'56 T-Bird mild custom

[JollySipper]

I guess I've kinda fallen into a niche with my building style, that being the mild custom..... Got this kit in a trade with a pretty cool guy here, it's on the bench now.

I'm using the back glass from a Moebius Chrysler to give this Bird a speedster style windscreen...... Some filler to fill where the windshield falls short of fitting the cowl....

Hopefully you'll follow along, thanks for looking, and comment freely!

[cobraman]

That windshield looks cool. I will be looking in.

[Jantrix]

12 hours ago, cobraman said:

That windshield looks cool. I will be looking in.

What he said. I like it.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Cool project. Not that many tbirds customized. Nice start.

[Limeyglue]

Cool idea, will be watching

[Modlbldr]

I like the idea of the windshield. What other ideas do you have in mind? I'll be watching this one. I did a mild custom 56 T-Bird a couple years ago and liked it enough that I may do another one soon with some different ideas.

[JollySipper]

Thanks for the kind comments, guys........

22 hours ago, bobthehobbyguy said:

Cool project. Not that many tbirds customized. Nice start.

I noticed that while looking at pics for inspiration...... I guess the baby Birds are too cool to really need customization...

9 hours ago, Modlbldr said:

I like the idea of the windshield. What other ideas do you have in mind? I'll be watching this one. I did a mild custom 56 T-Bird a couple years ago and liked it enough that I may do another one soon with some different ideas.

So far I have planned to shave some stuff, and use some chrome reverse wheels and wide whites......

[Modlbldr]

Ah, going with more of a period custom. I went with a more modern custom. The most radical, yet subtle, change I made was to cut the headlight buckets off, pie cut the front fenders and reattach the buckets. This lowered the height of the nose just a bit over 1/16 inch.

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