hey guys here is the latest project I have been working on. I traded my ford shop truck to a buddy for this unfiinished project. It's been bagged and almost lays out on the rockers and it has a S10 front sub. I was torn on what to do with it because the paint that was done was real nice but the problem was it was only half painted so.... I removed al the stock chrome, I welded up the 2 piece hood,wedge cut it 4" and than punched a bunch of louvers in it,narrowed up the stock grill and moved it back a couple inchs,took all the side stainless trim off and made my own aluminum trim that goes on the lower front and rear fenders. I made a rolled pan for the rear and moved the taillights down into the pan. I tried 3 times to paint it with Hot Rod Flatz and I can not get the tiger strips out of it so tomorrow morning we are tring one more time. More to come Later Crafty
cool car. my buddy painted his 51 mecr with HOT ROD FLATZ and his car is also stripped like yours and he's a custom painter
we painted it again on saturday in perfect conditions by John Kouw of Kouw customs.......this paint will not lay down with out stipping.. sanding it down again and going to flat clear it...kill me now I've had it
Forget the flat and put shiny on it...every KUSTOM should be shiny...john should have told you that...!!! R
we tried the purple twice with the same results as the countless times before so I baled on the purple flat and went with Sherwin Williams base and matte clear and the trick for the clear is 4 parts matte 1 part gloss 1 part hardner and it is the perfect matte..no strips with a even matte finish. Crafty
V. nice. Good inspiration for my Aerosedan. Might you have pix of the hood before you applied filler? I'm curious where you made the cut lines, especially at the nose. Also, did you remove the inner brace at the rear or leave it in place the whole time? Many thanks in advance. Cheers -- Gary The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.--Horace Greely
Chaos10meter I like alot!!! I hope the radical customs make a big come back every thing else has why not.
awesome...have always loved the 48 chevys...sold a stylemaster coupe about 6 months ago...wish I hadn't
Hey fuzzy yes the 48 is finally done and it is on it's way to the show tomorrow... Im taking the B-line down also so I will see ya there!! Crafty.. RELIX CC MC
Aerosedan is my dream cruiser! I have a big nail head I'm saving for something like that. Nice touch on the grill.
Some photos & a shot of the engine going in it. Aint so good at posting photos, we'll see what happens ? And it's gonna be a driver no trailer queen.
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