When dealing with old cars you never know how things are going to go back together and when you start making changes you really don’t know. Even though aftermarket parts may be labeled “direct bolt on” they really should say “bolt on*”. That asterisk is critical. It basically means “this may or may not be […]
Read More →So if you read my last post I showed a sneak peek at one of the custom (or kustom?) touches the car will have. Here’s some more information on that. Here’s the hint. What was the square hole for the door handle and button has been changed to a round hole. The other mounting point […]
Read More →Two years?! Yes, sadly it has been two whole years since I have updated this blog and almost as long since I have touched the car. So what the hell happened? Well, life happened – and a lot of it. I won’t bore you with my sob story, but the good news is that things […]
Read More →Woohoo! What a day! We started a little earlier today because we thought it would take some time to get the car out of the shop and set up for blasting. We decided the best way to do it was to chain it to the hitch on dad’s truck. We started by backing the car […]
Read More →I forgot to post these pictures of this car until I was going through pictures on my phone today. A few weeks ago my dad and I went to the Sacramento Swap Meet. This ’54 Vicky was in the car corral and it is almost exactly what I hope mine will become. They did a […]
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