Derek's 1950 ford coupe shoebox build and introduction

man chopped was some seriously good fun, it was all worth uit to be there on the weekend and get feed back and give the car an absolute floggin, and for micheal and ashley that stopped to help me out when i was broken down on the side of the road goin home sunday, thanks again fellas, i went and got it on the trailer and when i got it home, it started and ran fine when i got it home so its something to do qwhen it heats up, somethings goin on in the dizzy.
sweet weekend

 

Des your spinner came up so good , great work on getting it done .The chopped weekend is on my list to do,looks like a great time was had by everyone .Keep us posted on more updates....Rod.


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Nice meeting you Des, thanks for the lap!

Here's some snaps I took of your shoebox I thought you might like.















Andy

 

Great to meet you kooky cats..was great to see your shooobox in the flesh finally. Wow.,.what a weekend.Cant wait for the next. James

 

The shoebox is looking really sweet. From what it was to what it is now is amazing

 

thanks mate, cool pics, there was so many pics taken of my car i love seeing them all, i never really even saw anyone with a camera ha ha
cheers mate

 

ha ha ha, we all had the best weekend, so much crazyness and fun going on
nice meeting you mate.

 

Hey Mate,

Chopped was awesome, and your car was easily my favourite one.

Didn't really meet you, just chatted to you briefly on Sunday arvo about the chop and the bare metal look. But today I found this build thread and just read it from the start. Awesome stuff. Can't believe you did all that in 4 months!!!

Anyway, just wanted to say well done. Next year I might get one of our Val's up there. And now I'm very tempted to leave it bare.

Cheers
madmorrie

 

hey dude good to see it all come together for you , its crazy how much fun old junk is huh it was kinda good it broke down on sunday it gave me a chance to talk properly about your car with ya, you and the elderados need to make a adelaide trip on the books till next time cheers dude ,ashley

 

The car looked great, a lot of hard work payed off. Hope you get that ignition sorted out, or maybe Mitch can donate a 303.

 

went back to your car several times to have a look over it Des, Great work

 

Just took the time to look through all the pages of your build. Looks awesome man, you kicked the crap outta that thing. Great looking shoebox.

 

heres a bunch of great pics that people took of my car over the weekend, not even sure who half of them are but i got a call from street machine mag yesterday and it will be in the next hotrod edition just pics from the weekend but awesome,
anyway enjoy, ive had a few days rest tomorrow night is friday, me and chicken are cleaning up the shed and all the mud from under our fenders and back into it so we can drive them both up to bright in 4 weeks or less, so i have some more work to do.
enjoy
des

 

some more pics, sorry about any double ups,

 

Hey Des by the photos it doesn't look like you stopped driving all weekend!That's pretty cool it's going in the mag...Rod.


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oh yeah it was fun, drove it a fair bit, yeah im really happy with the response it got

 

that chop is sooo right.

 

Des, your shoebox is going provide much inspiration when the top comes down on my own car. You have nailed the lines and stance perfectly. Can't wait to see how this finishes up. Job well done so far.

 

thanks man, really like comments like that.\cheers

 

cheers mate, thanks

 

well i been extremely lazy on the hamb updates lately, bassically i have been enjoying the car a little and fixing up all the little bugs that need to be sorted, hvin fun with it,
the guys from fuel tank tv came down on sat they have been discussing shooting a short film on the car and myself with some of the eldorados aswell, anyway what a day, perfect sunny weather, both the olds and the spinner looking all clean and ready to roll, luke from fuel magazine whos involved with fuel tank tv came and shot some really cool pics, anyway, we hung around and talked while they guys shot some random stuff in the shed, then after a while of that we all head off out the road, found a few nice places, they set up and we drove around and did what they said, they had a guy hangin out the back of a wagon shooting while we crusied around the country side, they had a guy in a paddock and another on the ground as we did high speed runs past them, oh did i meantion that the olds was full of eldorados with and esky inbetween them all drinking and havin a good time, a bunch of various shots like that, guys jumping in the cars with cameras and filming, a go pron stuck to the roof of the spinner, and the back window of the olds, then after we got enough we went to the elpho local pub and got a table out front and a whole heap of chicken parmas and beers, sat there for a couple hours talked cars and films, then i went up to the shed with them and left the rest of the club down at the pub while we went back to do an interveiw with me, which was nerve racking, but hopefully i dont come across like a dick or a nervous one thats rambling on ha ha, its goin to be a great thing and there coming down in 2 weeks again to film for another whole day while me and ahron peak my bonnet and do some various welding grinding jobs, then off to meet all the eldorados for a cruise through castlemaine that they wanna film. cant wait, if u havent seen any of there stuff check it out, ill post a link and u guys let me know what you think as they are becomming good mates of ours and they would appreciate feedback. cheers, heres some pics from fuel magazines blog, hope luke doesnt mind i borrowed them to show. check out some links.
des

 

whats to be said that hasn't already ! ?....ill just go back to basics then shall i........ Farken Cool ! hahahahaha.

 

cool car man, great job

 

Just randomly came across this thread, read about 7 pages then gave up il read the rest tomorrow. (it's morgs)

 

ha ha ha shut up morgs read it all u pussy, ur my biggest fan and u know it, and im ur biggest fan.

 

Just read a bit more but I'm sleepy bow so il try to read to the end next time. Have you got the jalopy journal app for your phone yet? It's almost as big of a deal as C W Williams

 

hey guys. super lazy on the thread been doin a fair bit on a friends 59 t-bird for the last 3 weeks so havent had much time but im back into the 50 to get it to kustom nats in jan, me and ahron peaked the hood a few weeks back so i will have to load up some pics of that and we are goin to get my tail lights under way soon so stay tuned.

 

http://vimeo.com/32121337

hopefully that link works but you should check it out, its a link to the short film that the guys at fuel tank tv have been making, this is just the trailer and the full thing comes out on there dvd in december, so look out for that cause it will be awesome.

 

ok been real lazy lately having fun driving my spinner i have a few guys weddings coming up that want the car, both from the eldorados so after that i will be starting on the noth in the rear, smoothing the bootlid and frenchin my tail lights finally, but my main goal is chopped 2012 again to have my new engine rebuilt and in running, a 425 buick nailhead wildcat motor, i am asking if anyone has any info that may help or pics that would be great, also if anyone on here that reads this can help with gearbox ideas or even has an adapter to a gearbox here in aus i would love to hear from u. it came with a turbo 400 but am really wanting to run a manuel and the flatty will be put aside for my model a roadster project one day. cheers fellas, will upload some pics shortly of what ive been up to in the car and the good times.

 

this is the new motor for the spinner, picked up at a steal from ahrons boss kelvin waddington who bought it at a swap a few months back in the states and brought it in in his container, 1300 bucks for an original boxed model a chassis, the 425 nailhead with intake and crab, starter and turbo 400, engine is ok but i will rebuild it for a the peice of mind.............