Custom stuff: Restyle of my front fenders

That makes a big difference. Nice work.

 

very very cool... I also like how you used the stock 40 chevy parking lights and mounted them to stands off of the bumper irons.. My pops has a 40 chevy and the one thing I dislike about them in stock configuration is all the **** piled on top of the fenders..

looks really good...

sawzall

 

Man I thought that car look perfect before. Now I know that there is such a thing as better than perfect. Great work,
Drew

 

if Sam Barris and Harry Westergaard could see that they would claim you as their equal.

 

mine are actually studebaker... i am printing this entire thread for all my computer illiterate friends,, because everyone needs to see this ! unreal , that s my new favorite car.. zocchi who???

 

that car is better than ****.

 

Oh **** now, let's be reasonable. I don't agree, but that's THE nicest compliment I have ever got, ever, for anything.

Those guys were innovators, I'm just a deciple.

 

I'm speechless.

 

Boy do I wish more people would start using this step. STOP-STAND BACK-GET THE BIG PICTURE!

That ride is perfect-MIKE

 

Wow. I wanna be cleatus when I grow up. Ever since I saw the roof chop photos a couple years back, that has been favourite HAMB car hands-down.


This is why I come here.

 

Brilliant work. This is what seperates the men from the boys.
Lookit how much work put into a subtle body mod that 99% of the world will never notice.

You rule.

It's ****s that the gaudy **** with fins on top of fins and more scopps than Baskin Robbins gets all the attention.

 

Freagin awesome man I love it cant wait to see it all painted and blended in.

One of my favorite cars on the hamb

 

You already knew how I felt about your Chevy.
Now, I am totaly in awe!

You are on your way to becoming a legend.



That IS one NICE Kustom.


Jim


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So that's your secret. Nice work!!!!!

 

The way I see it, you are taking things to the next level... something that's been a really long time coming.

 

i emailed kuke at kustoms ill. with the link to the thread to check it out.. said he had a pic of that car and would love to do a feature some time..hope ya dont mind.. i got all crazy after seein it! is there a plan for final paint and color on there?

 

Nah, I'd have to totally disagree with that. Those subtleties make your car stand out. Everything flows together very well.

 

Godamn, I love that thing...you got the fenders perfect!

One of the best designed Kustoms around period.

Cheers

Maiki

 

you made my week man!
great work, great post.

. . . i just forgot every rat rod i ever looked at.. . thanks.

 

Wow.

Makes me remember why I quote you in my sig line.

 

As said many times before- incredible job!!

But mostly, thank you for taking the time to post so many pictures and explain what you do. I am one of the unwashed that probably would not notice the subtle things you do to that car unless you took the time to show and educate.

Thank You.
Jay

 

Cleatus, I dedicated an entire thread to finding 'more pics' of your Chevy a while back. I thought it was gorgeous then, and I was right.

Switching up the fenders was pure genius. That car is certainly the most amazing custom I've ever seen due to it's shape and finesse. It is as graceful as all the old customizers hoped to achieve, although few did. To put you in a category with Barris and those other guys really is appropriate. I know you're not pushing customs out the door for profit like they were, so in that way you're not the same. But if you could measure something as subjective as style and cl***, your Chevy would be a**** the best. And you seem like a nice guy to boot.

Thanks for sharing.

 

looks great i love when i see a kustom and have no clue what it started as and every mod flows together with out a hiccup in it.

 

All these guys who don't know would **** if they saw what you started with...

Do you still have any pics?

Here's a bit of a critique of sorts...

To me with the front fenders peaked so much, it makes the back fenders seem like they just slope off the body. From what I can tell, it's only noticeable in the front shots. From that angle, the rear fenders just look like p***ive bumps on the rear of the car that seem to clash a little with the aggressive peaks in the front. It almost looks a little 'over-molded' if you know what I mean.

Do you see that too? The circled area...

It's just a minor thing that seemed to jump out at me and seem a little out of place. Your car rules the way it is!

 

It's a privilege to be on the same board as craftsmen like you.

 

Thank you but we really should keep this post about Cleatus...

 

WOW!!!! just when i thought that car could'nt be any cooler. i'm honestly and tuely impressed. you ROCK Cleatus!!

 

Sure. I've spent so much time starring at this thing - no one know's it's flaws better than I.

One thing I've learned from building something that is basically just one compound curve flowing into another and another and another, is that there is always a bad angle to something. Something that looks great from most angles looks bad from another.

I drive myself nuts second-guessing everything, but at some point I have to accept that it's nearly impossible to make something that looks right from every angle.

Also, keep in-mind that this is the one and only car I have ever built and everything thing I do is a learning experience.

 

OK..

I really am not criticizing. It's minor and I wasn't sure if it was just the camera angle or not. Not suggesting that you should change anything...

I guess if you didn't drive yourself nuts, you wouldn't have cut up some perfectly good fenders to add a peak.

-Phil

 

Cleatus
Nice work, looks great.