yup the car is all finished. I stopped updating when it was giving me a hardtime about uploading stuff a few months ago. Anyway here is the rest of the build.
So a nice little update, Ive been thrashing to get the car done and ready for SEMA. I managed to get it "done" haha.
first off one of the local shows I went to about a month ago I ran into a guy with a bone stock unrestored 54 chevy. Funny to look at it next to this car.
Then the transmission started slipping, well $2200 later I now have a new one that is rated for the proper power.
and the new one
after the mechanical was addressed it was time to do some cosmetic. I had painted the car back in February however never sanded and buffed it. I did this because I knew the car was gonna be shifted around a bit from the glass shop to the upholstery shop ext ext. Sure enough by the time I had got the car back the hood and one of the fenders had gotten scratched and needed to be repainted. so once that was done I finally took the time to make the paint perfect.
3000 grit
5000 grit
and the result
Next up is the license plate, its kind of a unique plate in that it belonged to a New York Senator, So in addition to the plate I also got a brass senator parking pass that would have been displayed on the dash. So as far a a license plate frame I looked and looked for something that would be fitting. Ultimately I came up short so I had an idea to continue the mid 50s politician theme, the " I like Ike" campaign that Eisenhower ran in 1952. So I drew up a design for a frame that I would think would be period. I then had my friend Nick 3D print it.
I then painted it to look like a 60 year old cast metal frame.
next up was the interior. I had the seats done back earlier in the year but dropped the car off to get the headliner, door panels and carpet done. I drew out the design and had the guy make it. However I did have to do the rear garnish moldings due to the chop.
and the final result.
I did move into a new house which finally has a 2 car garage so I can have both of my cars under 1 roof, and on top of that the car gets shipped off to Las Vegas tomorrow for the SEMA show, so stay tuned for that!
so some pictures from sema.
one final touch prior to it leaving, functional rear view camera thats on all the time.
loaded up in the trailer.
unloaded
cruising the strip a little.
went out of town to get some proper pictures of the car.
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some taken with a proper camera.
now for the actual show.
set up day.
the sponsors booth
all set up
battle of the builders reception, did win anything but once I saw some of the other cars i was competing against (including chip foose and bobby alloway cars) I couldnt be mad. The car who placed were all 500k plus builds built by huge shops.
Caught David Freiburger checking out the car and chatted with him for about 10 minutes. Super cool guy and loved the car.
later that day the car popped up their instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/9mm64YJZGF/
sema rollout
sema ignited
and thats a wrap
