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A GIANT V8 emblem, love the design of these. And finishing up the last of the rat infested upholstery removal. All the seats are down to the bare...
HAHA, ya, no bueno man. But, those who play with old cars have to deal with these varmints.
Starting to clean out the car and strip out the old upholstery. Its interesting, it seems to have had a really nice car cover put on the seats,...
I've been wondering where it went too. HAHA. Thankfully the car was safe, even though it wasn't supposed to be outside. The build will now be...
The DeSoto is finally back home with me, much worse than when it left to get some work done on it. Tired of flaky people not doing what they say...
Yup
Yep, Shine's '34 was the inspiration for this build.
Going back a few years to this amazing build. Anyone know if Rick is still around? [MEDIA]
Going back a few years, some really amazing hot rods out there. [MEDIA]
I still have the posters too. The only show to have screen printed posters that I've ever attended.
Going back a few years for some coverage of a @Jive-Bomber and Vultures rod and custom show in Hayward, Ca at the Holiday Bowl. [MEDIA]
Thats what I keep telling myself, haha.
Thanks! I try.
Video update basically covering the last 12 months of work. [MEDIA]
Picked up some 16" Big N Littles for the car.
He's been great and has offered a lot of tech advice since this is my first time doing this type of build.
Yeah buddy.
https://rjays.com/ has all the stuff you need. They came with all the parts. They will be getting tacked on very soon.
Got some primer on the frame. Now to get it sanded and painted. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Back on the roadster again. Did a little block sanding on the deck lid. Finally got the old brackets cut off the 9" and am starting to get it in...
Laying down some primer on some parts, with music, haha. [MEDIA]
Very cool.
The backgrounds always tell the story don't they.
I'm just going by the info provided to me about the images. It's very possible there is more than on location mixed in there. So, they used to...
Thanks, I'll have some more updates soon, but trying to keep my focus on the gasser as my main priority.
Deck lid primed and guide coated. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Oh man, glad you are okay, cars can be replaced, you can't.
I've not been able to find any markings with a manufacturer's name.
Separate names with a comma.
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