guide coat time... good thing Santa put a bunch of sandpaper in my stocking! I still have alot to do, but its slowly getting there .. sucks, my vacation is over, and now its time to go back to work!! hoping to have the body done in the next few weekends... wish me luck!
Hey Buddy, Have just been through, Your work on the 51 is Awesome mate. I also have a 51 hardtop down here in New Zealand, brought in from the states in 2007, check out my site on here. Your right its the rear window that makes these soo cooool. Keep up the good work, look forward to the finished project. Kind regards Kevin.
Im still working on it! Decided to weld up a few things on my dash, like where the old shift linkage was and some holes that werent being used anymore. Going to two tone it also.. I need to extend my skirts still and work on my vent windows. Decided to skip Suede Palace this year, kind of bummed, but i dont want to compromise my work just to meet a show deadline. Plus the quality of rides inside the Palace have been getting better and better each year.. which is good to see. Makes everyone want to step it up a notch. So the 2 cars from our club will be missing this year. Thanks again Axle for the invite, we appreciate it. So were still going at it, and plan on being complete with interior for Santa Maria. I'll still post updates as I go.. Should be in paint in February. Thanks everyone for the positive remarks.. keeps me motivated..
Super work! The chop is great and the trim should look perfect, can't wait to see some color blown on it. Real nice job!
Don't do it Chris, it's a lot of work and those cars look better with vent windows. Ken, Vent windows are cool, I wish I had never taken them out of my 47. BB
thanks Bob, i think it should. Im going to mock it all up tomorrow and cut the back pieces to see how they fit.
Im definitely running vent windows.. Already working on them. I believe the proportions look so much better when the vent windows are in. Its not going to be easy, but it will be well worth it
hey thanks buddy. i appreciate it! hahaha! im going as fast as i can! Paint is right around the corner.... and a few blocks down!
definitely will. the outer frames of the vent windows are pot metal on the hardtops... so i bought a pair of vent windows from a sedan im going to reshape and modify to work.
Let me know how that works, or better yet, post the pictures for us all to see. I sent my originals to a guy in Auburn in Nor Cal. He chopped them and then had Shrems plating finish them, expensive but worth it. I hope your way works as it would be a hell of a lot less. BB
thanks! Yeah, I hope so..the sedan vent window frames are all metal.. so at least I can weld, heat, and reshape them. I talked to "sldnnmat" and he has done a few this way as well.. Just have to make some templates to work off of. I'll post pics when i get to that part.