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GUELPH, ONT

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I have built a full tube chassis for this rough old 55 Chev, I will post pics as I make progress on it,  if anyone's interested. This car is a tough old bird but deserves to have a second life breathed back into her, Plans are for a smooth firewall all flat custom floors The frame is already built, I built it a few weeks ago but broke my camera. So i will take pics of the chassis when the body comes off it again.

The firewall will be removed and a new smooth one fabbed up.

Old tar paper floors and patched up junk

All gone now LOL



-- Edited by Chad on Sunday 29th of January 2012 06:38:10 PM

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GUELPH, ONT

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Keep in mind this car is very rough, it's had about about 4 floors put in it all done with everything form fiberglass to aluminum siding to tar paper. It needs the whole bottom 10'' all the way around. Its gonna be sweet though. Its really no better than a car from a feild, other than it has shiney paint and 10 gallons of fill in it. lol



-- Edited by Chad on Sunday 29th of January 2012 06:39:16 PM

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Keep it coming Chad....love 55s

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INDIAN RIVER, ONT

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I like it, look forward to seeing updates!



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NIAGARA FALLS, ONT

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you do some nice work man, i paint for a living and im looking to learn every aspect of this i can, if ya ever need a hand and are willing to show a young guy some **** id happily donate a few hours of time on a weekend

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GUELPH, ONT

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LOL. I am not all that old. I am 34 , I do everythign except wiring and interior , I have done body work since I was 11 my dad was a body man for 40 years so I learned early, If u ever wanna come by just give me a shout I am alway puttering around somewhere



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Looking good. You're a sucker for punishment. no
And I thought I was bad.

Keep the updates coming.


 LOL thats not the first time I heard that.

there were no inner rockers or floor braces or body mounts left in the car , it was all rotten. Hope to have the new inner rockers in and start fabbing up the body mounts this week



-- Edited by Chad on Tuesday 31st of January 2012 06:38:23 PM

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GUELPH, ONT

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More shots of the decontruction of the shabby old floor and an overall shot of what I am working with, Dont let the shiney paint fool you. Shes a tough old girl.

Tar paper and aluminum patched floor

All gone LOL

Just a peak of the rear clip before the body gets positioned on the chassis right

 

 



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Looking good. You're a sucker for punishment. no
And I thought I was bad.

Keep the updates coming.



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Chad wrote:

 LOL thats not the first time I heard that.

there were no inner rockers or floor braces or body mounts left in the car , it was all rotten. Hope to have the new inner rockers in and start fabbing up the body mounts this week




 

 

 Right on.  Don't forget to come back with the progress pics.



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Great work! It's nice to see someone making the effort to save this car, and not let it melt into the ground (although it was close lol) Good job man!! And yes keep us updated with progress biggrin



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NEWCASTLE, ONT

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Gassers are awesome! keep pics coming.

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GUELPH, ONT

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A teeny bit of progress, some is better than none.

you can really see how rotten the old girl is in this shot

 Rotten rear quarter

All gone

New one tacked on



-- Edited by Chad on Wednesday 1st of February 2012 06:25:51 PM

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LONDON, ONT

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Nice work .. keep em alive. A lot of talent for 34 years young. I'm jealous.



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TORONTO, ONT

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Nice work. I am doing something similar with my 55 chev 2 dr wagon, but decided to use a caprice chassis.

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NIAGARA FALLS, ONT

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Great work Chad!

Very clean approach. Keep the progress photos coming :D

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GUELPH, ONT

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A bit of an update havent really done much due to life getting in the way.

door post rebuilt and new inner and outter rocker installed

Inner rear quarter panel lower panel is toast



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I love Gassers, keep us posted 'cause she's gonna be sweet.


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COBOURG, ONT

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thanxs for the progress shot, awesome work.

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LINDSAY, ONT

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Any progress is good, no matter how small... another step closer

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SAULT STE MARIE, ONT

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awesome. Great work. thanks for the pics.

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Great to see another tri five Chevy saved. Keep us posted on the progress. I love where this one is going.
Doug

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SUDBURY, ONT

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got to be doing this for yourself ...............would cost a fortune to get this kind of work done on a car

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GUELPH, ONT

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nope doing it for a friend of mine lol

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wowww you sure you don t want another friend ? sure won t see that done over here .........of every people i know that are in cars and know how to weld i be lucky to find one to do a fifteen minute welding job............unless there s $$ involve........... funny how life goes of all the friend i got to know through life only one did something big free and its the stereo installation that is on my car picture....................

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Flatduck...Chads a good guy to know...his work is awesome and very reasonable..he isn't out to try and get rich like a few other builders i know..the pride and knowing he has helped out a fellow rodder is half of fee i think. Met him on another site a few years ago and he offered to do a job for me about a 3rd of what another builder south of here wanted,,,and that included alot of the parts the other guy wanted me to supply...i'll travel the 5 hours to get something done by Chad without hesitation anytime,,,if you ever get to see my car you will understand why.

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GUELPH, ONT

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Thanks for the kind words Larry.

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CLARINGTON, ONT

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Fantastic work Chad! Please keep the updates coming...Cheers, Whitey

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I'm new here so I just breezed through this thread for now, but I like this car! You're doing a great job!
I'm looking forward to following along as you make progress. Have you got a powertrain in mind yet?

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GUELPH, ONT

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The owner is talking about a blown 383 sbc.. I have some new pics I will post soon



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Chad wrote:

The owner is talking about a blown 383 sbc.. I have some new pics I will post soon


 Cool!



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GUELPH, ONT

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life has been crazy and hectic, so not a lot of progress, just sheared up the new floor pans and firewall, I gotta trim and bead roll the floor pans yet. I got all the floor braces done and inner rockers , started mounting the mustang gas tank

 



-- Edited by Chad on Friday 10th of August 2012 07:52:14 PM

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ELORA, ONT

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great looking build Chad, that car sure was rotten. The paint on the dash and upper half indicates that this car was a nice looking machine at one time, how long was it sitting? Assuming it was parked in the grass...
is that 16ga HR you are using for the firewall and floors?



-- Edited by Gearhead on Friday 10th of August 2012 08:29:51 PM

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Nice build. Thanks for post'n

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GUELPH, ONT

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actually this car was still on the road as of last year..it was a tar and bondo buggy that looked good until we dug into it.  the owner payed way to much for it and was in it for too much , so it is what it is now... a complete rebuild..everything is just mocked up, its gonna be a drag car so no need for original floor pans and stuff, just make it all flat and smooth.  



-- Edited by Chad on Sunday 12th of August 2012 05:02:59 PM

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