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BlownGoat, I know how you feel being of similar stature! Sometimes it's a curse. Sounds like you have eveything looking good.

Originally posted by The Al Show

I like the green and I'm going to paint the car this color. I'm just wondering if the red wire wheels will be okay on a green car or will they clash. The engine is red too. Do red and green go together? Other than on a christmas tree stand? Any suggestions on what color I should paint the wheels and engine and maybe repaint the white part of the dashboard?

Hey Al, when Santa visits again next December he'll be tickled!

I'd suggest Seafoam green, or a pale yellow for the wheels and engine.

For the dash, a couple strips of engine turned aluminum or stainless as an overlay.

Originally posted by Streets
I thought Santa only visited the good little boys and girls??? Mebbe I still have a chance to see um??

Yeah....................right!

No streets it Satan, not Santa. Remember, thats who you get visited by. He's the guy who wants the bills......

Since I am having so much trouble with prohosting, I uploaded the pics to this site(at least this one works).

Thats the Nash? The chrome looks good, the body seems solid enough. Looks like a good project. Good buy!

Awesome car, just clear coat it and leave her in that glorious state.

Originally posted by drg84
Thats the Nash? The chrome looks good, the body seems solid enough. Looks like a good project. Good buy!

It would be a great buy, but I didn't buy it. It was my grandma's car when she was a single mother raising my dad in the 50's. The whole history of the car is kinda long and drawn out, but long story short, because my grandma used to race, I figured that it would be the perfect homage to her to hot rod out her first car. She paid $250 for it used in 1951. Its still got the last plate that was on it(from 1955). It really did run the last time it was parked, but pieces had been removed to fix farm equipment.

I was amazed at how well the chrome has held up. I intend to seek out the original hood ornament for it.

Originally posted by Tommycat
It would be a great buy, but I didn't buy it. It was my grandma's car when she was a single mother raising my dad in the 50's. The whole history of the car is kinda long and drawn out, but long story short, because my grandma used to race, I figured that it would be the perfect homage to her to hot rod out her first car. She paid $250 for it used in 1951. Its still got the last plate that was on it(from 1955). It really did run the last time it was parked, but pieces had been removed to fix farm equipment.

I was amazed at how well the chrome has held up. I intend to seek out the original hood ornament for it.

looks neat from the front !
OK !...OK ! you got my attention : >> "because my grandma used to race"
Start a thread and tell us the long and drawn out story.

Very nice ride Tommycat, the history is the greatest part of the car, all though that is a great looking lowrider! Those old Nashes are great cars and rare, good luck to you with it.

I am working on brakes getting my IFS finished, I have the powerbrake cylinder mounted and going to run lines tomorrow, I bought a '75 Camaro for the rear end and an engine so looking like the ol' 48 is going to be rolling again in a week or so. I'll be freaking out to see it on wheels again, Camaro rally wheels at first. Pics soon.

Originally posted by Streets
That's 'cuse it's probably stainless steel... touch it wif a magnet 'n if'n it don't stick it's Stainless..

Or pot metal, that is.... gots to watch those Nashers..... hehe

I reckon I am back from the dead now, is how I am. As for my projects, wellllllll..... ummmmm......

I started spreading thin to try to get as much done on all of my projects as I could. I got the 1939 Nash Ambassador in my pics started.... barely.... just barely.... it drained the battery to start it, and my wallet was already empty.... I covered it back up with the tarp and walked away from it..... The Saturn was getting finished, the burb was well on it's way, things were going good..... I took really sick, and through a combination of being sick and mechanical failure, I got into a really bad wreck and ruined all of my work.... ~70-0 mph in 5 feet..... doesn't do a body good. I walked away from it for some reason, I truely believe I wasn't meant to die in that car, as close to it as I came, and as many times as I was close to it. The front of my Saturn ended up right up at the firewall, and the block partly through it. That was on April 16, I believe.... I was kinda laid up for a while after that.... but not well off..... I was living in my suburban for a while, cuz I lost my house after I lost my car. I just tried to heal up some.... most of my other projects were either taken over by others, or put on the back burner.... my stove seems to have lots of back burners.... I think it has one in the front. The burb is giving me more trouble..... the S10s still don't run..... Neither of my Nashes are working, my 63 chebby got pushed into the ditch on flats out of frustration, and hasn't been retrieved yet.... I went out and bought a Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL with 81,000 miles or so on it. I later realized I couldn't afford the gas or repairs for it, so, I looked for something else. Repairs are ongoing on it..... I bought a 1992 Honda Civic Si, because my job was three cities away, and I had to get there every day, so, I needed good mileage. I have been fixing it up the most of all of them..... I will be moving to North Carolina next week probably, so it needs to be ready by then..... new wheels and tires (new to the car) went on yesterday.... new oil will be going in soon.... coil-overs after that, so that the tires won't rub the fenders so much.... Most of them are mpg and quality mods, not really go fast things..... I need good mileage. I have been looking constantly for parts for any of my cars, just so that I won't find any..... as soon as I stop looking, I will find more than I can afford, so, I'll quit looking when I get rich..... which won't happen for years, if ever..... so, I reckon my "rice burner" is my main project..... oh, well....

Got my '56 Plymouth front clip off, removed the 277 and 2spd auto. I've nearly got the front k-frame out of the Chrysler 5th Avenue, so I've got a 318/auto combo for cheap, as well as the 277, and all the front end parts, rear end, drive shaft, etc. from the 56. Next I'll jerk the 440/727 out of the big Chrysler New Yorker, mount them to the K-frame, then get everything tacked together. Not much operating capital just now, so I'm doing all I can that doesn't require new parts, etc. for now. As soon as I get some stuff sold, or sell my race truck, I'll rebuild the RB, and get serious about finishing it up for next spring.

Here's what the Plymouth looked like when I dragged it home.

Here's what I'm planning, basically for the finished (yeah, right!) product.

Well my 39 Chevy is a work in progress. I do some every weekend that we are not doing something with the family or friends and here in Virginia the mid-summer is blistering with the heat and humidity. I am hoping to have a new garage built by next summer with heat and air. Here is the car. I still have the modifications to do on te front fenders for the new headlights. I am thinking to use 2003-4 Jeep Liberty lights mounted into the fenders. The chassis is done; air bags all around, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear, new x-member to stiffen it up. 383 Chevy with a little push; should be about 450 hp with 500# tq. 700R4 with a little gear work. The vintage air unit is in as well as the wipers and an under-dash MC and pedal assembly. I still have the dash and the final body work before paint and upholstry. Steering column is in and a few more parts.
I will post soon
MikeC

The body now starts to look something after 3 years with welding an reconstruction of rusty/missing plates.

Here's 2 years ago. Some done, much left: