Back from Limbo

[Brian Fishburn]

I've been a bit absent from building the past few months. Summer life has been insane, and I've been racking my brain trying to come up with a nose treatment for Coupe Devil. Originally, it was going to be a simple stock front end with a drawer pullgrille, but by the time I was done with the roof, fins, and pancaking the hood, I knew that the original idea would ruin the car- I had to some up with something radical.

After more than a dozen ideas, I finally decided that plastic surgery on the nose of paula Jones would be easier than on the nose of a 59 Caddy. I brought in other builders and 1:1 car guys for ideas. Every idea was good, some were great, and all of them had a fatal flaw- mostly just that they wouldn't work on a 59 Cad.

The last thing I wanted to do was just dive in without a well thought out plan. I had too much work in the roof, fins and hood to botch it at this point. But, last night, I just dove in and started "designing in 3-d," so to speak. Halfway through doing a couple of things I KNEW would work, the last piece of it came to me. I called Katie in to work on Saturday to get the idea roughed in.

She beat, banged and welded all day, and then shot some primer to see where the finishing touches need to be. I'm very happy with the result, even if it still a bit rough around the edges. I wanted to pay homage to one of my favorite oldskool 1:1 car customizers with this build in a different area, but the nose gives him some love, too. Is it obvious? if not, it will be when the car is done.

The hood needs some more reprofiling, but the whole thing is just roughed in at this point. I was just wanting to show the concept to those who have followed the build, and esp those who have helped with ideas. I hated making Katie work on Saturday, but at least I let her leave in time to go enjoy some of the beautiful weather we've been having today.

[Tom Kren]

One word SWEEEEEEET looks great keep us posted!!!