Let's see the roughest car you started your build with..

Car and grand-daughter. Pics 7 years apart.


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Fourdy

 

its actual condition

 

1957 Chevrolet convertible.... a little rough

 

1956 Plymouth Convertible

 

Holy crap

 

Whoa! What a beauty! Do you have a build thread on this truck?

 

Only? lol For sure the end result was worth it though huh?

 

Your ability is amazing. Nice save. Pat

 

Rustiest car I ever worked on for a friend. Replaced the cowl, floorpan, inner and outer rockers, quarters, doors, upper and lower lift gates and frame. Did most of the metalwork, aligned the panels, then he moved it along to a local rod shop for finishing and assembly.

 

Can I play. 56 Olds 98 convert.
On its way to the panelbeaters (brother).

 

Built at home in a 2 car garage

 

As soon as I saw it was a roadster I had to have it.

 

Now even I'm scratching my head. Did you ever make a car out of it?

 

I'm gathering pieces. It will have a lot of brookville parts. I've saved a lot of the original too, but I will be assembling soon.

 

Any more rough car starts???

 

The second picture shows the back half upside down... still working on it.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=799003

 

My newest,

At least this one didn't have any trees through it. My sedan had five elms, one over 20' tall. Anybody got that driver rear window quarter?


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I've posted this before in another thread but man was it fun to re-visit this. Things come along at the right time if you let them. I just got laid off, was going crazy inside and this car/process helped me get through it. Do I still miss this car, you bet!

Tim

 

Better picture,

Desperately need that window chunk...


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I was going to post pictures of two of my rides but I can see they do not fall into the same category as some of these turds.. seeing some of this makes me never want to buy someone else finished project.

amazing what some folks safe and the talent/ skills they have to do so.....

 

i agree with Boones ...
some guys seem to have a endless supply of patience and talent,
to start with cars that look to me like there is almost nothing left

i cant compete (not even close) but here is my project:

she is a 1952 Diamond T model 722 (medium duty truck)



ex Santa Fee FD pumper ... obviously cut in half after she was obsolete



arriving at my home ...



and how she looks now (still a work in progress ... but that does not keep me from driving & enjoying the old girl)

 

A similar build is described at http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=799746

 

My '62 Merc Monterey was parked in 1975. I pulled it out of a Northern Minnesota shelter belt in 2008. There wasn't much left of the floors, rockers, rear fenders, etc. The pictures don't even do a good job of showing the amount of cancer this car had.

The Build Thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1962-mercury-monterey-custom-wagon.959751/#post-10801558





After Stripping:




Almost ready for final body work.


Finally Completed

 

Some very brave builds going on here. Great thread!

David

 

Here is a 1928 AR Sport Coupe I've also got tucked away.

 

Looks like more fun than a man is allowed to have with his pants on!

 

And from that to this is more than incredible... talk about perseverance and talent

 

Got mine out of the back of a uhaul




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You kiddin' me ?!

 

My new build

to make this one nicer

The wrecked one hid out in a barn for 46 years so its really solid. The blue one spent its life up near Detroit's salty winter roads