Speedpro

I have found that giving "ANY" advice on using "ANY paints here or anywhere for that matter is such a huge waste of time. What I do works for me and nobody else! But I do find it entertaining to read the thread.

What a beautiful build! The paint looks awesome! Really like this!

Turned out great! I really like the color. Works really well with the interior color.

Great looking build!

Nice!

Excellent build! Outstanding workmanship and creativity!

Very nice! Really clean work.

Great looking '55!

Very nice redo!

Very creative! Very well done! Excellent work on the details.

Really looking good Dennis! I like the license plate/gas door!

Wow! Busy thread! Nice to see so many builds going on. I'm happy to say that the work on the bottom of the hood sides and body got finished. Has a nice smooth flowing bead off the fender meeting the body now. Also, kind of redid the beltline on the hood to come to a point. I just think it looks better. These mods on the bottom bead were well worth the effort. I've also got a little more done on the rear of the car. It was time to build the wheel wells to fit the rear tires I plan on using. The wheel wells were made deeper using some 0.060 sheet styrene. The pieces were glued in place, filled and finished before the original inner panel was added. To get the new rear fenders to fit, the rear seat needed to lose one pleat on each side. This allowed just enough room for the fenders fit perfectly. Next up, the rear frame section will be cut up to fit the new wheel tubs.

Took some pics of the modified body with a stock body to show the difference between the two. And there is still more to do but mainly up front with the hood and hood sides. The hood sides are going to take some work to make fit. Didn't take many pics of this while it was being done. Just in my zone, I guess. The hood sides were cut in half, the bottom body line removed and replaced with .060 half round. The hood also had the belt line removed and a piece of .060 half round replaced that. Still more to do too the lower body line to get it to flow together where the bottom of the body and hood side meet. Decided to add a little to the tail end of the body. @Kit Karson helped me out with this by sending me a spare body to hack up. Thank you, Brother! The back lower section was cut off the donor body. Figured out what was needed, modified the parts to fit and they were glued in place. It's going to take some sanding to get things to look right at this point along with some 1/2 round to join the lower body line. Still have no idea on anything else for this build like engine, suspension, interior. It will come in time.

To the table

EGGO deeply cleanses your face!

Looks good!??

Pretty cool! ??

So did you have a 1:1 that this was based on. If not, that's some excellent creativity right there! Very nice!

Now that's definitely different! Must have been a fun build and it turned out awesome!

Pretty cool build!?

Very nice! Great color choice and the interior details are spot on! I have a soft spot for these as I had one back in the day. All around perfect build!

Stopped in to check on your build only to find your laid up a bit. Hope you're feeling better and looking forward to more updates when you are able.

Nice work so far! Look's good with the white walls and stock caps in the mockup.

Got a couple of things done on my '32. Picking up where I left off, the radiator/grill shell needed to be shortened due to the frame sectioning to channel the body over the frame. The grill shell height that was needed was figured out and then shortened. The hood needed something to land on at the front so the top tank on the radiator was cut off and mounted to the grill shell. Some small adjustments were made here and there, and things are fitting good at this point The next thing I decide to work on was mounting the fenders to the frame. But they could not be permanent yet, just want them to land in the same spot every time on the frame. I probably went a little overboard but now I am confident that the fenders will mount the same every time they are put in place during the build. The plan is to use 1.6mm rod mounted to the fender/running board and have holes in the frame to receive the rod thus holding the fender in place. Seems like a good plan. First thing that was needed to be done was to thicken up the frame rails so that holes could be drilled without the drill bit coming out the side of them. Even after adding the material, it was somewhat challenging getting the holes drilled. You can see in the pics how many starter holes were drilled, filled, moved, tried, before getting things to work. Had to add material to the running board where the pin holes were to be drilled. They needed a little more area to move inboard. All said, this was time well spent as the fenders just pop on and off making things way easier to work on. That's it for now.

X2!