Projects 1949 fleetline

Mild custom

 

just picked a barn stored 2 owner 49 fleetline 2 door , grandson disassembled and started to customize taillights , project stalled , now it mine to go forward with .. !

 

ran and drove made it a 50 mile trip first trip in 18 years ...

 

Kool. Please keep us posted on it. Thanks Bruce.

 

My mom had a 1949 Chevy Fleetline 2-door. The color was Monaco Blue.

 

Congrats on the Fleetline. Cool lines for certain

 

Cool find - how did you end up with it?

 

Craigslist in Minnesota. Was the first to call.. score

 

Lots of possibilities....those Fleetlines have become a very popular Chevy...
Good for you.

 

Thumbs up.

 

Made it to the show after all

 

Keep us posted

 

Running great 2500 miles so far ..

 

Ideas , 1955 desoto grille, 53 desoto front and rear bumper , peaked hood , frenched lights , taillights in 1950 buick rear gaurds.

 

Chop ?

 

Im 6foot 5 and the roof seems low already , ive had a chopped merc and a model to hard on me on long trips ,but would love to .

 

Great looking car jim

 

I know how ya feel ......... Thanks. Looking forward to seeing you do some things to your car

 

I had the steering column in my '49 Fleet shortened 3". One of the best changes so far.

 

Reviewing threads tonight that I have posted in and found a few pics of a '49 Chevy that I did a few years back...it was not finished yet here...also a picture of what I started with...

 

Been a great year but cruising is over