Thread: 57 Chevy Cruizer

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Dave,I am guessing you scratch built wheel tubs.Do you have

a English wheel??.How about pics of that and which brand name

you own??.

Or a sheet roller for the tubs.

Nope, they were a pair of Comp Engineering tubs I had around...don't have the roller to make the seam so I just used them.

I have a set of store bought for the "Z" in the shop too. Art Morrison.

The rollers too make that seam used to be available, think it took 3 sets...Would have to build a bunch of tubs to make it worthwhile for me!!!

Those tubs kick butt, Dave!

Yeah gives that car a real attitude from this pic . Keep at it so I can learn something if this craze hits me .

Got a bit of time in on the '57, cleaned some of the brackets and other unneeded things off the dashboard. The glove box opening will have a one piece cover with a couple screws holding it in place and will hide most of the electrics for the car.

I'm not going to install the stock type headliner, doing something a bit different so I did some cleaning and smoothing on the area inside the roof at the top of the windshield.

Shot some epoxy primer on some of the bare spots.

It sure is a lot betterbuilt than the way they used to do them (you know kind of the shape the car was in when you picked it up). Great work Dave.

Thanks Mike! Really enjoying this project....Trying to keep it strong and light at the same time makes a guy use his brain! Also trying to keep the gasser look, though not with a lot of regard towards "era correct" as much as "performance correct"!

The old floor was just too far gone to even consider keeping the original design and pieces, same with the quarter panels. and the roof has been jumped on, so I'll be making some changes there, too......

Dave, the dents in the roof are aerodynamic dimples, sorta' like a golf ball. lol.


Lookin' good.

Hmmmmm, Hadn't thought of the golf ball thing....I'm sure this old car will need more high speed stability, but I'm just not sure the dimples are gonna work for me..... Think I might have to try some new materials up there, by the time I got done pingin' and dingin' all those dents the skin would need some big time shrinking....probably easier to just replace it.

Thanks for the comments! Wish I had the time and the $$$$$ to just stay on it til it's done, unfortunately I think there'd be a couple really po'd customers! The '36 Plymouth should be out of the upholstery shop Thrusday or Friday so it'll be coming back, and I've got to spend some more time on the roadster, too. Looks like the '57 might have to go on hold for awhile.....bummer! Going to change the angle on the middle part of the dash and start getting some frame and suspension parts on order so I guess it's time to work on other things and do some more thinkin' and plannin' on the '57----just can't seem to leave any of it the way the guys at Chevy put it together!

Just went threw the photobucket Dave great coverage . I was sitting here remembering a few years back you were talking of wanting to do a Gasser build if you found the right car . I have been lurking and watching you on this . Shame that we have the real jobs that put the funner things on hold . Keep at it we know it dont take you long once the welder and the heat comes out .

Looks like your in a race already (to get it done)

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Just went threw the photobucket Dave great coverage . I was sitting here remembering a few years back you were talking of wanting to do a Gasser build if you found the right car . I have been lurking and watching you on this . Shame that we have the real jobs that put the funner things on hold . Keep at it we know it dont take you long once the welder and the heat comes out .

Dave I just went thru the photobook shots, and am very impressed with all the structural stuff and panel mods, which will be worth a fortune down the road! Wish I had your skills and knowledge to attack my project to the same level, but the cool thing is seeing how you fix problem areas. It is helpfull for later when I run into something, and think wait a minute, didn't Dave just cut that out, fab a new piece and weld it in, maybe I'll try that!(though it never comes out looking as nice!)