An Attempt at Classy

[aLaFleur]

I love these old chassis. Killer project man.

[244Brick]

Some chrome polish will do wonders for those bumpers.. Interesting platform. In for results

[TheSavoy]

Holy crap, thanks for the awesome responses guys..

yes. you should just remove all the suspension. see if it will lay frame without body drop. then find a way to bag it cool car btw!

That's funny you mentioned this. I have been considering bagging it eventually, but as of right now I am going to keep it static at least for the time being until I can take care of other things with the car. thanks for the nice welcome

Love it so far!

As for your list here are my thoughts;
- Lower it a tiny bit more, it'll look phenomenal.
- As for new tires, some old-school whitewalls would look amazing on this body colour.

But it's up to you, those are just some things to mull over!

oh wow cant wait to see more of this, i would think maybe 1 more coil up front would make it perfect. Id go with some whitewalls for tires itll look good with that color

Ditch the roofrack and go on! I sign in to whitewalls!

Thanks, yeah after reviewing the pictures i think one more coil should have it sitting great. I may go white walls eventually, we'll see how this play through. As of right now I probably will run standard tires and was consider respraying the two tone wheels a white and black combo: sort of like how these old vw wheels look

Some chrome polish will do wonders for those bumpers.. Interesting platform. In for results

Yeah, i am hoping to get to cleaning up the car this weekend.


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my first goal right now is to look into some tires, I keep waiting for the bias plys to disintegrate while i am on the road. I was considering running some unused 195/65r15 in the front, since i have a pair laying around and 205/75r15 in the rear to give it a little rake.

hopefully I'll post a few more pictures of my progress this weekend.

[RubbderDucky]

Just don't do the roof rack. Makes it look like some old Volvo or VW. Otherwise, this is a great car to Stance. Will await progress.

[taynorweber53@hotmail.com]

Cut another coil in front and put the the hub caps back..

[07NJx355]

looks great, 50s cars are so cool

[B Rod]

Oh man! I can't wait to see this thing progress. Awesome!

[bobbyjones]

i like this.

[scweet14]

damn, ill be looking forward to this

[Ben_S]

I actually don't mind the roof rack. Cool project.

[Anderson Auto]

I think this is gonna look good

[Chad G]

those curves! beauty!

[TheSavoy]

Been awhile fellas, I thought I would have more time but apparently not.



Since my last post another coil had been lopped off, giving it's current stance. I actually like how the car sits now.



The ride is friggin' terrible though, and on these PA road, you bounce like crazy, As of now building an air ride system seems like it might be on the to do list in the near future. I never dealt with air before, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.



Other goals are:

-I think I mentioned tires as a previous goal, but It is becoming a priority, I am thinking of 205/55r15 for the front and 205/65r15 for the rear, but i still am playing around with the idea of other sizes as well.

-complete replacement of the interior still needs to be done and the headliner should be replaced


-some bodywork/rust repair, as stated the previous owner must of done some backyard repairs,so I want to try and smooth these out clean up some things.

That's pretty much what I have been up to so far.

[M.Doban]

Yayy for PA!

Yes. The roads here are plain rough. At least in the East.

Cool car! Some chrome smoothies or dog-dish hub caps and rings would look perfect on here.

[98z24ragtop]

Killer project, I definitely like seeing stuff like this, very different! Can't wait for more progress!