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At least set some carbide skid shoes under that front end

They are also great space savers. I have 8 of these in my model room to display some of Chevrolet promo collection. The rest are in Individual plastic cases on shelves around the ceiling.

The biggest problem seems to be alignment. I wonder if it would be possible to have to have properly aligned louvers cut into a harder surface and place it under your panel , secure the aluminum sheet on top, then punch down into those preformed openings with your tool. God luck with what ever you do and be sure to keep us up dated with your progress,

I have used this same idea for creating brick walls for dioramas. I use flat finish craft paints for color and weathering. I sand sidewalk chalk into cracks for mortar and seal with flat clear rattle can. For large areas of concrete or paved surfaces I recommend the paper covered stuff from Hobby Lobby. Be sure to remove the paper backing from Both Sides or it Will warp for you.

Very cohesive design. Highly modified while retaining retaining the identity of the original vehicle. Well done indeed.Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

I love the black roadster concept shown. IMHO the original cars relied heavily on those long sweeping fenders to balance the long hoods necessary to house 12 or 16 cylinder engines. Removing those disturbs the balance and begs a new solution. I would retain the hood in a smoothed out version then consider a closed cabin style with a boat tail rear section. Another consideration if yours truly was the designer would be to enclose all the wheels in aerodynamic wheel pants. Very ambitious but worth considering. Good luck and be sure to keep us posted.

We had a local guy that ran an old cruiser around here for a few years. What I liked was his choice of prestige license plate which read "WAS FUZZ".

Thanks for posting this link Tim. I'm sure a lot of rod builders will find this tutorial helpful and inspiring.

Welcome, remember to always build to suit yourself not what others might like.

Outstanding paint skills on display in these photos. Thanks for sharing.

I had a '55 as my first car and it was a rust magnet! favorite rusty places were the headlight eyebrows,just in back of the front wheel well,just in front of the rear wheel well and both rocker panels.

My luck would be that I would have just cut the roof off of it five minutes before I saw this post!

If we're voting here.I always like to see an open top early car with the original wooden top support bows exposed. That adds a touch of "home built" to cars of that era..

It appears to my newly overhauled eyes that the ads have gotten much larger in the last couple of weeks.

Please forward me one of your secret decoder rings so I can read your message:)

I like to use real rust over an appropriate base color. I harvest the real rust where I find it like the bottom side of our steel fire pit bowl that sits outside all year long. I use a wire brush and scrape the particles onto a sheet of paper then dump that into a zip lock bag. More real rust is available in lots of places. Look closely at construction eqt like back hoe buckets or snow plows. Our little village has an area where things like old man hole covers and used pipe is stored. That is a great source of natural rust.

I bought that same exact magazine just for the article on that article on the '48 Convertible. Beautiful classic post war Chevy!!

There is no "T" in Chrysler.

No such luck. Mine was a master sedan. It was lowered,ran a 235 CID six with a 3/4 race cam and split manifold with a mellow set of deep toned mufflers. Paint with ice blue pearl paint and tasteful pinstripes. It was fun to drive and now our grandson loves it.

I wonder if someday there will be a way to simply push a few buttons and send this to a 3D printer for building it in scale The renderings are most impressive.

Out of my personal wheelhouse but with craftsman level body and paint execution.

I personally applaud model builders replicating these rides running period speed equipment instead of billet everything. Great to see some of our hot rodding history preserved in scale form.