54 Chevy Sedan Delivery-COMPLETED 09/16

[Duke Maddog]

Beautiful engine! Man this is looking sharp! I can't wait to see it in all it's glory! Don't forget to fire it up when you finish so we can all feel the burn!

[Stikpusher]

Are you gonna have some bikini babes to pose by this when it's all done?

[KSaarni]

What else do you need to say ....or do, than...



:-)


- Kari

[mustang1989]

Paul: No Rochester's here pal! lol Thanks buddy.

Tom: The last carb shown are the ones I used on my Boss 429 build last year. I'm currently dunking them in a bath of Easy Off because of the fact that they are WAY too shiny. lol. No worries. They'll be a gold/ silverfish color when done. I've got throttle linkage for these bad boys too.

Mark: Thanks for the kudos man!

stik: I saw once where a guy built a Harley with a fairly cool lookin' chick in jeans posted next to it. Will have to pull that pic up. Thanks for the comments

Kari: I appreciate the kind words there friend.

I drilled out all holes for the spark plug wires into the cylinder heads and for all the heater and bypass hoses in the intake manifold and water pump. I also managed to order my next little addition to this build a couple of days ago. No belt driven fan for this one. Check it out:

[Stuart]

Great stuff!

[mustang1989]

Thanks Stuart!
Ok gang.....I've had a flurry of progress and ideas on this one as of the last few days. First off I moved forward on stripping the carburetors of chrome which I was going to do anyways as chrome on carburetors just don't look right.

Secondly I modified the Nova frame by shortening the frame in the back and shortening the leaf springs. Up front I cut the forward part of the frame completely off and cut out the center section. You can see the differences here........



After that I cut the front part of the '54 frame off and graphed that in. I still need a couple more bolt heads to make this more legit looking but I took all the measurements and this............is gonna work.



I cut into the forward part of the frame about 3/16" where the front crossmember and front suspension mounts up in order to lower the car in the front another 3/16". Repositioning the front spindles up another 1/16" along with notching out the frame should round out to lowering the front of the car a total of 1/4" to get the look I was looking for in the first place. This is how the car is going to sit without the 1/16" spindle location. The rear of the rear suspension is exactly where it's supposed to be as well. Like I said , it's gonna work. It was even a little easier than I thought it was going to be.



About this time the ideas started soaring around in my head after I studied the back of the vehicle interior some. I still need to notch out where the wheel tubs are going to fit on the floor here but I've got some decent plans for this. First off here is the rear floor...



Now I thought to myself, "What can I do back here to make this interesting?" Soooo. I found a 1/24 scale flat screen TV on ebay



Well I've gotta have something to sit this on and somewhere to sit so how about using a coffee table and couch from a 1:24 scale dollhouse set? Again..found these on ebay. Hey ......what tha hell ya know?



Gotta have somewhere to store the cold ones too so I found a 1:24 scale cooler with an opening lid to put those in....



and speakin' of cold ones.......I found some 1:24 scale cases of those too! A case of these'll go on top of the cooler....probably Bud or Heineken



I took measurements and plotted everything out on the floor using cut up post it notes to see if everything was gonna fit.....

Looks like it's gonna make it. I may throw another Hot Rod Magazine and scratch build a remote for the TV to put on the edge of the coffee table/ TV stand. Looks like I might need to run an air line and an airbag to the L/H side of the rear suspension to even things out back there for the weight on one side factor.

[Handiabled]

A velvet Elvis picture and shag carpet on the ceiling for the "retro" look? Cool stuff bud!

[LyleW]

That should be fun. I like the minimalist approach using the Post-It Notes...very creative.

[mustang1989]

Handi: Thanks pal. I've actually got an idea for a Jimmy Hendrix tapestry. lol

Lyle: Thank you as well there friend. You see, I just can't do this kind of stuff with airplanes. lol . I'll get around to it don't worry.

[Handiabled]

Jimi Hendrix huh? There better be some burning incense on the coffee table then......... jus sayin'.......