Customs Unh huh huh, oui oui! Show us your "frenched" stuff. ;)

I have to admit it, @Moriarity . When I first glanced at these pics, the reflection of your carpet fooled my eye and I thought "when did he put a lace paint job on that thing?"

 

Years ago I picked up this '41 Plymouth "coupester" that the PO had decided to french EVERYTHING. I quickly traded it off for a Model A coupe body

 

If I show you my French stuff, I think I'll get banned

 

And... this thread needs more maids! Just sayin'

 

This thread is awfully "quiet" this morning.

 

My '49 Shoebox Coupe, still in progress

 

I don't think everyone has a big Monitor

 

My old Merc frenched front and back

 

33 Ford Instruments sunken, used exhaust pipe to accomplish it

 

My 52 .

 

Only think frenched on Taboo. Surprisingly this has been the most talked about mod on the car the last couple years at every show we gone to with it.

 

Love that car man. Always happy to see pics of that posted. A real beauty...

 

I had some French tires on an old T-bird...they were always going down on me.

 

Hello,

Recessed antennas always look cool. But to accentuate the hole in the fender with some custom touches just adds to the mystique of the simple hole and antenna sticking out. We have all seen inserted custom holes on cars, but to make something creative out of a hole in the fender goes a little farther into the custom world.

When I was taking photos of this Chevy Sedan, the overall look was very nice. As I walked around to get some highlight photos, it was obvious that the owner took time to do something a little different. Besides the fawn beige paint that we haven’t seen since those early Chevy sedans, it was well done. Then as the walk around was being completed, the biggest surprise was at the rear of the sedan.

Jnaki

A recessed hole in the body panel. But not just a simple hole for the antenna. It was a custom raised body work to accentuate the recessed antenna installation. Very cool indeed.


Note:

When we removed the rear dual 1958 Impala antennas, we got a retractable single antenna for the right front fender. Before the installation, we had thought of doing a recessed hole and making the antenna disappear. We saw it at a local car show. Then as we were ready to decide, things popped up. We had no down time for the installation and custom touches. So, a standard disappearing, on the surface base, antenna was installed. It gave us better reception for the radio.

We found out that when it was 100% down, no reception except for buzzing and crackling. But, as we raised it about a hand spread up, the reception was outstanding, as if it were all the way up. So, our mode of cruising around was ¼ mast. YRMV

 

Fellas!

It's been days without a post! Don't tell me this thread has met its Waterloo!!!

I'm gonna french in an antenna on my old dumpster fire of a truck. I just can't figure out where I want to put it. I'm thinking cab corner or cowl. I've seen them on the tops of the bedsides, and while they look cool, it's not quite my cup of tea. Now, if I was going to put antennas on the tops of the bedsides, there'd be a pair, one on each side, from a '62 Impala.

Anyway, here's a contender.