Customs 53 chevy custom coupe build

got this car in 2001, rebuilt the 6 and rewired it, drove it till 2005. then tore it down to do a proper build.. 9 years later, and it's still not runnin

 

We're the pics!!!!

 

So starting with the frame, Took it down to the rails and cut out everything in between. Rear end is just a beefy 10 bolt with a posi, set up parallel 4link with a track locator. Front end is Mustang II with tublar arms. Shes sitting on shockwaves all the way around. Front of the frame was notched for the rack, new motor mounts made to accept an old hurst front mount plate, horns lengthened a lil, new lugged front and rear crossmembers, all new center section based around the walton fab tranny cross member, custom made brake pedal and master cyl mounts.... blah blah blah....

 

Then one night my buddy James helped me paint it all up

 

i like it , looks good so far. i really need to get to work on mine. welcome to the hamb , a few years late.

 

Next was the motor build..
Shes a balanced and blueprinted 1959 348, .30 over and 3/4 stroked with a forged 454 crank takes her to 434cui. isky solid 488 cam, 9:1 pistons, 6 rochester 2 jets running progressive, Mallory dist, reworked oiling system, Heads worked over with triple ground hardned stainless valves with custom guides and seats. Trans is a built 700r4 by bowtie overdrives, the adapter to hang a starter was made by Pat mcguire at Wilcap (Sharp)

 

...

 

Jumped the gun on the paint pics, haha.. here's some of making the rear mounts for the gas tank and air system.

 

Looks goog

 

Looking good mate, well done

 

That engine looks awesome,love the colors

 

nice work and man your welds are beautiful

 

Beautiful work, that frame and engine look great!

 

Nice work! Show us more!

 

made some eyebrows for to accept 55 rings

 

tail pan was a biiiitch but i didn't want to mold it in. I wanted it to still bolt up clean.

First i extended the qtrs and made tails to accept 54 cad lights flipped up with the backup light cut off.

Then i had to cut up the pan to extend it to where the bumper now sat. All the work was in making the bead around the new extended qtrs. so first i made the shape of the bead on the break and then went at it with the shrinker stretcher..

Then I shot the corners down as low as the qtr goes to hide any way of seeing the bumper brackets. hard to explain...

 

made the new trunk floor with a removable pan that encloses the fuel tank.

 

View attachment 1911385 View attachment 1911386 View attachment 1911387 a couple misc. pics... tore the old dash out and narrowed a 53 olds dash (real shitty picture, ill get a better one). Inner fenders reworked to frame new suspension. Some early tail forming..... annnnnd a grill that I made and have since changed my mind on. haha

 

Next was the roof! and i'm currently still working on the garnish mouldings. I have always loved the shortness of the buisness coupe roof in 53 and how long the decklid was. The typical problem I see in every one i've seen chopped is that the qtr windows get tiny. Not a pleasing look in my opinion. I like a chop with some class, some restraint, not just to make the car look chopped. More to just make the car look more proportionate.

My idea to solve the problem with disproportionate qtr windows was to get a 2dr sedan roof to put back on the car. With no luck finding a 2dr car to cut the roof off of, I was lucky enough to find some dude on ebay that would cut the qtr windows out to section into the og roof...
Pics to come!

 

Nice work, nice styling!

 

CHOICE!
"Now get back to work!"



(subscibed)

 

Very nice work! Can't wait to see more

 

alright so heres the slice.. I had a few ideas... One was to put a 52 cad hardtop roof on it, but i always hate the way hardtopped cars turn out at the a pillar. Also, I was thinking of sectioning a 58 roof scoop into the roof... after some deliberation, I decided it best to just do the chop with the stock roof and add in the sedan qtr windows.. Layed it out and made the cut.

 

Oh jesus. That is incredible.

It's pretty hard to build one of those cars that doesn't come off like "another cookie cutter 53/54" but I'd say you've done it.

Very nice job.

 

Next i tested the roof to see how much tweaking was gonna have to go on. Then pulled it off and started testing the new qtr windows trying to figure out the most natural place to make a cut through the driprail and down the roof.

 

Next i decided it'd be best to put the b pillar back together before cutting out the qtr windows as my cut would be behind them. Then started fitting in the new windows to line up everywhere. The driprail was kind of a bitch... haha As you can see the sedan drip rail stops about 6 inches short do to the different back window. I didn't like this so I spliced in a chunk of extra driprail from the legnth of the donor windows that I wont be using to continue the driprail down to the beltline.

 

Holy Shit!! That is what you call craftmanship!

Excuse me while I light my feeble attempt at a custom on fire.....

 

[/ATTACH] more fitting, more welding...

 

dont worry about that driprail in the last post... it's all straightened out now..
got everything welded up on the roof and started leading..

 

SWEET! Very tasteful chop! I can't wait to see it done....what color?