Hello everyone, Well you will probably recognize this car as member Tedley's build but he has finally decided to be happy will the "fleet" of vehicles he currently has and has given me the opportunity to own my dream car. Perfect timing and project as I get ready to retire in the next few months. We have been buddies for a very long time and have similar thoughts and tastes in builds so I love the bold move he decided on with the T Bird bumper, if i had started this build from scratch I am not sure I would have had the ambition or guts to tackle that. My direction will be the same as Tedley was heading because again we have similar thoughts and he has done some great work to this point. Here is a pic of it coming home and another in its new home. I hope to get back from time to time to post update pics but I am not great with taking pics and remembering to get back here but will try and do my best.
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Thanks everyone, no update yet, had some parts out for blasting got them back and epoxy coated them and started a pre fit. I will start to finish up the body work on the frt end and make my way to the back. Hope to have some updates son
Sorry guys, no real updates to speak off. Just poking away in my spare time. I retire at the end of June so should have a lot to report on shortly after that.
Still no real update, retire in two weeks and plan to get busy after that. Should have some updates then.
If you're anything like me you'll find you got more done when you worked. The problem with retirement is there's never a day off!
I missed this post until today. I was following Tedley's build. The TBird bumper was an aggressive change and he did it well. Keep posting progress!
Well its been almost two months since I retired and I have been busier then ever! Seems things are under control now and time to poke away at the Vicky. One of the coolest features is the T Bird bumper swap but in hindsight I should have waited longer to buy the car and let Tedley have the time to dial that all in! LOL Kidding aside one of the goals is to make it look like the car was manufactured with the T Bird bumper so hours and hours will have to go into fitting and finessing the sheet metal for the perfect factory appearance.Had some shop time today and starting to align ever thing. Was a productive day I think. Cant upload pics for some reason but I will keep trying...
This is a time consuming mod but this is going to look killer in the end. Difficult compound curves everywhere to deal with.
Yes that was pretty much the picture used for inspiration. Looked for other pics but there are not many at all.
Well a little more progress today. My plan after I retired in June was to get more hours on the car but I have never been so busy in my life, Retirement is rough! Did get the passenger fender done today and slow and steady it is coming along. Hope for more progress now that the cold weather is on its way and I am able to get more shop time over the winter.
More shop time today and was able to finish up the hood.. Hung the bumper and am pretty happy with the fit, a bit more tweaking here and there and I will be real happy.
Fit looks really nice. Now that the tinkering is almost done up front, the rest iS pretty straight forward. Are you going with lakes?
Yes, pretty sure I will go with lakes. I think you are correct, this front end conversion to the T Bird bumper was pretty damn tedious, the rest of the body work will be a cake walk.
Well the back is dropped 3" and I will be running big ass cruiser skirts. Also using Dodge tail lights.
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