junkyardjeff

I like original interiors with some modifications,the interior in my 55 is the way it came from the factory and I like that style and done something similar in my 37 Chevy p/u but with the pleats going another direction..

I Googeled interior colors and did not see many original,I would like to go original on this one and wondering also what color the dash would be. My 55 Ford convertible has the dash painted a color that does not really match the interior or outside and has more blue in it so could the 49 be that way too,here is the car and the dash and interior.

Now to figure out the interior color.

here is the color its going to be.

I was hoping to get more done but ended up in the garage most of the winter and now that its warming up I doubt much more will get done,I will try to get the AMT 49 Ford coupe done but it will most likely take until summer is here to get it done.

I bought a 77 to get the 460,it did not have the wide rear rims and the frame was weak but if it was nicer it would not have gotten parted out.

I am going to see if I can get something close to that Miami Cream and I pushed a couple builds back since I wanted to build this since first seing that picture a couple years ago

Added a o/d trans too,took it off a FE engine I had in stock.

Trying to get it close and wonder what color that 50 is painted.

I had that six and it needed a home and put a truck 4 speed behind it and I like strangely optioned vehicles. Last summer I bought a 65 mercury Montclair breezeway sedan that had a 3 speed with o/d with a/c and delayed wipers.

Just picked it up today,going to build it like in this 50s picture and will have a Y block under the hood.

Finally some progress

The thick black paint is finally coming off and its a deluxe cab with all the trim which I doubt would never been ordered with a step side bed in the real world so thinking about finding a wide bed to put on it and build as a deluxe C20.

When did they come out.

The body will be soaked next year,I will just add a little detail to the body for now and stick it back on the shelf. I need to find the correct tail lights before I completely restore it,I needed some of the parts off the BBC for the longbed step side I do have soaking.

I built it over 40 years ago and decided to tinker with it some,it really needs a complete restoration but that will come later so while some paint and glue is drying I am going to take the Keystones off along with the two piece slicks and going to put steel rims on with some one piece slicks. The BBC is coming out and a Pontiac engine is going it.

Now to find a use for the box that came off it,its too heavy to use on a plastic model.

Rustoleum Hunter green.

That Parma Chevy V8 sure looks like a Ford Y block.

Using the chassis from the hotrod convertible to make a hotrod coupe,painted it green like on the box and that is the chassis behind the 57.

Some progress.

Got body in primer and frame painted.

The reason I was not going to paint it is I thought I was going to break the windows trying to remove them but was able to get them out without doing any more damage,it was a crappy repaint I done back in the early 80s so time to fix it right.

Its going to get painted.

I had a Revell 57 Nomad break trying to take it apart to restore,tried to repair but kept breaking so it got used for parts.