New grille surround

Litle progress with my Buick.Allways wanted a Mercury.
This will do.

 

Nice fab work on the surround!!

 

Very nice metalwork!

Do you have any pictures of the construction steps?
And what forms and hammers and patterns you used to form the metal?

 

Very nice! Looking forward to see it next summer.

 

Very Nice! looks similar to the Blue Danube Buick.

Billy

 

oh yea thats nice... one good lookin car..any more photos

 

Very Nice!!

 

Great stuff, not my cup of tea at all but amazing to look at. I bet heads turn when you drive down the road.

 

Totally my cup of tea!

Thats awesome....some great looking bodywerk...and still evolving?

One of my favourites on here for the year!
(just scraped in cos in 2 hours it's 2004 here!)

Cheers
MAIKI

 

REALLY FINE METYALWORKING. What kind of tail lights are those? Stude?

 

Yes,they are -41 Stude repros with selfmade lenses.

 

I'll take a full pot of that tea!!!!!...looks great!!!

 

Screw the tea -- that's one bodacious ride. Beautiful work!

 

That's a good looking fender flare too.
Nice work.
TZ

 

Kartsa, I love that Buick. It's just "right on". The work you are doing on the grille surround is perfect as was the work on the top and, especially, the trunk. Just one question-why, oh why, would you want a Merc when you have a Buick as neat as yours? Well, I lied-I have another question. Don't they ever mow the grass at car shows in your neck of the woods?

 

Not only is this one of the nicer Buicks that I have seen, but you could have done well during tech week if you posted your tailight jig. Nice setup. I am looking for tailight lenses for my 50 Merc, do you have a jig setup for those lights as well?

 

Nice work Kartsa. Still I think that road eating ´50 Buick grille is the meanest there is. If you guys been wondering why Karstsa has been away from the board so long check out these. I´ve quess you`ve got to work with something as simple as hot rods to get the inspiration to work on Kustom ?
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eemeli.virtanen/projects/Img_2262.JPG
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eemeli.virtanen/projects/Img_2203.JPG
Hyvaa Uutta Vuotta Kartsa !

 

How bout a tech post on that lens maker? I am really intrigued by those.

 

bttt

 

I vote for a tech post on the grill surround AND the lenses...

 

More progress.

 

NIIIIICE! what is the grill bar from???

 

beautiful work. That tudor has a great stance too, BTTT

 

The center of the grillebar is center section of '57 Caddy frontbumber.Ends are tops of '49 Caddy bumberguard.And a bumber is from '49 Cadillac.
Tudor is a friends car.It was a BIT rusty when I started to work on it.It is a English '32.Chopped 2 1/4" and channeled 3".

 

Hell..maybe i've founf what i really want to build!

=]

so nice.

 

Looks 100% spot on, Kartsa! Thanks for the update.

 

good work-looks really nice..I like the grille very good job

 

Truely a nice job on that "Merc Mouth"!!.....OLDBEET