Rusty Bowtie
Miscellaneous => Members Builds - Stocker -Streetrod - Ratrod - LowRider => Topic started by: letalley1 on December 12, 2014, 01:24:52 PM
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In 1994 the P.O. of my 1930 Chevrolet coupe started a stock restoration, lost interest, shoved it outside, painted it with maroon and white house paint and let it sit outside, unprotected, for 10 years. I purchased it in 2004 with intentions of finishing the stock restoration. After some clean up, some repairs and driving it for 6 months, I came home from attending the Bakersfield NSRA show with different intentions.
Here are pictures of my coupe from day one:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127319892@N07/sets/72157664269083112/
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Wow...What a great story. It was great to see the old Chevy going through its transformations (gotta love that wood) .Your a real craftsman.
Moose
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Great picture history!! The car looks to be in great shape, too.
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Larry I must say you had a good foundation to start with, The way you cut out the original cross member so the Mustang II would fit in was a good ideal never seen that done before. It looks like your front end gave you some added drop also. Do you remember who's cross member you used?y
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Nice job documenting the build...enjoyed the exhaust cut out video!
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Larry I must say you had a good foundation to start with, The way you cut out the original cross member so the Mustang II would fit in was a good ideal never seen that done before. It looks like your front end gave you some added drop also. Do you remember who's cross member you used?y
62131, I used a hub-to-hub from Fatman Fabrications. The added drop is because their setup puts the spindle approx 1&1/2 inches above the bottom of the frame. I don't know if they still setup that way, but they did when I installed that one.
That was the third of four of their front ends I have installed. They work well for me.
Here's a link to their website:
http://www.fatmanfab.com/ (http://www.fatmanfab.com/)
Larry
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Larry,
Very impressive documentation of the build. I like the way the cars sits. I'm sure when you show up to a cruise or show there's not another one like it! You should be real proud.
Tom