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What size are those rims on that chevy KennyD? Looks like some coddington 17" but I'm just guessing. Very cool indeed, is it going to stay a hardtop or is there a topless conversion coming?

brickman , 22s and 18s intro's , i was going to make it a roadster and shorten the 1/4 panels a little . but i now have decided to leave it a bubbletop.
i have some more in prosess on cars in the shop, i will try to get on the site tomorrow.

hey all...only posted here a few times but here is a link to the '51 Chevy that I am doing with my father in law..... then will be starting my '32

Nice KennyD, those wheels have a retro kind of look to them, I like 'em. That year of impala has a very good line to it, thats going to be a sweet lowrider.

Nice ride Iceburgh, welcome aboard, keep us informed.

hey guys sorry i haven't been on in a while but i did get some pics of my project for you. I'll try to get some full pictures of the car too

ok full pictures of the car. here's the story these pictures were taken in 1980 when my dad first bought the car in california. so they're older pictures but since then there really haven't been many pictures taken of it because it was sitting up in our barn.

ok last picture of the car taken when my dad had it sent in 1981 to get a new paint job for it.

that will make one good lookin streetrod! i love 40 chevy

What a great project, JC. !!! Keep us updated on your plans and progress.

Nice Coupe JC, it is hard to miss when your starting with a car in that good of shape. Looking forward to seeing more in the future.

ya its gunna be a fun project. Right now i'm stripping the frame and getting ready for suspention and new motor and tranny mounts. I just got the new front mustang II crossmember put in last thursday. I can't wait to finish up this rolling chasis.
here's some frame pics. Also you can check out more of my progress on my thread- Engine swap and more.

front cross member

wow where is evrybody??

We're under our cars.

JC, SWEET RIDE!!!!!!!!!!

My big news is I fractured my finger last weekend;a chain slipped on the hoist and I dropped the #$%&^*ing motor on my hand. I've got that finger "buddy-taped" to its neighbor in a Cub Scout salute for a couple of weeks. Doc says it's a "stable" hairline fracture, useable as long as I don't put too much stress on it.

Got the engine and the tranny together at long last; swapping the 302 accessories and timing cover onto the 5.0 turned into an 8-hour job. Nothing fit; locator pins had to be wriggled out and the entire timing cover had to be hollowed out with a grinder and a cutting wheel. Then there was the discovery (too late, of course) that 5.0L H.O. heads are not ambidextrous, as are the 289 heads. Whoops. Gee, do I spend another $50 on head gaskets and another morning taking it back down, or do I fabricate block-off plates for the EGR intakes?

I have a machine shop at my work (I'm a maintenance / facilities tech), so I'm fabricating this week.

Sheesh, the distributor gear had to be swapped, the flexplate rebalanced (and the machinist didn't leave room for the eccentric nuts -- I had a GREAT time working around that one!) -- it goes on and on. Amazing how "the same engine" (302 vs. 5.0) can have so many differences!

But it's all together, now; Saturday I'll drop it in. Yay team.

wow man. hope the finger gets better soon. I'm about to take a short trip out of town i finally found a bone yard about an hour away that has mustang II's and pinto's that i can get the front end off of for parts for my front suspension. here's the part about this summer i don't like. next friday i leave for college so the car get's put away in storage until i can find some time to come up and finish it. I hope to have a painted rolling chasis by that time. lots of work not too much time. I'll see you guyz around.