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Small update, but the beginning of tying the front and back together. Welded some 1957 chevy stainless together to make one long side spear. Then...
You could try the old "run it in the dark and mist it with water trick". I only suggest your 7/8 wires because I've had MSD wires go bad real...
Super longhshot, but easy to check. In the pic, it looks like you've got the 7/8 wires traveling next to each other from the dist to the...
Hahaha! I'm not feeling offended or pressured at all! Bringing thin skin to the Hamb is never a good idea and I didn't take it that way anyways....
THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! Totally agreed, the back is heavy with changes, and the bare metal isn't helping it all flow together at all! I've got some...
Seriously, thank you all for the kind words! I thought there would be at least a few people who were vocal about hating some of the changes....
Thank you Stogy. Wasn't sure I'd pull through for a while there, but here I am, so I might as well get after it! appreciate the kind words. Thank...
Didn't get a bunch of progress pics, but here she is. 1957 mercury quarters, cut down and welded back together. Shaped a couple of new panels to...
A friend of mine has built a few Edsel rancheros, they always look great! Thanks! Ha! Fair enough. It's a temporary color, but there's no...
Speaking of clean panels, nothing like a dirty, skirted, neglected whitewall![ATTACH]
Thank You! Thanks! This is years of occasional work. It is pretty cool to see it all laid out on one thread though! Thank you! Piece by piece. I...
Thank you! Glad you guys are liking it so far. It was looking pretty good, so I decided to cut it up some more...[ATTACH]
Thank you! It's slowly getting wilder and wilder, but I'm trying to keep it cohesive and looking like it was meant to be. [ATTACH]
Thank you! Ha! No, it was probably 5-6 years between rear bumper and skirts. The skirts did lead to some curb feelers though[ATTACH]
I forgot to put some pictures, but I swapped the hood out for a beat up 57 ford hood. the donor hood was so bad that it allowed me to try out some...
Thank you! Building 30s-40s cars is my true love, but this ranchero has been a lot of fun and its always kinda "told" me what it needed next
HIGH PRAISE!!! Thanks!
Thank you! it really took on a spaceship vibe at this point, flying all over town!
chop that top!!! great car and candidate for you to make yours!
Hopefully its obvious, but I had a lot of fun making these! they were pretty big pieces of metal to potentially wreck, but I love how they came...
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So, things were going well. I had done a ton of subtle things to the ranchero, but it still felt like it really needed something over the top to...
Someone hit the ranchero when it was parked and that was the end of the metal flake scallops. The front fender was repaired and we got it sprayed...
Ha! There's a car in the background, blah blah blah Gabby Grave blah blah blah
Thanks! Subtle change that required lengthening the B pillar and making some changes to how the glass works. More involved than I thought it would...
Thanks for bearing with me through the tail lights, I promise it gets better! Next I slanted the B pillar. This was rattling around in my head...
Next I made some custom tail lights for it. I had a wood carving of a hannya mask that my grandpa had brought back from a trip to Japan. I made a...
Thanks guys! At some point during that black and red paint job, I made a new rear bumper for it. I was always bothered by how the rear bumper on...
Thank you sir! I was pretty happy seeing it make that thread after years of making changes to it. Much appreciated!
Hi Everybody, I've had a "shop truck" longer than I've had a shop! It's undergoing a lot of custom changes and I figured I'd post them up here....
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