52 Styleline from rat to kustom.

So I was trying to sell my 66 truck with no luck and a friend called me and told me a friend of his had a chopped 52 he might want to trade. Well when I went and looked it was a little Rat in stature but I saw its potential. So the trade was struck and just after it was I got notice i was going to be deployed for training for a few months. Luckily for me just before I left I got ahold of Matt at Noble fabrication we had a pow wow and he said he would work on it while I was gone. So here it is so far.


Sorry its not the greates picture. The pictures he sends me keep me motivated though.

 

Damn you totally came up, Congrats!

 

Thanks I can't wait to get back and drive it!

 

First of all thanks for your service and second congrats on a great trade for a sweet ride

 

Looks like it's going to be a nice looking ride!

 

Hey congrats,thats a great start.Mine was a little worse off then that when I got it,but I'm loving it more and more.Your going to have fun planning.Check out Ian Berky on here.Great ideas there.

 

had a few days in town and got to go look at the car I can't wait to drive this thing. Thanks to everybody for the support.

 

Looks great.Keep us posted.

 

Thats a great start.Please keep us posted.Tom (Tired Old Man)

 

.....WOW......That going to be a nice ride......

 

Nice, any before shots?

 

Here is a before picture believe me it looks a lot better in this picture then it actually was. Bad welds overheated panels from welding way to long on them oh and lets not over look the teeth welded into the turn signal housings. Doors were not aligned lets just say rough real rough.

 

It might have been rough but let's give credit where credit is due: that looks like an awfully nice (and well-proportioned) chop!

Nice car. Looking forward to seeing it when it's all completed.

 

Atomickustom. I could not agree more on the chop that's why I jumped on it I saw the potential to be a killer car and I couldn't let it live it's days unfinished.

 

I stopped by again today to see the progress on the fenders and I was stoked. We decieded to put 54 Ford fender lips on it just to give it a little flare and I was blown away at how clean they came out.

Before:


Lips:


Metal Finish:


Mud & Primer:

 

Those look great!!!!!!!!

 

Wow looking good. I hope the thought of coming hope to a bitchin car makes your deployment time better. Thanks for your service. Hope you make it it back home soon!

 

Just got word i will be back in December cant wait might have it ready for Mooneyes!!

 

excited for you bro!!! the fender lips look great!!!

 

I like it a lot! Very nice car!

 

No more air bags over a heated mono leaf just now im rollin on de-arched rear springs. Cant wait to get in this thing and roll!

 

any more pics?

 

Ill get some up this weekend headed home Friday!

 

the fender lips look great..

 

Whoa .... the fender lips look amazing. This is shaping up to be a real cool ride.

 

the fender lips look great! Any plans for the rear openings?

 

Gonna make custom skirts. Another ford item I'll post pics when they are done.

 

Looking good.
#1 Thank you for your service.
#2 I didn't really think the before picture was a "rat"?
What do you consider "rat"? I always thought a rat was a cobbled up rusty piece of sh*t?

 

Thanks for your service and congrats on an awesome ride. Love the new fender shaping - very cool.

 

wow, love the fender treatment, came out real nice. Need more pics! haha