Projects and yet another 53 chevy build

Got another 5-6 hours of buffing and polishing in today on the car. Man does it shine now. I gotta give props to my cous Jeff again, thanks man for the killer paint job! It really sets this car off.

 

Ooooooh shiny ....... Jones

 

lookin great man

 

I bet it looks even better in the sunlight... Great job!

 

NOt much to update on the car. Got the floor sound deadener almost all installed last nite. The rims and engine are all primered and ready for paint too.

 

Keep working on it, I want to see it at the meltdown!!

 

Thanks Timmy. The car wont be done for the drags, far from it still! Jeff shot some paint on the wheels and engine this weekend for me. They all look awsome. Ill post some pics of it after I get the tires mounted up and the engine parts bolted up.

 

Sneek peak of the what the wheels and engine look like now. Sooo sparkly!

 

when i get back im ganna do some friday saturday all nighters at the shop to get this shit done..jones

 

Got the engine all mocked up tonite. Gonna shoot to get it set down into the car this Saturday.

 

I just ran across this thread and read every post. What a sweet looking custom. I'm glad to see that you're almost finished. I'm from Rockford and I've got a '51 Styleline Deluxe that I'm just getting started on. I'll be following your progress so I'll know when I should tow mine down to you so you can work on mine too. OK, not really but, I may have to come down and visit to check yours out in person.

Doc

 

Got the engine and trans put in the car this Sat thanks to help from my cous JOn (Project 56) Thanks man, you help is appreciated!

 

lets get it fired up this weekend...jones

 

when are we getting a video of it running ??? just saying . .jake

 

dude this car is looking so good with colour on it now!!! amazing job you are doing!

 

Thanks guys. Starting the wiring for the car this week. Got my electrical board all made and everything mounted to it last nite.

 

Got the electrical board all put togeather last nite and started running wires tonite. Jon was at the shop and wastin some time so he mounted my tires up for me too. The rims look even nicer with the tires on them now.

 

What size tires did you go with?

 

They are 205 70 15s I picked up at a swap meet. No money to but a new set of 670-15s right now so these will have to do.

 

looks good. are you going to paint the air cleaner?

 

Thanks man. Yea, the air cleaner will be painted body color, I have some other parts to paint like the booster, steering culumn, and steering wheel so it will get painted then.

 

Looking great dude!

 

Thanks man. I got almost everything wired from the firewall forward and the headlight switch on Sat. Gonna repaint the inside of the trunk this week and get the rear all wired up.

The sedan is lookin good Matt, let me know if you need any help puttin the body back on the frame.

 

Looking good!

 

A couple of pics of the dash for 53CHevTrev.

I cut the speaker grill out of the center in a rectangle, then cut the dash in half right down the center to the radio area. under the radio I cut the area around the ash tray out so that I put it back in later after the dash was all narrowed up. I took about 2 inches off each end of the dash and made the rest of the removal up in the center of the dash. Then modified and added the dash extensions onto my garnish mouldings so the dash would flow into the doors. I hope all this makes sence. Sorry for the crappy pics, I do no have many of the dash mods.

 

Thanks again for putting this up! Pics are clear as day for me and will help massively.

 

Thanks to my uncle for all his help and knowlege the car is alive......ITS ALIVE.....gotta adjust the lifters this weekend and all should be good

 

well its about time...jones

 

wow! awesome build

 

Got some things done to the car since the last update. The trunk is almost done, just need to finish up the battery hold down. The gauges and shifter are installed and the dash is almost all buttoned up. This weekend I got the steering all buttoned up and the master cylinder installed and bench bled. Next step is to bleed the brakes this week, get the headlights installed, modify the rear bumper guards, and mark the windshield to get cut.