That's what make them soooo cool...and the seemless teeth The only way I'll ever have one is if a tree falls on my '59 Imperial before I sell the car... Looks great Nads P.S. I'd love to see the pedal on the coupe also
Buddha Buggy, I'm so happy this car still exists, the 59 Imperial grille is actually a few inches narrower than the Chevy opening, so Bill Hines made those lovely scoops at the end.
Painted my steering wheel and column, looks good, gonna install tonight. It's hard to see the blue pearl in the photos but it really pops in real life. Made a little turn signal knob too.
I was a true bondo-artist in '72 when I repaired the quarter on my 62 nova. I had Petersons book on auto-body as my guide. My tools consisted of a claw hammer and a flat rock for a dolly. Did'nt know what I was doing then and not quite sure I know now. It turned out acceptable for the times. I did learn one valuable lesson, It's called body-work, not body-fun. Indy
Slammed, that British body filler Plastic Padding was the absolute worst, it was supposed to be flexible, it was incredibly hard to sand, paper would just gum up. Those are some fine examples of Bondo slinging in that rad video.
Wild man.... It's been months since I checked this out. Lots of thought and hard wok for sure! Your kid will be big enough to drive it by the time you finish it!
Nads, the Elky is coming out awesome. I love the paint detail. I must say, though, I'm always checking out the background to snag details of your palace/home/mansion. So cool, man.
Is'nt it amazing what some people will do. Had some strange stuff in my plymouth coupe when I tore into it.Wire,popsickle sticks,bondo,copper,and some paper.
Well the day she goes to the paint booth is upon us. My pal Skip's hauled her up to Auburndale where she will get squirted with paint, wish me luck, it's gonna be hot today.
bondo over stuffed newspaper was an old used car lot trick. I knew of one that picked up rust buckets in ny and did this. put on a new enamel paint job. looked great from a distance. about 3 weeks later bondo was falling out. I worked in the auto body business years back. saw lots of body filler abuse. Once worked on a car that should have had quarter panel replaced, but they welded BOLTS to panel. Must have been 60 bolts that were 4-5 inches long. they then applied about 7 inches of bondo. bolts were meant to hold the weight of all that filler. And the real stupidity was for all the time spent hacking,they would have spent less time replacing the panel. What appears to be the cheap easy way often is not. I was taught old school,repair and limited use of filler,perferably none. Also the people who trained me stated " I am lazy,I do job ONCE CORRECTLY and will NEVER have to do job over. Unfortuneately this is lost on dealerships,who try to profit from warranty work. So they hire and train HACKERS.
I used to build nothing but 59 Chevys...that is were you will learn the art of metal replacement because I think they were all rusty when they were new! Looking sharp!
Raders are and always were "Walmart wheels" get some Supremes! I'm not anywhere close to doing the bows. I just wanted to get the info in my files before you put your's into the headliner and couldn't trace them for me. I really appreciate that and have the patterns safe (on the dash board) for when I need them. I think I can do it from your info, thanks.
great success, the crushed glass from Sherwin Williams really makes the paint pop, I only got to take the cowl vent out in the dimming evening sun to see it. My phone died I couldn't get any pictures. I'll be picking her up on Tuesday or Wednesday, gonna get some pics up. Oh yeah, I gotta couple of runs in the clear, no big deal, they'll sand out.
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