Projects SHOEBOX: tying in the back end with >PICS<

after a week of thinking, i figured out how the back of the car is gonna come together...i needed to widen the roof and deck area and figure out how to make it flow into the quarters,,,it took some real figuring,,but i am happy with what i came up with,,,its just tacked at this point,,and i need to lenghten the trunk a bit,,but all in all,,it worked out pretty well...the bumpers will be made into bumperettes,,they will wrap around into the rear pan,,,i need to get more welding gas this week,,and then it'll be WELD, WELD, WELD....

 

Lovin it man.. Looks great!

 

glad im not in your shoes!!!
that back end is gonna look killer!!!
keep at it boss

 

its gonna take ya a year just to weld everything up!!! looks great!

 

hey flop...you ARE in my shoes....you have almost as much welding to do as i do,,,,,

 

i think just a touch less haha.
what are ya gonna put on the sides of the quarters to roll into the decklid?

 

yeah...maybe 5 minutes,,,,,

the quarters roll right into the deck because of the way i tapered them,,,no filler pieces needed,,,,i thought id have to fab up some rolls,,,but turns out i wont need them,,,

 

ohhh so the lids gonna sit up form where it is at now? level with the orig piece with the little rain guter

 

Isn't this the car you was just going to fix up and drive??? You are one sick puppy!

 

Hope your not going to drop it on the floor cos the last shot of the rear looks so right

 

Wow wow wee wah! [/Borat]

 

yup..............and yup

 

So you're not going to use the shoebox rear window glass? What are you going to use to fill the widened rear window hole? Or am I missing something?

 

the window opening is the original metal from the shoebox,,its chopped around 2 1/2 and stretched approx 4 1/2 in width,,,,,,,,,i have two options for glass,,,,one is lexan,,,the other is an interesting idea i saw on a hamb tech thread,,should be pretty easy to do,,find a windshield with the same curve as the rear glass,,use the rear glass as a template and move it around the windshield until the curves match,,then trim away the glass i dont need,,,,one other option would be to cut the frame out and weld it back together in the stock width and graft it to the roof and use filler pieces around it,,,i think it looks good wide like that,,so it'll most likely stay as it is,,,

 

probably gonna drop it another inch all around,,,,,dont want it draggin on the ground,,,not the right look for the car,,,,its gonna have a concept car/autorama vibe (hopefully)

 

lexan

 

hahaha,,,,just ONE option,,,,,,,hopefully i can get the glass idea to work,,,,,

 

hmmmmm that back glass looks seeemingly similar to the one in my pontiac the more i stare at the pics give me some measurements im curious now.

 

Looks great. Can´t wait to see it get welded up!

Just one thing - I´m looking at the way the rear catwalk now rolls down into the rear quarters and it seems somewhat undefined - like the shape of the rear fenders needs to be extended more towards the roof, so it doesn´t just roll straight from the side of the car into the top. Or simply a piece of chrome to divide the two panels. Am I making any sense here??

 

I was thinking the same thing it's almost like the top just keeps going straight down into the quarter panetl. Tough to see in the pictures but that was my first thought when I saw them as well.

 

Excellent work and wicked imagination but I have a feeling when it's all done that when people look at it the first thing that comes to mind will be "Why?".

Sorry...just my opinion.

 

Hope not to offend but make that three who are wondering what your plans are for the rear quarters.

 

This car is just amazing.....

 

this car is crazy bad ass , the back end looks kick ass , whos gona paint this car when its done ? this car rules i love it

 

I really dig what you are doing here!
I just have one comment though. I was looking at the flow of it all,&#12288;and was trying to figure out what I didnt like about the profile and kept on looking at the rear quaters, but its not the rear quaters its the bonnet, It totally goes the wrong way, it needs to be dropped where it meets the screen, I think it upsets the whole thing.
But thats just my opinion, and what the f do i know
Outstanding job by the way, and love the rear shot.

 

Looking good

 

its gonna look good when you put the fins back on i like it man

 

makes total sense,,,i do have a plan for that,,,
stay tuned...everything will be answered in the next update..........

 

hey alex,,,thanks,,,,i dont know who will paint it yet,,im actually considering attempting it myself if i end up going with a single stage paint....if i end up using a pearl or candy,,thats a different story,,,,

 

true about the hood,,,instead of lowering the rear part..i may raise the front a tad,,,
have to see how it looks,,,it does slope too much as it is now..