The build plan for my 48 Plymouth coupe is to build it as an early 50's custom with a modern drive train. so 3" lowered in the rear 2" drop spindles in the front 60" lake pipes spots etc. shaved door handles louvered hood eventually maybe even chop it 3 inches or so. so my question to the masses is to use the side trim or not? I've seen many customs over the years some with and some without side chrome/trim, I have an opportunity to pick up a nice clean set of side trim for the car attached to some rusty old piece of crap so not knowing the status of my tetanus shot I am debating weather or not to buy this thing just for its side trim. so whats the general consensus of you all.
I like them with side trim, it gives the sides some shape, other wise the sides look like flat slabs.
I think a Kustom can be too smooth. I like to see some of the stainless left on the coupe. Looks more like it should have been done that way.
This one that straykat posted does it for me. Rocker molding and door molding left,but with the hood piece shortened. This was done on many customs. And if you want to go with out door handels you might be able use the hood trim piece for the door(With some minor mods to square of the one end) if it is long enough and use the door trim to make a shoter one for the hood. Or find another rear quarter piece of trim and use that for the door. I have always liked these cars as they are very smooth looking right from the factory. And I agree with straykat about things getting to smooth. With out some body lines or trim it is easy to lose definition and end up with a blob.... Torchie
Actually Bob Alexander's car is what I'm modeling my car after. Sent from my SM-G900T using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
The car would look shorter without trim. Forget the side pipes, they don't appear until mid to late '50s ...
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