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so its not in my nature to build a pile of crap... but after the hotrod hoedown last month.. i got the bug... i've done alot of "traditional" rods and kustoms, suede paint, etc... but this time i went for the spares and scrap pile... i happened to have a 79 olds delta 88 a friend gave me over the summer- cold a/c and plush interior... but a little sorry looking on the outside... was gonna be a 350 olds donor for my skylark conv't... but with the rat bug- i scoured the yard- had a 54 new yorker in the lineup as a hemi donor for a 54 conv't, and the bed off a 56 F100 i was involved with from a friend...
so i unbolted all the body mounts, unwired and un-plumbed everything- [after driving it in the garage for teardown and one last ride around the block as a 79 olds] pushed it out in my yard and rolled the body off the frame. then i brought the 54 ny'er 'round back for operation cowl cut.... and door jamb cut.... a pair of 54 desoto doors were used as the ny'er doors need to donate a few items to the conv't...
here's the cowl cut on the olds frame... and the next steps of the build....
and the back of the cab is the roof of the chrysler sectioned and skinned over 3/4 EMT framework- the trans tunnel is the hood of the olds, formed around 2 different sized trees...
and fast fwd to paint and finalized roadster- notice the frameless windshield... or flipped rear glass from a desoto.. tail lites are from my 51 buick
here's the link to the photobucket for all the pics, all out of order of course.. but some neat stuff going on along the way... first time out today- and since the last uploaded pics at about noon- i put on my flamethrowin stacks and bent the exhaust.. drove about 15 miles or so in the dark- i have blinkers, 4-way hazards, and all working gauges!!
so i unbolted all the body mounts, unwired and un-plumbed everything- [after driving it in the garage for teardown and one last ride around the block as a 79 olds] pushed it out in my yard and rolled the body off the frame. then i brought the 54 ny'er 'round back for operation cowl cut.... and door jamb cut.... a pair of 54 desoto doors were used as the ny'er doors need to donate a few items to the conv't...
here's the cowl cut on the olds frame... and the next steps of the build....
and the back of the cab is the roof of the chrysler sectioned and skinned over 3/4 EMT framework- the trans tunnel is the hood of the olds, formed around 2 different sized trees...
and fast fwd to paint and finalized roadster- notice the frameless windshield... or flipped rear glass from a desoto.. tail lites are from my 51 buick
here's the link to the photobucket for all the pics, all out of order of course.. but some neat stuff going on along the way... first time out today- and since the last uploaded pics at about noon- i put on my flamethrowin stacks and bent the exhaust.. drove about 15 miles or so in the dark- i have blinkers, 4-way hazards, and all working gauges!!
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