Care pkg. #1 Chevrolet
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Care pkg. #1 Chevrolet
Waiting for inspiration to paint the Big General, I started looking for something to salvage from the replenished salvage yard.
My eye picked out this 39 panel body and a pretty good looking 50 Chev pickup.
Beginning the stripping and cleanup process with my brain spinning !
Wait a minute! struggling to clean up the pickup frame and still looking thru the care package stuff. I spied this way cool, already prostreeted chassis. This is it !! The way I had envisioned going. Down and dirty! No chop or channel, just slammed.
At the present, did a little work on the wheels and working on the delicate 4 link rear end.
My eye picked out this 39 panel body and a pretty good looking 50 Chev pickup.
Beginning the stripping and cleanup process with my brain spinning !
Wait a minute! struggling to clean up the pickup frame and still looking thru the care package stuff. I spied this way cool, already prostreeted chassis. This is it !! The way I had envisioned going. Down and dirty! No chop or channel, just slammed.
At the present, did a little work on the wheels and working on the delicate 4 link rear end.
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Ok, I am getting the popcorn and pulling up a chair.
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I've got the beers chaps!!
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Coffee for me Al, I'm teetotal.
Let the build commence and the magic begin!
Let the build commence and the magic begin!
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Wait . . . lemme find my glasses! White corn tortilla chips and water, lots of water to wash the salt down! Any b'day cake left?!
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I'm in the back row with the binoculars!!
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You guys are going to make it hard for me to to bomb out on this !!!
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YEP Cause we want to see what kind of magic you can do with this
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Fitting the body parts together today.
Waiting for glue to set, I started doing a couple of things to the engine. I like this engine, just wanted to weak it a little. Well, it didn't take 'Ol Murphy long to show up with his laws. Things I wanted to leave alone fell off, while that which I wanted to change needed an industrial Sawzall to get off. I got a crooked head straightened and as long as I am in this deep, there's a couple of other things I'll be fooling with.
Now I have my filler pieces in and waiting for Bondo. If I were a better engineer, I wouldn't have needed so many pieces.
Waiting for glue to set, I started doing a couple of things to the engine. I like this engine, just wanted to weak it a little. Well, it didn't take 'Ol Murphy long to show up with his laws. Things I wanted to leave alone fell off, while that which I wanted to change needed an industrial Sawzall to get off. I got a crooked head straightened and as long as I am in this deep, there's a couple of other things I'll be fooling with.
Now I have my filler pieces in and waiting for Bondo. If I were a better engineer, I wouldn't have needed so many pieces.
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Looking good
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And the show begins.......... We didn't even get a cartoon to start with :-)
Looks like you're in the deep end with this...... The end result will be stunning no doubt!!
Looks like you're in the deep end with this...... The end result will be stunning no doubt!!
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Cartoon ?????
Here's one for you. Did this on a new years Eve when I lived in Napannee, Ind. Amish country. Jacked up trucks were getting in vogue.
Enjoy.
Here's one for you. Did this on a new years Eve when I lived in Napannee, Ind. Amish country. Jacked up trucks were getting in vogue.
Enjoy.
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That would make an interesting model dio and funny also I was born and raised in N.E. Ohio and can see this really happening
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Hmmm, that being drawn, what would an Amish Lowrider look look like ?
Cheers Eh!
Cheers Eh!
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itsonlyakit wrote:Hmmm, that being drawn, what would an Amish Lowrider look look like ?
Cheers Eh!
Oh, MAN ! I wish you hadn't of put that in my head !
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Brilliant, Innovative, creative, unique ...... They're the top four descriptive words on a rather large list I could summon up for that drawing.
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Been solving a couple of problem areas the last couple of days. I didn't think I'd have any trouble finding fenders to replace the rears, but I was wrong ! I couldn't find anything that was appropriate. I ended up butchering a set from a pristine 36 fender assembly.
I had to find something for the lower front of them. (That was the problem in the first place)! I'll use the ends from some model As. I'll be tweaking them some.
Meanwhile, doinking with the intake, I ended up revamping almost the whole thing.
I had to find something for the lower front of them. (That was the problem in the first place)! I'll use the ends from some model As. I'll be tweaking them some.
Meanwhile, doinking with the intake, I ended up revamping almost the whole thing.
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Comin' along great Clay! I was wondering why you didn't use the fenders from the bed of the truck (??) but this is comin' along great! Keep it up! I'm watching as well. Love your work.
The Amish Buggy and horse on stilts is hilarious!! Living up in Amish Country in Ohio and Penn I could see some young Amish kid doing just that! LoL Great work man!
The Amish Buggy and horse on stilts is hilarious!! Living up in Amish Country in Ohio and Penn I could see some young Amish kid doing just that! LoL Great work man!
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I would think if you had some rear pickup fenders, they would be adaptable. The AMT '53 Ford Pickup was a gem for customizers. I know it had a second set of rear fenders, if not 3. Good luck, and I luv the artwork. BTW, when in Amish country, were you thinking of joining?!
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I have the engine in the chassis. And today, I addressed the headlights. The salvage Chev PU cab had only one headlight rim. So. I scrounged around and found a couple of hubcaps still on a sprue. The inside of the caps were just the right size and I found a couple of lens' that fit. Must have been from some spotlights. Good, but I thought, because the lens' were convex it might have a bug eyed look.
I had, some years ago, tunneled some headlights using some really OLD rapidograph ink pen bodies. These slightly newer ones had a tapered barrel. But the ink barrel inside had a diameter I could use.
But the ink cartridge was kinda Teflon looking and I didn't think it would hold.
I bit the bullet and drove down to Homossassa to the Ace Hdw and got a length of 3/16" aluminum tubing. the rest of the afternoon was rigging up a way to mount the lens on the inside of the fender after frenching and tunneling the tubing,
I had, some years ago, tunneled some headlights using some really OLD rapidograph ink pen bodies. These slightly newer ones had a tapered barrel. But the ink barrel inside had a diameter I could use.
But the ink cartridge was kinda Teflon looking and I didn't think it would hold.
I bit the bullet and drove down to Homossassa to the Ace Hdw and got a length of 3/16" aluminum tubing. the rest of the afternoon was rigging up a way to mount the lens on the inside of the fender after frenching and tunneling the tubing,
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