It is or was a 52Dodge Coronet X 4door sedan.It came into New Zealand in 61 from...
What a fantastic week great to meet up with you Kirk,enjoy the rest of your holiday. PS now you know where I got my name from.
it's a figment of his imagination.:D and he don't know how to use a camera.right Marty.:p
that would be one of the most beautiful Kustoms ever built all in proportion and it's a MOPAR.I read about the car in a hotrod mag from the 60s...
that 55-56 ford looks KOOL Noddy you can give it to me instead of that petrol you owe me haha when you get it back to NZ,all the best for the...
The caddy 390 came out in 59 not in 55 must have been put in by someone.It is a real good motor I think around 335 horse the eldo had triple carbs...
Thank you all for the info.
Back in the early 60's when I started my apprentice ship in auto painting we used to dry block the edges of the repairs with 180 dry paper then...
Hi all,I want to paint my 37 chrysler tahitian red it was a 50's colour used by the G.M. factory or the Chrysler factory.it was a met.red and very...
If you look under the hotrod blowout nz post you will see a photo of my 52 dodge coronet Kustom with a homemade carson top,this car was a 4door sedan.
Hell I don,t no what you lot are on about what Rockabilly said in his post we didn,t have any 2 doors to hot rod untill the gov.relaxed and the...
Love it, what motor you running,hope you are staying with caddy.:)
I put a 305 chevy in my 52 dodge custom with a turbo 350 to a 10bolt diff sub framed the front end it made it a good cruiser good on gas.the...
no hassells just interested.After seeing some of those rat rods in mags I was wondering how they get to drive them on the roads over there,no...
What is the legal requirments to get a custom or hot rod on the road in the states.It would be interesting to know if you have the same problems...
Lightly sand the edges with fine paper don,t worry about going through then mask of inside and outside of the scallops & spray a contrasting...
Bondo or bog as we call it down under,is,nt that the stuff they use in hollywood to make the stars look like real people sorry wrong plastic:) I...
What i found when spraying flake was to let it dry between coats and using air, blow the car down and your hand to flatten the flake this is if...
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