New grille surround [Archive]

Kartsa

12-29-2003, 03:30 PM

Litle progress with my Buick.Allways wanted a Mercury.
This will do.
http://photo.starblvd.net/B_49/3-1-2.jpg

Kartsa

12-29-2003, 03:31 PM

http://photo.starblvd.net/B_49/3-1-1.jpg

born2late

12-29-2003, 03:51 PM

Nice fab work on the surround!!

DrJ

12-29-2003, 04:04 PM

Very nice metalwork!

Do you have any pictures of the construction steps?
And what forms and hammers and patterns you used to form the metal?

RPW

12-29-2003, 04:17 PM

Very nice! Looking forward to see it next summer.

shoebox72

12-29-2003, 04:30 PM

Very Nice! looks similar to the Blue Danube Buick.

Billy

v8minor

12-29-2003, 04:51 PM

oh yea thats nice... one good lookin car..any more photos

Ron

12-29-2003, 05:28 PM

Very Nice!!

Kartsa

12-31-2003, 04:20 AM

http://photo.starblvd.net/Sledanette/1-1-1.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/Sledanette/1-1-2.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/Sledanette/1-1-5.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/Sledanette/1-1-4.jpg

Ant

12-31-2003, 04:41 AM

Great stuff, not my cup of tea at all but amazing to look at. I bet heads turn when you drive down the road.

Mai Ki-Ki

12-31-2003, 06:13 AM

Totally my cup of tea!

Thats awesome....some great looking bodywerk...and still evolving?

One of my favourites on here for the year!
(just scraped in cos in 2 hours it's 2004 here!)

Cheers
MAIKI http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

19Fordy

12-31-2003, 09:20 AM

REALLY FINE METYALWORKING. What kind of tail lights are those? Stude? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Kartsa

12-31-2003, 09:26 AM

Yes,they are -41 Stude repros with selfmade lenses.
http://photo.starblvd.net/B_49/1-2-1.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/B_49/1-2-2.jpg

hatch

12-31-2003, 09:27 AM

I'll take a full pot of that tea!!!!!...looks great!!!

toledobill

12-31-2003, 09:33 AM

Screw the tea -- that's one bodacious ride. Beautiful work!

flt-blk

12-31-2003, 09:36 AM

That's a good looking fender flare too.
Nice work.
TZ

oldandkrusty

12-31-2003, 09:46 AM

Kartsa, I love that Buick. It's just "right on". The work you are doing on the grille surround is perfect as was the work on the top and, especially, the trunk. Just one question-why, oh why, would you want a Merc when you have a Buick as neat as yours? Well, I lied-I have another question. Don't they ever mow the grass at car shows in your neck of the woods?

CharlieLed

12-31-2003, 11:30 AM

Not only is this one of the nicer Buicks that I have seen, but you could have done well during tech week if you posted your tailight jig. Nice setup. I am looking for tailight lenses for my 50 Merc, do you have a jig setup for those lights as well?

LOUDpipes

12-31-2003, 12:29 PM

Nice work Kartsa. Still I think that road eating ´50 Buick grille is the meanest there is. If you guys been wondering why Karstsa has been away from the board so long check out these. I´ve quess you`ve got to work with something as simple as hot rods to get the inspiration to work on Kustom ?
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eemeli.virtanen/projects/Img_2262.JPG
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eemeli.virtanen/projects/Img_2203.JPG
Hyvaa Uutta Vuotta Kartsa !

Roothawg

12-31-2003, 12:31 PM

How bout a tech post on that lens maker? I am really intrigued by those.

Roothawg

12-31-2003, 08:43 PM

bttt

tragic59

12-31-2003, 08:47 PM

I vote for a tech post on the grill surround AND the lenses...

Kartsa

01-09-2004, 01:44 PM

More progress.
http://photo.starblvd.net/B_49/3-1-3.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/B_49/3-1-4.jpg

kustombuilder

01-09-2004, 04:54 PM

NIIIIICE! what is the grill bar from???

Detonator

01-09-2004, 05:00 PM

beautiful work. That tudor has a great stance too, BTTT

Kartsa

01-09-2004, 05:23 PM

The center of the grillebar is center section of '57 Caddy frontbumber.Ends are tops of '49 Caddy bumberguard.And a bumber is from '49 Cadillac.
Tudor is a friends car.It was a BIT rusty when I started to work on it.It is a English '32.Chopped 2 1/4" and channeled 3".

Mai Ki-Ki

01-10-2004, 01:47 AM

Hell..maybe i've founf what i really want to build!

=]

so nice.

Sailor

01-10-2004, 10:28 AM

Looks 100% spot on, Kartsa! Thanks for the update.

C. Montgomery

01-10-2004, 11:32 AM

good work-looks really nice..I like the grille very good job

old beet

01-10-2004, 11:58 AM

Truely a nice job on that "Merc Mouth"!!.....OLDBEET

Zeke

01-10-2004, 01:46 PM

That is just freakin awesome! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif