Projects First project! '53 Bel Air

holy **** those are awesome!

with the help of choptop37, i got 11 teeth total to go in the grill. gonna keep the lights in it too.

 

cool car. keep us posted with the progress.

 

Looks awesome, I love the stance. I agree with keeping the 235.

 

looks good so far

 

excellent job so far, , , ,
my .02:
i'd keep the six and put a split manifold with duals on her..
nothing like the sound of a six banger,,,,
the grilles look great with extra teeth,,you can get repops from king of dice..
don't have his number handy, but i think he has a website

 

Thanks for the compliments guys!

I am going to run the 235 for a while, and am gonna twice pipe it for sure. i think Mr. Diablo said it best - "the sound of the twin pipes cracks house windows and scares little dogs.."

But i've been mulling over in my head sticking a 331 cad under the hood. Gathered some good advice on another thread. Ive come up on a good deal, so im thinkin i'll start gathering parts and then maybe down the road figure out how to make it work.

The stance im really diggin. Not too low, but certainly not factory. I may want to go a bit lower, maybe with the help of some fatman uprights, and yank a leaf out of the back. Plenty still left to do.

Last night i POR15'd the trunk area. WEAR GLOVES if you do this. Mine ripped, and got all over my hand. Nothing will take it off, but time.

 

Got the car in paint, i made a burgundy waterborne candy at work, and used a co**** PPG gold pearl on the roof and in the scallops. pics don't do it justice! well, at least the ones from my camera phone don't. Got the grill back from chrome and its lookin' pretty good!

 

looks great man!

 

Looks great...I love when these models get chopped and retain the factory back gl***, the only way in my opinion.

 

wow that came out super nice, good job

 

beauty i dig the paint scheme and color

 

Holy moley! That is UBER sweet! Oh yeah

 

Since you left the ridge in the hood, are you planning on putting the trim and the hood ordainment back on it?

 

Great car.

Please post more pictures soon