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Good day 55styleliner, your right it is a cool stock dash. BUT just wanted a project and love working in my garage shop with metal. Also someone...
Forgot to add the wagon picture.?? Also included the gauges.
Well i'm not very far along yet but i'm working on a dash for my 55. I saw a pretty cool on in a wagon at the Des Moines Goodguys show last year....
OK ordered 5/8 stainless tubing .035 wall. Came from metals on line. Needed 7 pieces so got 4 6ft long and three 7ft long. Then needed a 5/8...
seb fontana, I'm 100% with you on this. OK well see next month when we do it. I sure wasn't ready for new wheels and tires. I would surly like...
OK might be beating an old horse here but just to make sure what Ive got what everyone is saying. !! . On my wheel picture, the flat area where...
OK Well about February I'll get the kit ordered (need little warmer weather) and install it. then we will know for sure. Thanks to all for the...
OK these wheels i have are probably not for disc brakes. The caliper area is tapered not squared off like your wheel looks like. If you make my...
Hello all. Ive got a 1955 ford and looking at a disc brake kit for the front. They tell me that my 14 inch mag type wheels wont fit. I need disc...
OK I see now that the channel on the floor pan the end is gone. I'm still waiting for "Overhauln" to call or come get the car. HAHAHA.
Thats a great Idea. I didn't think of it and haven't seen one in years.?? Where do you get them any place that has bolts.??
Thanks but its OK, it has lots of that old Oklahoma mud on it. Probably should of steamed cleaned it first. There is good metal under all that.
Hi all, now that the 55 Ford tube grill is done and the tail lights, I'm starting on installing some side pipes. After a long look under the car...
Sorry the picture of the full grill in the last update was the old picture. You can tell by the next to bottom tube being short on each end. This...
Good Monday all. The Holidays are fast approaching us. In my last post you saw I had couple tubes in the grill I did't like so had two more tubes...
Too much to short. It will fix it a little but not the way I want it. It looks like it should work but its actually about an 1 1/2 inch on each...
Good day all. Been really on it last two days. got one small mess up but its fixable on the grill. When I ordered the 7 tubes 3 of them were 7ft...
Hello All, tubes came today but not the bender. So the turn signal lights came early and thats good. they have to go in before the grill anyway....
Good day all. I'm waiting parts for the grill build, is was searching for youtube videos on how to remove the side stainless on my 55 Ford. Not...
Johnny Gretsch, keep up the good work. i love those things. Kind of wish i had one here in the USA. There pretty cool. You at least on a great...
Sorry for slow come back but been working on the brackets to hold the tubes. I do like your way of thinking. I kind of work that way also. Beat to...
Sorry for the slow come back. Both pictures are excellent. Having the ends bent, was my idea. I ordered two of the tubes one foot longer to see if...
Hello everyone. As of last post building a tube grill for a 55 Ford. Using 5/8 stainless tubes. There ordered and will be here Monday the 24th....
Thanks to all. Looks like probably start with the angle of the original grill. Thanks John
Good day to all. Thanks for all the help with the tail lights for my 55 Ford. Ended up using the fiberglass 55-56 Mercury station wagon from night...
By the way love your merc !!!!!! Slopok
Hey no problem. We got it done. Now trying to start research for a tube grill. Glory grills are way out of my price range.
Thanks everyone for the help. Just an update from the first of october. Lee lenses I think is out of business. Get the 404 error when you go to...
Thanks for the tip. I will go find some pictures I hope.
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