My 53 chevy

Both sides frenched

 

had a little time today to strip both fenders..

 

I found this pic in my phone of the rear lowered without blocks and stock style u bolts.. No draggin here........

 

I just picked up a 53 150 also, how many extra teeth are you going to run? I just bought 4 extra for mine along with new front and rear California bumpers.

 

Great thread man! The last year of the business coupe too! I just started a 54 so this thread is great inspiration!

 

nice!

 

Im running a total of 9 teeth..New post on the teeth coming soon...

 

I installed 9 teeth in the grille. I started at the middle of the center hole and made a mark every 4 1/8 inches ....Drilled on each mark with a 1/2 bit and installed the teeth.. Ill have to weld up the original holes on the left and right because they are no longer needed....

 

Body work done and 1st prime on the fenders, now ready to start on the doors..

 

I bought repop 56 clipper lenses. I made some patterns out of cardboard to transfer to sheet metal to make a housing and outer frame to weld to the quarters.. I didnt want to spend 400 and up for original housing just to cut up and french in...This might take a while to finish....

 

Great stance!! Looking forward to seeing more Great Work!!!

 

Brian,
I lowered my 53 with Posie's rear leaf's and lowering blocks. Your 53 looks much lower.
The front of my car hits on everything,..it's got dropped uprights, and shorter coils, similar to what your going to run.
If I could do it again, I would bag the car.

The pumpkin hit the trunk floor pan as you said in an earlier post.
I had to make a new floor in my 53, and bent up a crude "housing" to clear for travel.


and my 53:

 

What did you use to remove the ribs? I need to remove mine also. It looks good!

 

Dig the build. I used chassis engineering parallel rear leafs/s-10/blocks out back and mII w 2 in dropped spindles and 1 1/2 coils cut from front. gonna roll pretty bad ass. watchin and waitin

 

great build

 

I ground out the spot welds with a grinding rock so i didnt leave a hole in the firewall from drilling, and worked it loose with an air hammer...

 

Taillight housing made from sheet metal

 

also made the outer skin around the light/ I had to make relief cuts in the qtr to flare it out to fit the light..I also made a bottom for the light housing to mount too....

 

This is as far as I got.. More next week if I get some time....The snow brought us alot of work for next week.....

 

These lights are gonna come in from the back..Ill get some pics of how im gonna do that too....

 

Doc , the car looks cool as hell....I love the work you have done..I sure like those white walls!!! Are they 3" cokers???

 

I started a group a while back for 49-54 chevy cars Please join and chime in.........http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=592

 

Mocking up bottom