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Looking good. Im excited to see a full shot soon
Not much to report... Been working on my 59 again. Finally got it back on the road so i can work on the plymouth again. All I've really done here...
Another shot. This one with my club mates 66 impala [ATTACH]
My 1959 El Camino at cathedral park under the St Johns bridge in Portland Oregon last weekend. [ATTACH]
Good looking cars. Here's my old 57 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's a chopped 57 I pinstriped a few years ago. My buddy sold it. Don't know where it ended up. But it was pretty cool. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I second this
Heres another favorite of mine. I don't know who owns it. But it sure made me want a 57. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yours is pure class as it is. One of my favorites right now.
Keep us posted. I would have kept the 41, as Im partial to them (being as i own one). But that 37 is pretty sweet. Good luck.
I agree that these look awesome un chopped (at least I'm assuming thats what you're saying. But I can never leave well enough alone.
Thank you
Thats about all the pictures I have right now. I will update with more when i get more work done. In the meantime here is a little comparison of...
A few slices and some fitting and we're ready to tack it in. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I will eventually cut out the section with the big gaps and...
This is how the taper issue will be fixed while making it a little easier to handle and line up in the corner [ATTACH]
I started by cutting out this whole section. I went until the inner door corner got flat and cut there. Including the inner structure and all....
I tried looking for a thread on here about chopping these and there wasn't a lot of step by step stuff. Hopefully some of my ideas here can help...
Now, based off the handful of chopped plymouths I've seen and liked. I had decided to start with a 3 inch chop. Most that I have liked have been...
And here we are again with the "no roof" photo you have to take [ATTACH]
So here is where we started [ATTACH] And here is my cuts marked up [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Alright. After building my 59 el camino. Finally back to this one. I will post more pictures on my lunch break at work later today. But here is a...
I think they're welded. Had my center section off while I was doing my air ride on mine and they wouldn't come off either. Good luck.
Heres my 59 [ATTACH] And more shots of it with my other set of wheels/tires [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Some of my work on various "stuff" [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
As mentioned before. The World of Speed museum in Wilsonville (just south of Portland) is pretty awesome. Plenty to do during the summer here. I...
Way good
Working on my 59 the other night [ATTACH]
In my 59 El Camino. Matches alright. And when I want to be a cool kid that doesn't have cupholders, the whole thing can get thrown behind my seat...
Heres one from the other night that my buddy took of me while i was working on some inner fenders [ATTACH]
Now that is a bad mofo
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