Does this thin A-pillar make roof look little bit thick?
Guest Wolf wrote:
Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 16:32
Slimmer A-pillar and smaller rear sidewindow making the C-post slightly thicker . This makes the doorwindow longer and rear sidewindow smaller , topnotch proportions , I think atleast ! Wolf
Guest Wolf wrote:
Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 16:32
Slimmer A-pillar and smaller rear sidewindow making the C-post slightly thicker . This makes the doorwindow longer and rear sidewindow smaller , topnotch proportions , I think atleast ! Wolf
Guest Wolf wrote:
Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 12:45
WOW Im kneeweek seing this , this is what Im talking about , the -49-51Merc proportion between the windshild and sidewindow ! Dynamite ! Thanks ! Wolf
Guest Wolf wrote:
Monday, February 25, 2008 - 16:50
Hi Rik ! You read my mind , remove the tractor ! hihi ! So lets start with lower the car to the right stans first . I think lower skirt edge to tutch the beautyring and lean slightly uphill from there to acive the famous speedboat slant ! Then make all body the same color and try to dim the anoying brightspots slightly ! Save the edge bright around the sidewindow that ultimatly be stainless trim ! this will be the original that we then can rework . Second picture on the topskin crown after the B-post there is a slight bulb up , shave of and make it a continues nice smooth blended curve into the existing rear window . Third picture , now the fun starts cut out the upper edge from the top and lower it about the same hight as the sidetrim (being close to 1") , leave the A-pillar line but move the upper radii forward and drag with you the whole hardtop line and attach the rear radii to a new position acouple of inces forward making the rear wintow shorter and roof slightly fatter , also ad a strait B-post using the vertical ventwindow pin . this pin should sit just in front of the rear doorjam mimic convertible windows he brought on Ebay . Have fun ! Wolf
Anonymous wrote:
Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 19:01
Gary Emory, Neil's son, has corrected my comment about the SoCal streamliner being destroyed at El Mirage. According to Gary, the car was rebuilt following Batchelor's crash, and was actually destroyed on a speed run at Daytona Beach.
This car is absolutly beautiful & is even better to see it up close. It was built by a gentleman from the London Ontario Canada area & he has built many customs as nice if not better than the Lincoln. but this is my favorite
HI ALL FIRST TO LET EVERYONE OUT THERE THAT I WAS A PARTNER IN THIS FAMOUS CAR. PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN FRONT OF MY SHOP IN NEW JERSEY ALSO I DID MOST OF THE RESTORATION ON THE BODY AND SHOWED IT AT LEAD EAST.
Pretty cool truck (ute) i guess at the time in the U.S it would've been pretty wild.Pity over here they'd stopped building chev utes by 1950 but lucky for me i have a customised 56 dodge version.
Now that is a perfect chop.And whats even better is old dick dean could lay those 51 back windows just right, they look so much better than a 1950 window like most have.
A good buddy sold the stock gray Buick to one of the brothers in 1970-75 not sure exactly. He's a vet. of Vietnam and has passed away, his name was Charles Thomas Scanlan aka "Bones", nick named that by his mother. He loved custom cars. When I asked about his Buick, yrs. ago that's when he told me he'd sold it to a guy from Wichata,Ks. I don't believe he got to see it finished. This car is neat and nowing the guy that had it before being customized makes it even neater.
Looks like 55 or 6 Plymouth taillights. This is a great historic car. I thought that Johnny Zupan had bought it. Zupan was up dating his Merc.to vertical quad headlights when I lived in Lompoc, Cali. I'd hang out at his shop sometimes. I'd droulded over his cars he bring from Cali, to Pueblo.Colo. Since I lived next door to the girl friends I got to see some get customs. Sorry, shouldn't have went to Zupan stuff.
I met this guy around 1970 or so, he had a couple of chopped Merc. for sale, one 49-50 and one 51. Got on hiwy. wifes got th flue, head towards Kirkwood Mo., Made it to the address was snowing, and had been before we left. Tall guy sweeping off one car, the 51. Introduced are shelfs 49-50 Merc. sold. This guy had some great toys way back then, went he opened the garage door to the right sat a great looking 32 Ford three window, orange, Buick wires, and I'm thinking Hemi, His garage was cool showed all the stuff he'd started collecting for his customs. Great guy asks us in wife said no. I wanted to here his stories, Kinda looks like he's done what he said he was going to do, start collecting customs.
In and around 1961- 65 Doug Thompson had a shop in Sugar Creek, Mo. or possibly it was in Indep. Mo., I just rember the shop, at that time it was called Thompson&Hall, I with others would stop by to see what they were working on, they had a large building but never saw many cars, Ido remember a 53-55 Ford F-100 that was under constr., I never new Thompson or Hall, just kids you know, I went to school with Sydney Hall, nephew of the Hall , never new his first name, he had a really nive 55 Chev. 2 dr. that was painted buy his uncle. A friend in school by the name of Darryl Fike worked for the pair for awhile, don't know what he did there buy the way he hot wrenched the hood on my 56 Chev. to shave the hood & the way he heated the rear springs to get it low, I still remember my dads reaction, not good. Did replace rear springs, with dad looking over shoulder. Never met Doug, I don't belive, did know some friends of his, one guy I bought a great 57 Olds. mild custom , guys name is Sonny Rodgers,told me on a job site that they had used the hood of his tow trk. to setup a louver press. towed backhoe with the trk. I've seen his work on the Hirohata clone up close and it's amazing how they figured out all the pieces to build that car. Just some old memories I thought I might pass on. Just remembered the kid who I heard painted his Merc was brother to Randy Swayse, a guy I went to school with, small world. Buy the way I saw the Merc clone at one of the Cowtown shows, have many pics myself. Just goes to show you never can say who will suceed. Your site is incredible, thanks for taking the time to put it together.
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