About time! Did you hear that pizza place up here burnt down? They are rebuilding tho.....hope all is well with you guys.
Hey, Trent... was up there last Memorial Weekend, I went by there but didn't notice....Mostly hung out in Keystone and Hill City, in the rain...on the bike...We still managed to get the Needles Hwy and Iron Mt. ride done, but mostly it rained, so we holed up and drank...Bikers, ya know...
That don't look bad at all! But, I hear you loud and clear. I had everything on hand to build an O.T. Bracket Car (it's only 3 years from HAMB friendly) for Sportsman Bracket; SBC, TH350 trans, all new Posi, gears, and kit for the rear end. Then out of the blue I switched the plan to a BBC, TH400, 12 bolt, 5K has suddenly disappeared from my bank account, and the short block is't even dis***embled completely yet. It's gone from just a fun car to race, to one I'll need to throw a rollcage in, SFI belts and driver safety equipment, have more rules to deal with, and have to race a lot faster cars. Looking at my signature, where's MY sign? I am Butch/56sedandelivery.
Ever thought about adding more jewelry? I think the front spears look better on a belair or any hardtop especially, but thats me....
Yes, it's on my list...one of these days. I really want to find a better set of front fenders, and the whole front splash pan set first. The holes in my originals have been brazed shut, plus the fenders have both been hit in the front corners....so these are just temporary....who knows how long temporary is though. Trust me, the photo's sure make it look nicer than it is, but it was time to get it back on the street...not just leave it sitting in the shop blown apart.
Fenders and the pans look pretty good in the pics, I would say most of em out there arent as perfect as they seem, some straight trim sometimes straightens one up a lot better than what it actually is too and you can drill new holes if you like, a bumper would cover most any imperfections on the splash pan..........so that would be the answer to that, I wouldnt want to hafta paint it again, just have some fun drivin it.
After reading all the posts, Ive come to the conclusion I'm ***ociating with a pretty good bunch of idiots. My 56 F100 only moves up and down when being put on ramps. Wife asked when it was going to forward and reverse ?
Nope, I'm planning on the UPS method of only right turns...it's safer and more efficient apparently. Or, I was missing a screw.....and the sidewalks in this town were already rolled up for the weekend.
A little update...I got that marker light installed...Still thinking about whether or not it gets the front bumper back at all. I started experimenting with s****s of material, and different thicknesses of sew foam. I had a friend give me an old Singer upholstery machine, but it doesn't have a top feeding foot. It turns out that I can sew through 1/4" foam to make pleats, but 1/2" foam is a no go... Here's what I came up with...Thinking I can pull off door panels, but I'd better leave the seats to an expert.
Three years is a short time project. If you want to easily at least double that, build a tri-five FORD instead of a tri-five Chevy, lol. You guys all sound like novices in the "while I'm at it" builds...here's how to stretch that out to an eleven year build: I had reshaped the dash to have nothing left but an oval shaped gauge panel, and I was also building a console which would house some of the stuff removed from the dash. At some point I realized I was going to have a very clean dash, but a very cluttered console, so I got to thinking If I could adapt a late model steering column I could get alot of the dash stuff relocated to the steering column. After a whole lot of figuring and making brackets, etc, I got the 97 Mustang tilt steering column/wheel mated to the dash and began to make it fully functional. headlights, dimmers, turn signals, hazards, horn, ignition switch, and variable speed wipers, cruise control. Now to make the wiper switch functionable, I had to use the 97 Mustang wiper motor (360*) and control module to replace the oem back and forth va***n wiper motor. That wasn't going to happen with the oem cable and pulley wiper system. Also the Mustang wipers were designed to both go left to right, while the original system was one clockwise, and the other counterclockwise. So, wanting to clean off the firewall anyways, I moved the original wiper location to the inside of the cowl, accessible from under the dash. To do that, I cut out an access panel on the firewall so I could work the inside of the cowl for a mounting plate. It was then closed up and finished off. Of course I had to build a waterproof access door for it, and then modify the oem defrost duct because it was right where the wiper motor had to be accessed. Then I had to design and build a hard arm system to replace the cable and pulley setup inside the cowl that would allow the use of the 360* motor, and reverse the direction of one of the wipers. Next was building a little mini wiring harness to wire up the motor, control module and multi-function switch. Did I mention I had never wired a car before?? Well, surfice it to say this whole aspect of my build took more than a few weeks, lol. It was my first build and I wasn't going to give in without a fight. I must say, it's really cool having variable speed intermittent wipers. I should be in the running for the "King of idiots" BTW, your Chevy is looking great.
Texas57, my thought is that Ford guys are gluttons for punishment....Chevies are for us simple folks. Looks really nice BTW The first interior piece, the rear 1/4 armrest base. I had to get this done to lay out the door panels, so the pleats line up...It's not perfect, but for an amateur, using a 70+ year old sewing machine, it'll work for me. I'm thinking about pulling up the top surface and adding another 1/4" of foam. It's a lot better than the original, torn and dyed piece...
I always thought the 55 looked good in Orange , so did just that back in the day .....cahnged it from the stock beige and white ......it was a 150 2 door post with the simpler side trim . Yours looks really good at this stage .
Wish I could sew...would have made my interior a whole lot easier. At the risk of being deleted, here's a pic of my very non traditional interior I talked about earlier with the reformed dash, console, and late model Mustang column/wheel. Notice there are no sewn seams on dash, console, or door panels.
Making progress, and haven't sewn through my thumb yet... I'm positive that my ancient singer sewing machine is NOT capable of sewing seat upholstery, I can't stretch the stich length enough, so I'll need to outsource those...I'm also on the hunt for some simple armrest / door pull combinations if you fella's have any suggestions.
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