Projects 52 chevy hardtop kustom

It's been a while but the update so far is we stripped the car to metal with the help of our good friends and I begin lead work ..this is how it sits as of right now oll.be posting more pics and what not soon ..I have to update both of my build threads

 

about to finish the lead work before this season and hopefully I will get the roof flaked if we can decide colors

 

ran out of lead and it was the end of the year so I just drove it like this for the last few shows

 

I picked this up the end of last season. It gives me something to drive while I'm doing my 59 and the wife gets to drive the 52 some more

 

I'm trying to decide if I'm doing to make a peak to the tail lights with some round stock and then lead .... I will be putting on a 54 front bumper on the rear this season though

 

I'm currently taking off the rest of the visible peach paint... Going to do a little body work to the roof and get it prepped for flake and I'm going to start the hood and other headlights lead work. Trying to decide if I'll do a peak or partially peaked hood maybe just flat

 

I'm also trying to get things done in my 59 to take it out this year

 

Damn,Brandon I never realized how much had to be redone on that car. It's definitely cool as hell tho. I like the new tail lights.

 

Yeah the body work was bad. But it was how it was done at that time. I just wanted to do it how I want and the way I want and all with lead but it's a solid car

 

The other night I got the rear seats in place and make a top bracket for the upper seats and no I need to make a bottom one and get some round bar and make a surround for the side of the upper that flows into the armrest. Also getting the floors cleaned and some holes fixed then carpet and new front seats. I would like to replace the column this summer also but we will see. And tonight I got the hood all welled up and lead on it and started filling the lead downwind getting ready for the passenger side headlight then all the lead work on this one should be done till I do antennas and wheel lips

 

just a little more filling to go

 

Just curious, did you replace that dodgy welded intermediate steering shaft and gusset the upper shock brackets in the rear?

 

The while column and steering shaft is getting replaced this year. I'm hoping to get a stock column from the swap meet here in a few days. Idk what the dude was thinking that built that haha and I also am in the process of going over slot of the welds the guy that owned the car previously because the mustang 2 front end looks like it was welded on blindfolded and for the rear shocks I'm still new with this and now that it's been pointed out I could easily brace them my self. I had a guy bag it and helped a little but he has done all of our friends cars and trucks and had been doing it for a while so I trusted what he has done and after over a year of driving it and it's still solid but I'll be in that area doing the rear tubs so that would be something I would like to do at the same time just to make sure

 

Any one put a 54 front bumper on the rear of one of these I'm looking at some advice to make it easier for me. I assume the brackets will have to be cut it new ones made and the rear pan removed

 

Well I have not finished the lead work yet but I went and picked up some more lead so maybe tomorrow night it this weekend but I did manage to weld up the seat risers I needed for this car tonight and I've been busy working on the 59 and also picked up a 37 Plymouth the other day so I'm a little busy trying to go back and forth I have not done a lot of welding and I only have a 110 mig but in very happy with the way they came out

 

oh and here is the Plymouth coupe I got

 

this is the flake we just ordered for the roof and rims then interior.... I need to find a once pice windshield and I need to find out what I do about trim so we can pull the glass out and shoot the dash then put the one piece in but I might wait till the body is in primer for that

 

got the passenger side in lead just gotta do a little more and start the filling

 

flake came in today and I went and scored some base coat and clear so hopefully this weekend or next weekend the roof will be done

 

got a little filling done last night

 

busy - at least you never bored

 

Nice man. That pink flake is killer!

 

True haha

 

Thanks and the wife knows how to pick the colors

 

got the hood off so I can finish filling it and fix some oil canning from the previous owners "welds" haha big day tomorrow we start the roof
I got a sweet big hemi between the 2 cars haha

 

alsmost done with the body work had to pull some dents out and some icing on it to smooth it out then 2k primer and I'll be blocking away tonight ...plan is to put the flake down tomorrow

 

Been going at it for 12hrs between cleaning the garage to paint and the unexpected body work but I got it in the last coat of primer and had just enough to his the areas we did the body work on one last time for good measures

 

the wife got work good photos

 

Ok I'm waiting to put the last coat of clear on but here's the 52 so far
2 coats of base
4 coast of flake in clear
2 coast clear and about to get the last final coat