Projects 33 chevy 3w....time for a cool change

I like that red on the bumper! Oh it is a reflection

 

This guys refusal to respect his father's creative vision knows no bounds! Somebody check the tail lights to see if he blacked them out too

 

dad and i picked up the car at the upholsterers and i have not seen it since. thanks for posting the photo Bob.

 

Nail's means "NAILED IT!" slang for the left coast............ Very Well Done!
Been a follower,and an excellent example of a rebuild thread..... More than that, but still a shining example of resurrection/restore/capture the past........
All in all= EXCELLENT!

 

I bet Dad is painting the rims red!

 

car has almost 400 miles now. dad mounted the fire extinguisher to the floor like he had it.

 

white running board covers are on;

 

a shot with a little gold showing;

 

Back in the day even before I got my license ,the first real hot rod that I ever rode in belonged to a older friend of mine. It was a 40 Ford with a rolled and pleated black and white gut and white running boards and it left such a lasting impression on me that to this day when I see a car with that combo those memories come flooding back like it was just yesterday. Looks great...Everything is just right!

 

@themoose thanks!

 

I guess they were out of red ones.

 

Thank goodness!!!

 

Great job, you should be proud! 400 miles, no wonder you have posted much lately. They are made to be driven
Enjoy,
Tom

 

That's great. I really like the interior. Have fun!!

Ryan.

 

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dad and mom put a bunch of miles on it and took it to a local cruise.

thanks!

 

Boom! And another cool car back on the streets. You lucked out being able to share this adventure with your Dad, luckily he gave it back to you. Warm and fuzzy feelings.

 

I checked out the interior, headliner and running board covers yesterday in person and it looks great. Best headliner job I have seen in a while.

 

yep it was good to see them enjoy it.

thanks, i am really happy with it.

 

Dave Lewis stopped by on his way to Loudon New Hampshire to prep a race engine. i took him for a ride in the car. this is the first time he was able to hear this motor, that he built/designed. he was happy with the way i have it tuned and after a few "runs" he confirmed "that is how a s.b.c. motor should accelerate!"

 

I have a screensaver set up on my computer it flips pics once a minute. Theres around 75 pics Its 95% scans of hot rods featured in '50s/'60s hot rod magazines, theres maybe 5% "new cars". Your coupe is in my screensaver. That says a lot.
HOT rods forever.

 

thanks, i am honored!

 

Well its a very "period-correct" car. I don't know if you remember me mentioning I had 3 short bar lancers for my coupester, and was looking for a forth? I just bought a full set off ebay for right around $80. I haven't got my hands on them yet, but three of the 4 look to be REALLY excellent, and the forth has a couple minor dings, the flippers are painted, but dont look to be pitted any worse than my others. Re-plating the flippers just comes with the territory with these as far as I'm concerned.
Weird thing is, there was only one other guy bidding, and no watchers. Theres a single I added to my watch list, but its a POS, looks like someone was using for bb gun target practice. Its got a bunch of "watchers". I think guys were put off by the painted flippers...

 

i remember, and that is a great deal for those caps. the ones i have have some pitting on the spinners. not enough that it bothers me and you have to be right on top of them to see them. i have a friend that found a cap with no spinner, he says it is perfect. i will take the spinner off the extra cap i have that looks like the surface of the moon. then i will have a spare for my spare.

 

They look really good when the edge of the rim is painted red!

 

Love Button... PUSH!

 

Your closer to him, and he's your relative, can you drive over there and smack him?

 

Ryan, we could sure use a "dislike" button!

 

Im razzing you a bit, I'm not totally adverse to red-rims behind lancer caps...