Some more photos of the welding. Then work was started on the posts. I was set on having the posts slanted so thats how it was done. I dont have any detailed pics of how it was done, but it turned out alright. Another profil shot.
A good buddy of mine recently sold a pristine '34 Ford sedan to a dude from Sweden for $24 grand. When he called me about it, I shit in my skivvies.
The ledwork is done. The vent window frames finished to. They were had to be redone because the first time the top and bottom pins didn´t line up so we couldn´t open the window. Now they work fine. Then finally we could roll it outside for a better look. Stay tuned for more updates.
At this point i got a little bit nervous and started to think i must be crazy doing this. We had to quickly put the roof back on so we could se the line we were after. My Pop always said if you have a grinder & a welder ,you can fit anything. Look good, Real nice lines.
Beautiful! Awesome! Perfect! Lets see what other words fit here. Great job and some mad skills with the wielder!
Of to the painter. They wasted no time and took it down to bare metal. I was a bit worried that some old patches or there would be lots of bondo in some places. The only problems we saw were 2 dints in the roof over the left door. It looked like a ladder had fallen on the roof in some point of its life, funny but it was not noticeable from the inside. A friend stepped in and fixed it quickly and we were back on track and it was in primer in no time. I have seem to lost all the bare metall photos so we will have to do the primer shots. The front fenders needed a bit more work but not that bad.
Nice job ,deck lid fit and finish is the is the challenging part isn't it.Everything flows .Removing the B pillers making it a hard top would of helped take the straight line and sharp corners away from the round body.No matter what color you paint the car if it was mine (it's not) I would paint the post black so it doesn't stand out. Don't get me wrong I think you did a awesome job,it looks cool as hell the way it is. Be proud and cruze with a big smile.
Absolutely the best top on a fastback body that I have ever seen! What color are you going to be using?
That is perfection, well done. Such a beautiful car already, yet every modification looks as though it was always meant to be that way. Like everybody else here I'm keen to know the color, keep us posted!
Very nice work fellows !!! Not to many people would try to do that kind of work. Please keep posting.
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