Thread: 53 Is back from the Body Shop

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In the first "before" pic.. is that an early Vette on the other side? And thanks for sharing them all!

Originally Posted by 34_40

In the first "before" pic.. is that an early Vette on the other side? And thanks for sharing them all!

No, that car has T-tops. I'm guessing it is his T/A. Unless he's holding out on us?

The old truck looked to be in pretty decent shape to start with too.


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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

No, that car has T-tops. I'm guessing it is his T/A. Unless he's holding out on us?

The old truck looked to be in pretty decent shape to start with too.


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Yep, that's my T/A in the background, here's my T/A now. Sorry Ryan, the pile of stuff on the Camaro is slowly going away so you know what that means, but you can still buy the T/A though The truck really was in pretty good shape to start with. They always look better in pics and original paint than what they really are though. The floor was gone and the cowl and cab corners were gone like they all are. That being said, if I bought that pickup today I think I would leave the body alone, rivet some floor pans in, fix up the interior nice and update the drivetrain and drive it how it was. It had great patina, but back then I don't think anybody was doing that kind of rod with leaving the body alone. I was talking about that to my wife tonight, leaving the body alone would have made it cool as ship, but having it all redone makes it awsome