so it begins. here is my new project. i traded my nice shiny, running, driving cadillac lowrider for this pile of parts. she's a not so solid roller with no drivetrain or interior. this is gonna take awhile.
satin black, candy red bass boat flake roof, red tinted windows, it'll eventually be a gasser but it's gonna be goin down the road in one form or another next spring.
Looks to me like you got the better car. Nothing like a four geared Chevy gasser tooling around terrorizing the old women and children! Nice trade....
don't go knocking the lo-lo's ability to freak out the squares! haha. that was my best build yet, but i'm totally stoked on this project. i got a 283 with it and i just found a dual quad tunnel ram complete with carbs velocity stacks and some nice finned aluminum valve covers for a screaming deal. i still need a day to inventory all the bits and pieces and see where to begin. not gonna lie i'm a bit overwhelmed at this point, but i keep telling myself i've been there done that before. i aint scuuuured.
You can probably start by patching or replacing the floor in a 55 but if you dont need to you are way ahead of the game, congrats I like it! My first car was a white 55 like yours, so yeah I really like it!
I think Ive seen your Caddy before....BUT i think you need to look up Shakey Puddin.....you want a 55 straight axle car...that's one to copy... good luck man..one piece at a time
you got the better end of that trade by far. 55's are cool. if it were mine, i'd slam the piss out of it and drive it until i could afford paint. it is screaming to be very, very low though for sure.
Looks like a sweet deal to me. I think that car was worth what he was askin. How bad are the floors & braces?
floors and braces aren't too bad. they've got some patches from previous butchers but it'll do for now. plus it's got all new body mounts.
You done good to dump the Caddy. Welcome to HAMB. Everyone has an opinion here and they are not scared to share it. As long as you have a tough skin this is great forum.
tough skin huh? i'm used to getting a ton of shit for having a traditional lowrider with, god forbid, airbags in it. so yeah i aint scuuuuured. plus i'm building this car for me, the way i think my 55 chevy should look. i got one tattooed on my forearm when i was 21 cuz i figured that was the only way i was gonna own one. so now i got this shitbox and i got to make it look like the one in my head.
Are you gonna radius the rear wheelwells? I like your idea of the black and red. It otta be bitchin.FALFA