Thread: 57 Chevy Cruizer

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Originally Posted by stovens

Dave if you stay on the same approach as so far, it will look stellar! Some things end up being tradeoffs! The lights are definately part of the original style to that era vehicle, so it would be nice not to lose too much of that look, just not sure what the trade off is one the track side, vs. the resale side?

Well, once I changed the opening size and radius on the fender, probably cut the number of interested buyers by 60% anyway!!!! Many people consider the sheet metal on a tri-five Chevy as some kind of shrine, and it's a sacrilege to alter it in anyway from stock!!!! Around here, some things are sacred, but a '57 Chevy sure isn't one of them!!!!! Heck, I never thought they were that good when they were brand new!

Heck, Dave; now that you can buy brand new tri-five bodies they shouldn't have any problems with modifying the old ones. It's a blank canvas; build it your way!

Originally Posted by falconvan

Heck, Dave; now that you can buy brand new tri-five bodies they shouldn't have any problems with modifying the old ones. It's a blank canvas; build it your way!

Yeah, that's pretty much the way I see it too Falcon! I've told a couple of the purists they could just pay me what the car cost me, plus the time and materials I've put in it, then take it to their garage and do it their way!!! That ends the conversation! I've never been one to follow the crowd or the current fad, I've always enjoyed the challenge of changing things around on cars. One more of the reasons I like CHR, nobody puts you down for what you do, but rather jump in with some very interesting and workable ideas and solutions! I think people miss out on a lot of the fun of building cars when they become overly concerned about other's approval of their project! I really enjoy getting input on my builds and it's really great getting so many good ideas on how to proceed when I get stumped how to proceed!