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Its a 53. If you dig it out and need parts I have a 54 I'm parting out.
Sealer is a must. The slicksand will also absorb the pigments from the color coat and will turn it blotchy later.
Was thinking of using on my 54, frenched in the stock location.. Just haven't got that far yet. I dig
I'm sure the machine shop can make them, just figured if I could find what I need it might be a little cheaper. Having a hard time with kanters...
I have a 54 Pontiac Chieftain. Having the machine shop put in new king pins from kanter and dropped uprights from fat man. Machine shop is telling...
Jesse James wax museum. Outlaw JJ not chopper JJ. Isn't car related, but how can you pass it up?
Send it to Missouri. I could use some side work about now.
Sweet. Just started tearing down my 54. Drove it last year as is, now it's time for some resurection.
I can make some, just my time is kinda limited. If the chevy pans were a reasonable price and fit the ponchos or were easily modified to fit the...
Does anyone know where I can find replacement floor pans for a 54 pontiac chieftain? Are they the same as floor pans from a chevy of the same...
That thing looks older than me. does it spray at all?
You have to clear over your basecoat, shinny or not. Base coat doesnt have anything to protect it from uv rays, clear coat does. If you want flat...
You can see the bug and the actual piece of dirt, or you can still see the shinny lump in the clear? If you can still see the bug and pieces of...
I use Spiez Hecker rally matte black. Kinda pricey, but so is the DuPont hot rod black. Pretty much every paint line has a flat or semi flat...
Found a butterfly knife in a cutlass. Also found a membership card for a nudist colony in a 49 caddy I just got.
Does have hyd windows, taller gravel sheild, fleetwood on the trunk, and the chrome trim on the sail panel, but the model number is 4961. That's...
Right. I don't get alot of sleep. Realized the typo after I posted.
Just got a 49 Cadillac and I'm try to figure out the model. Not sure if it's a 61 series or a 60 series fleetwood. The VIN starts 4961, so that...
Roth flake and old school flake both have a black flake.
I think we're getting metal flake and metallic paint mixed up. Don't think there's any factory colors that have metal flake.
I remember when I was a kid, there was a creek by the house that we would play in. It had some cars use like that to stop erosion around the...
If time is money, that paint job just took 5 times as long. My time is worth more to me than all that sanding. With that said, I've seen this...
SHIT!! Hey KNGSZE, this is the same night as Hatebreed and Cannibal Corpse. DOH!
No way around it, body work just sucks. Whether it's your car or a paying customers.
Bought a $10 rivet gun from there. Didn't think you could screw up a rivet gun. Broke on the 2nd rivet I used it on. Don't go back much after...
I haven't been to the shop yet. PARTAY!!!
Damn! Was hoping they had a little more in common than that. Oh well
Mechanically are there any similairities between Chevy's and Pontiacs in the 50's?
I have a 54 Pontiac and an Jaguar XJS parts car. What are the advantages of this swap? Could this be done on my car? Is this something I should...
Was the base even before you put the flake on? I would think you could scuff it and put more flake on and get it to even out.
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