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this has been a stretched-out project.... its the last of the barn-finds that led to me buying my current property.... was going to be a quick job as an early driver... but turned into a "littlebook" inspired custom... gave this one a break while i did a few customers' cars from the end fo the summer up to a few weeks ago. just revisited by stitching up the headliner and installing, repainting all interior trim, new windlace and wire-on, i just did period-correct bindings on the sectioned carpeting, and am awaiting my vinyls to do the seats.
here's an abridged pictoral, for its first day out of the barn/chicken coupe to a finished exterior, to the currecnt and final steps of interior-ification. a little history and info- off the road since '71, 39xxx miles... mods include: shaved handles, frenched factory hood emblem, molded grill shell, narrowed 54 ford grill, custom lower valance [70-72 chevelle hood inverted] 1-off custom eyebrows, 63 impala tail lights, mostly decked, lowered, custom rear valance, 54 desoto bumpers, 53-54 NOS chrysler qtr panels hung from the trim down, ripple caps. running the orig straight 8/stick. i would have gone for a chop, but a real 2drht in these years is too hard to come by to chop it up too much. paint is a custom pistachio i mixed here, roof is a 7-stage metalflake over teal metallic. side pillars are aqua coarse flake over black, with green tinted clear- have to see it in the sun to behold whats goin on up top!
just have to reupholster the seats and can consider it done... i didnt want to do it, but they were a donation- the only aspect of the cars that's gikkicky..... but it operates off an NOS 40+ yr old switch i found.....it was the reason for the louvered section of the chevelle hood as a frt valance- to illuminate the grill shell a bit- looks better in person
here's an abridged pictoral, for its first day out of the barn/chicken coupe to a finished exterior, to the currecnt and final steps of interior-ification. a little history and info- off the road since '71, 39xxx miles... mods include: shaved handles, frenched factory hood emblem, molded grill shell, narrowed 54 ford grill, custom lower valance [70-72 chevelle hood inverted] 1-off custom eyebrows, 63 impala tail lights, mostly decked, lowered, custom rear valance, 54 desoto bumpers, 53-54 NOS chrysler qtr panels hung from the trim down, ripple caps. running the orig straight 8/stick. i would have gone for a chop, but a real 2drht in these years is too hard to come by to chop it up too much. paint is a custom pistachio i mixed here, roof is a 7-stage metalflake over teal metallic. side pillars are aqua coarse flake over black, with green tinted clear- have to see it in the sun to behold whats goin on up top!
just have to reupholster the seats and can consider it done... i didnt want to do it, but they were a donation- the only aspect of the cars that's gikkicky..... but it operates off an NOS 40+ yr old switch i found.....it was the reason for the louvered section of the chevelle hood as a frt valance- to illuminate the grill shell a bit- looks better in person
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