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/
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
Great picture history!! The car looks to be in great shape, too.
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
Nice job documenting the build...enjoyed the exhaust cut out video!
Quote from: 62131 on December 12, 2014, 06:20:37 PM
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
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