Projects Henderson Fifty One (removable HT shoebox)

Everybody likes to see customs buttoned up, but Saint Vasquez' Chevy is perhaps most remembered in its
show regalia. Perhaps a simple, subtler, level spacer system could be devised for intermittent show display options.
A couple minutes, a couple inches, up, down.

 

That will be very kool! I didn't want to say it but I was really hoping the top wasn't going to get welded on. Convertible Kustoms are just too kool and not enough of them get built these days!!!!

 

We are on the same page MO. lol

 

Oh ya! it has to have a topless option. Does anyone know if this has been done on a shoebox before?

 

Next step will be to weld this top together.

 

Looks pretty sweet,even with the damn wrap around window

 

Absolutely killer!
Before long, you'll be parking upstairs at Cobo Hall!

 

Looks great, fun to watch it come together!

 

Lol, it is going to be large too. I moved the upper part of the window up 4" so that it will remain stock sized but layed down a bit..

 

Thanks MO.

 

Thanks! Im having fun too. I did not sleep that night with all the thoughts of it finnished running through my head.

 

Keeps getting better and better

 

Thanks Dave. I am also considering soft tanou cover that would come up to the front seat when the roof is off. It would be fun to have a few different options that would change the personality of the car in just a few minutes.

 

Better visibility to the rear is always a good thing!

 

Aw man, I thought you were going to make it to Jalopy Jam Up this year.

 

It's still up for debate.

 

I love that the C-pillars come to a point at the belt line. That looks just spot on perfect like that!

 

Thanks James. I really wanted to make that a feature. It should look good with a colourfull roof and a black body.

 

Looking really good Eric! It's funny you hear guys complain about having one lift off top being a pain to get on and off and store etc and you are doing two and planning on a way to run it without any top at all. You are either completely insane or a glutton for punishment either way carry on!!

 

I'm starting to weld this thing together. I am very happy with the angle of the back window.

 

Starting to think about a roof color. I like the green gold met.

 

This one?

 

Yes. I found that on image search but the site was down. I searched DuPont color chart.

 

I like that color im thinkin keep the body black paint the roof the gold green color with some subtle pinstipes in an off white and a slighly diff shade of green around the edges of the top

 

I don't know if it matters, Eric, but I believe that's a Dupont Imron color chart. My first car (1968 Camaro RS) was the Lime Gold Metallic (5537), and it was Imron.

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Lovin this build Eric! Hoping to make it to Relix Riot myself, and hope to see you there!

 

Thanks!

 

I hope to get the car there if its to the point that the roof is painted and the front and rear glass is in. See you there.

 

That color seems vaguely reminiscent of some photos of Ed Sloan's Plymouth.

 

That was a great car!