Customs My Kustom shoebox ford Update!

Hey guys I just wanted to update you guys with some new pictures of my shoebox. Me and my brother Chris ( The Supersized) here on the hamb have been thrashing on it alot in the last couple months. Its still not done its just roughed in. I also still want to kustomize the tail lights and also change the front bumper because i dont think it flows exactly right. Also eventually it will be in paint.

here is it when i chopped it



Heres an old post from a while back from when i first chopped it.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=285002

In the mean time from then and now i have been driving it and working on my other projects so just lately i was able to get back to it.

First thing i did was weld on 56 oldsmobile headlights.


and in the past couple months i welded up all the rot...lots of boring patch panels

here is the inner rockerpanel i made. I made the ribs by marking where i wanted them, opened up the vice an inch and lined up the marks with the middle of the gap of the vice and used a ball peen hammer. It worked pretty good, but would not use this technique on a firewall or something that visible.

outer rocker..


Then i took the entire car down to bare metal except for where i already did body work. I used 3M strip discs...it took about 3 of em to do the whole car they work excellent I highly reccomend them.




Then i molded in a heavily modified 53 chevy grillshell.





then i did about only a week or 2 of bodywork because of my deadline for the koa show in gettysburg. And also I put 1958 ford sidetrim

and here she is

 

great looking shoe box ..

 

Love the olds rings... nice!!!

 

looks familiar,thats my brothers 51

 

it turned out great!

 

Your chop rulz!

 

nice

 

looks boss.

 

Looks great. That car deserves some shine on it.

 

Great lookin Shoebox! NIce job on the front end, The Grille shell and Headlights really compliment the car !

 

looking good, i like the head lights and grill opening good looking work there

 

Way out trim..

 

Nice job on the shoebox!

 

very nice congrats on all of your work

poorman

 

got any more progress pics? i love the headlights. frenched lights are ok but chrome is king!!

 

Nice job! Nothing overdone. It's hard to make a shoebox look different with so many being done, but you've done a nice job. Keep up the good work!

 

Nice shoebox. What make is the red truck on pic #7?

 

I saw that car at the KOA show and it looks damn good.

 

Great job, was this a sedan???

 

Very nice work in a such a short time

 

its his and my others 41 ford p/u there working on

 

Looks very nice, looked it over close at the KOA show, that was my gold '51 parked next to you later in the afternoon. Really like the grille opening and chop.

 

Nice!Like the side trim different!

 

checked it out at the koa show, nice row of shoeboxes you guys had. cars looking really good. like the peak running all the way down the top of the fenders. any other plans for it? jerseymike

 

Lookin real good Jay. Nice to see the car at Gettysburg, coming along real nice. Keep up the good work

 

That chop looks great. How many inches front and back? Getting ready to do one myself and I'd like to copy that line.

 

Not bad man! Like I said, its a whole nother car.

 

Looking good!

 

yeah man, shooobox!!

 

thanks guys glad u like it. I dont really have alot of in progress pictures sorry, i always just find myself too busy or too distracted to do it.

its chopped 3.5 and 5.5...if i were to do it again i wouldnt have done such a big differnence

yes this was a sedan