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Customs 53 Chevy Full Custom: A Build Journal

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by PeteFromTexas, Apr 6, 2010.

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  3. Good luck and keep us posted. Looks like a good starter.
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    Cant wait to see the end result!
     

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    Awesome thread man!!! I have been pining over some '52 Chevy quarters on my '54 Chevy for a while now. Since I think I am switching to a Hot Rod instead of a custom I can't wait to see yours when you get them on. Everything looks killer and you had Gene help on your car.....how fucking cool!!!


    I am in the same boat with my first child on the way also. I need to get as much done before hand as I can but that's proving hard since there is so much to do before he comes!!!!

    Best of luck!!!
     
  26. Looks real good. That chop was just covered in a magazine recently right? I also had a mad thrash before my second boy came. I chopped my model A Tudor, built the floor, chopped the grille shell and a bunch of other metal work in the 2-3 monthes right before he was born. I was highly motivated b/c I knew there would be no time once he was born. So do as much as you can before the baby. You'll have little time. I haven't had time to touch it since. He ws born last July. I am just starting to get back into it.
     
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    looks like you ran into the some of the same things I did when I bought my car it looked good but filler lurked beneath the paint. Looks like you are bringing her back to life nice bro
     
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    Looking good! It's fun to chop a car, but it must be really fun to chop YOUR car with Gene Winfield! Congrats on the kid and get workin'!
     
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    cool ride and good work, i have a 53 chevy that my brother and i chopped and attempted to place back on the car. It looked like Frankenstein's bride so we set the top in my back yard and decided that we were going to make the 53 into a "roadster". Some cat came to my wife's yard sale and saw it and asked to buy it, I gave it to him. He used it for fenders on an MG roadster he was restoring!!!!!

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