Beautiful!

 

Looks really good.

 

Thanks , it was well worth the effort. Finished with the doors today and we got the handles primered and reinstalled. Once painted they will almost disappear.

 

The hood always flexes during sanding so we fabricated some braces to attach to the hood tilt mechanism. . The braces will also keep the the hood from flexing going down the road.

 

Finally started throwing some color today. We stared with all the underhood panels. It's hard to see but the pearl really pops when the light hits it.

 

Inner panels all done. Once the fenders are re installed it will make it's way to the paint booth. Finally !





The underside of the hood was a little wavy from dent repairs so we painted it with truck bed liner tinted with the paint.

 

Very nice, I like the inside of the hood with tinted bed liner. Your painting skills look great.

 

I'm just curious, why did you choose these door handles instead of going with door poppers that are totally hidden. Great fab work by the way.

 

topmoo:

Wish I could say I did the paint work but I just help with the fabrication and prep work.
Rich Clark of Clark's Auto Body will be doing all the spraying.

Oldgraymare:

I decided to use the door handles because they are a nice compromise between normal handles and poppers. They will blend in but still be functional and be a unique feature. I like for people to have to study a build to see the customization.

 

Front end bolted back together and into the spray booth , finally !!

 

 

Looking good...

 

A few last minute details before paint. Fitted stainless wire looms from Mid Fifty.

 

I have been thinking about some thing along this for my hood could you show a close up of the contact points and some info on how it helps control the flexing did you weld it to the hood or ?no not welded I see some bolts in the field are there bumpers

 

The build looks fantastic! Please keep the updates coming.