Buick 52 custom build

Hi!

Im from Norway and been looking here for a year or so and thought i gonna show some pics of my car and what im working on.

As i recived it last spring from New york



Cleand up the rear end and lowered and moved the bumper and cut the rear springs.




And here is the result with new rear lights


Shaved the doors and the bonnet and frenched the lights





How its looking now with new firestone tires

 

wow.. beautiful car.. i love these Buicks..

 

Are you planning on lowering it any?

 

Beautiful car that looks a lot like my 51 Special Riviera HT coupe.
The 52 hubcaps are one of the nicest hubcaps in my opinion and much nicer than
the 51's have.

 

a couple years ago a friend sold a 53 buick on ebay and i do believe a fellow from norway bought it, i just saw you were from norway and talking buicks so thats what reminded me... nice car by the way.

here's a pic of mentioned car

 

very nice buick,is it all stock drivetrain

 

Sweet Buick!

 

I have lowered it a lot in the rear but gonna lower it so the wheel opening is in line with the white side in front.

And probably lower the roof, but mostly in the rear.

Here is the fenderskirts that i made

 

That was a nice roof line on that other buick!

 

Brother nikkke, I love your stuff on the Buick, all very tasty. The tudor sedans are my favorite ever. You have a real unique ride done in true H.A.M.B. approved style Rock on cat and thanx for sharing these cool pix of the Buick. ~sololobo~

 

love it man! is there many people into kustoms in norway? any mags or local shows?

 

Sweet Buick love the lines!! but that headliner ??

 

Very nice car . The custom touches are appropriate for these old Buicks . I am far from that point as you can see . Keep at it . I didn't know the custom car scene was so evident in Europe but it seems that there are more posts from your part of the world on this HAMB site than North Americans . Just an observation !! , Andy..

 

Oh come on man ... that headliner is FUR OUT !!!

 

Nice car! It appears to me that the Norse have good taste in cars. Almost every car I see from over there is super-trad and very tastefully done.

 

I love the head liner, that would be so nice on her feet...

 

Sweet car! Really nice subtle mods. Could you post a close up of the tail lights?

 

Beautiful ride, nice custom touches and the color is great. Very sweet ride

 

Thanks everybody!

The headliner in the car was very bad so this was an easy solution

Here is an closeup of the lights and my new licenseplate frame.

 

Here is a local club that has many nice customs an a real cool meeting called "Bonaza" eatch year.

Two real cool norwegian rockabillybands playing too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMoMvB85bw

You have a real cool mag called gasoline magasine that is swedish.

Thanks Niklas

 

Hi!

Im cosidering to remove the portholes for a cleaner look, please give me your opinion of what you think?

Here is a pic of how it would look.

 

Your car is coming along nicely. The portholes are iconic. A Buick like yours without portholes is like the Goodyear blimp with nothing on the side. It just wouldn't be right.

 

I'm not married to the portholes on Buicks, it seems like the "give-away" for ignorant folks to identify them as a Buick. If you're going for a full custom, I'd say lose them. But, I do think the portholes on this year are good looking.

 

I have been standing in the garage with the angel grinder in the hand a couple of times but i just cant make up my mind

 

i like the portholes and the car is looking good .

 

shes a sweetie, keep the holes!

 

Yeah keep the venti-ports, wicked cl***y in my opinion. I am actually lighting mine from the back on my 50 Super!
Chuck

 

looks good with out the portholes too!! i cant say which i prefer.

 

Beautiful car

 

KEEP THE HOLES!! us Chevy's wish we had those!!