Customs My 51 Chevy build

After 5 long years , 2 cars (49&50 coupe) and through hell and back ... I'm finally messing around with my 51

Plans are mustang 2 and tail dragger rear but for now I'm gonna do some bodywork to keep me busy

 

Looks like you got a good one to start with! Good luck keep us posted!

 

Great start! I will be watching, doing a 52 myself. What are your plans?

 

Thanks fellas

Plans are :

I want to drive this thing so I'm gonna do the chassis up and just do some decent body work on it so I can cruise er' around but eventually ...


-mII
-tail dragger rear
- fully powder coat and stripe frame
-sbc 350/700r4
-completely shaved
-extend and peak quarters with different tail lights
-weld hood and do a 1/2 peak
- custom grill
- chop 3 front 4 rear with slanted pillars or go hard top

 

Sounds like a good plan!

 

Wish I had done 4"s in the rear but I went 3 all round. Do you have the stock grill? I am looking for a good bottom bar if you have it.

 

Looks like you off to a good start, look forward to following this build.

 

As I get boughed down in my projects it's good to look at others progress. Good Luck with it. Sounds like it's gonna be a good driver.

 

Looks like a good project. Keep up the good work.
You baggin the rear or just dropped?

 

Bagging all 4 corners 😎

Thanks for the kind words fellas , living on my own and having no garage or a driveway to build this thing makes it really hard haha

 

nice

 

Hope to make some progress this week and get my fenders In primer

 

Nice ride !!! Need more picture's.

 

Thanks ! Sorry , not a lot going on right now ... Will post pics in a few days or so

 

WOW! Looks really solid! Like you said, just stay busy on it for now, do the things you can afford time and money wise, and everything else will fall into place.
Also doing a "half peak" on my hood, good call.
Looking really good! Keep on hustlin!

 

Cool, pretty dang solid car there. I look forward to watching your progress, suscribed!

 

Thanks fellas, should be seeing some pics soon .. Got a fatman mII on the way , and of course the Gambino tail dragger

 

cool start ,suscribed.

 

Great start on a real sound looking 51. I love the 51-52 body styles. Your plan sound like you have given this project a lot of thought. Good luck on the build. This is my 51. Purchased from the original owner. She was 76 at the time.

 

Yea I've had more time to get ideas than actually working on it, it's only had 3 months of work the rest of the time it's been neglected due to not having a garage or place to work on it

 

Nice clean start. I was not as lucky with some of the rot I had to replace.My album shows more of the work

 

Great looking old Chevy you've got and love what you're doing to her!

 

Yea I def gotta do my tail pan , over a pretty solid car , the frame should be done by August for the good guys nationals

 

With a lil modification h, those will go on my car . Liked these cause they're different and not too common

 

great looking build thread, ill be following im doing a '51 four door thats suffered with the dreaded grot, but ill get there, got a build thread going on...

 

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So this finally happened ...

 

Been super busy since I got back from viva , mustang 2 is here . Finally was able to pull the body, progress is slow as of rt now but I hope to speed it up soon .

 

I really like 50s Chevy tail draggers. How much you goanna chop it? The my rule of chopping is to cut as much as you can, but leave room to be able to slide a beer can through.