Boulevard Creeper-51 Fleetline

[Modlbldr]

Got it up on wheels for a preliminary look. I don't like it. It sits too high.

Back to the drawing board.

Later-

[Gluhead]

What a beast. Cool, though!

Well, you know what your options are...z the frame or channel it...or a combo of both. I'd prob'ly go with the combo of both to keep either process from being too extreme.

[Davewilly]

Looking good! nice work on the body mods and the rear suspension

[Modlbldr]

Thanks guys. I may go with just a bit of z'ing the frame. After looking at it it really doesn't need to come down too much. Perhaps half the depth of the frame.

Oh, I forgot to include it but I had replaced the front suspension parts with the parts from a Super Stallion Mustang. A bit more modern than I was looking for but it had the parts I wanted.

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Edited May 13, 2013 by Modlbldr

[Modlbldr]

Just reread the first part of the magazine article on the 1:1 and it has a Mustang II front with rack and pinion and a 6 1/2 inch kick up in the rear frame. So, I'm on the right track.

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[gautreau]

Great looking build so far. The inspiration for this build is one of my favorite builds by Larry.

[bryan_m]

looking good! i really like the rear control arms you made, nice work!

cheers

bryan

[Modlbldr]

So I dug this one back out to work on it. Here are some photos of where I got before I put it away.

I liked the taillight treatment on this 1:1, so I tried to copy it.

I still have a lot of work to do to get the taillights done. Now you may be able to tell why I got burned out on it.

But, it's back in the rotation.

Now to get to work on it.

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Edited August 17, 2014 by Modlbldr

[Modlbldr]

Looking at the above photos one thing that has bothered me is the great amount of space between the rear bumper and the rear pan. To reduce this I decided to slope the rear pan more toward the rear by laying it more on a horizontal. To do this I began by cutting through the rear pan on each side at the inboard side of the taillights and then pushing the bottom of the pan out toward the rear.Confused??? It will probably make more sense once I post pictures of it. That will be later though. Next I will work on cleaning up the actual taillight areas of the rear fenders.

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[Modlbldr]

This is a bit better.

Not much work tonight but at least it's back on the bench. Most of tonight was spent updating everything in Photobucket and figuring where I was at on the build.

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[hjracing]

Just awesome!

[wayne swayze]

I completely missed this build before. My apologies. I love your customizing work. Really like turning the Packard lenses upside down! It gives the car such a low appearance, so with the skirts and low suspension, it looks great! I'll keep my eye on this!

[Modlbldr]

Thanks guys. I really have enjoyed this build but it gets daunting at times. I will keep at it for now.

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[Dandydan]

Very, very impressive Tom-can't wait to see more.

[Ramfins59]

This is a fantastic looking Custom Tom. I love those taillights and the looks of the front end. Keep up the great work.

[High octane]

What a great project you're doing Tom as I've seen the Voodoo Creeper 1:1 many times and have known "Voodoo Larry" Grobe since the 70's when we were in the same model car club together. I hear that he still builds model sometimes. With the way you pay attention to detail, I'm sure that your Creeper is goin' to be awesome!

[slusher]

One very cool looking custom...

[DeeCee]

Some great work there fella.

[Modlbldr]

Thanks again for all of the fine comments. I appreciate them.

High Octane- I would love to see this and a few of his other builds in person.

So I have been continuing the focus on the rear fender area. Fitting the taillights has been a chore since I just hacked a spot for them originally. Now I am having to go back and fit and fill the areas. I am close now. I think the tops of the fenders are finalized.

I made a rear splash pan that follows the contour of the bumper.

I still have a lot of cleanup and I want to make some chrome taillight surrounds.

I'm not sure how I feel about the bumper, but for now I don't have many other ideas.

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[Foxer]

Nice to see this back .. and your tail lights are looking grand! I believe the lights in the reference photo you had posted were Packards that were used on many customs, but not laid on their backs like this.

[Modlbldr]

Correct. I got the idea for the taillights from a picture of Yenry Herrera's 50 Chevy Fleetline that uses laid down 56 Packard taillights.

He also uses a 56 Chevy rear bumper and I have been toying with the idea of this too. If I do, it will require extensive reshaping of the rear of the car and the bumper.

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[DrKerry]

That is looking great, keep up the work on it!!!!!

[Modlbldr]

I think I might be on to something here. I like this much better.

Now I just need to fill the ft gap and find a nice overrider.

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[crazyrichard]

whouw awsome progress this is just perfect !!

[tabsscale1]

Missed this the first time around and am enjoying this. I am actually going to do the VooDoo Creeper one of these days Bought a 53 Chevy kit to do it with will probbaly just do mine as a curbside.