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Happy holiday, gentlemen! This has been a busy few months; I had three cars to finish, none of which were the one I wanted to be working on. I Had my daughters $500 Sundance to get road ready, my $500 Ford Aspire to get road ready, and my sons Firebird to get ready for him, as he starts driving in four months. I'm happy to say the first two are done, and all the Firebird mechanical work is done. The interior is gutted and I'm waiting for the new carpet, headliner, etc to arrive so I can put it back together. I'm pulling it out of the garage today and cleaning up to get ready to get back on my Plymouth. In celebration, I bought a ZO6 cam and springs for the 5.3. I'll put a few pics of the Bird in when it's done.

Happy Holiday

Well did get out there and got the skin off and getting new skin prepped . I have to do a small patch to frame in front lower no biggy but popped up after cutting off old skin . This skin is not perfect so it will require some massaging to be good .

looking good Bobby.

Looks great Bobby!!!!! Some quality time with your Horse should really help!!!!! Good therapy for me all the time, anyway....


I got the last of the parts painted red that need to be red... Should be dang near ready for cruisin' once I get them installed.

Also got the engine, transmission, and transfer case taken out of the Bronco. Then I stripped a bunch of stuff out of the dash and interior... Going to put it on hold for awhile now so I can get other projects completed......

Then, just when it looked like I had a chance of getting caught up on projects I had another one follow me home this morning.... a "53 (I think) Buick 2 door hardtop.... Some other guys started on it a few years back, did some body work and set it on a Chevy frame....when they saw how much work they had left to do on it, they gave up. Another guy bought it, he owed me some money, so It came down to a take the car or get nothing deal.... I still have to go load up the rest of the body parts, they are bare metal now so I'll need to get them primed and put away.... I think the frame they have under it will work ok, but it's going to take a bit of work to get the car sitting on it correctly and bolted down. Not sure how much I'll do to it. The interior pieces are already reupholstered, have to go get them to some day. Anyway, keep this in mind when you look at the pics of the car... Worlds of potential and tons of work!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Then, just when it looked like I had a chance of getting caught up on projects I had another one follow me home this morning.... a "53 (I think) Buick 2 door hardtop.... Some other guys started on it a few years back, did some body work and set it on a Chevy frame....when they saw how much work they had left to do on it, they gave up. Another guy bought it, he owed me some money, so It came down to a take the car or get nothing deal.... I still have to go load up the rest of the body parts, they are bare metal now so I'll need to get them primed and put away.... I think the frame they have under it will work ok, but it's going to take a bit of work to get the car sitting on it correctly and bolted down. Not sure how much I'll do to it. The interior pieces are already reupholstered, have to go get them to some day. Anyway, keep this in mind when you look at the pics of the car... Worlds of potential and tons of work!!!!!!

that buick looks like a decent project but.. buick, body, Chevy Frame... it needs a Ford engine..

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

.... a "53 (I think) Buick 2 door hardtop.... !!!!

That would be a '54 Roadmaster Davey..........

The Buick was all in primer. Soon as I get time to get it sitting on the frame correctly it'll go for a quick trip to the soda blaster.....

As for an engine, if I keep it that long it will have to be something unique, for sure.

Body looks solid Dave dress it up should move right out being a 2 dr ht . Looks Hamb friendly as it sits .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Body looks solid Dave dress it up should move right out being a 2 dr ht . Looks Hamb friendly as it sits .

Quite sure the Hamb boys wouldn't really go along with some of my ideas for the car......

That's a great body style, Dave. 50's Buicks just had a really special classiness about them. Great find!

That's a great body style, Dave. 50's Buicks just had a really special classiness about them. Great find!

Dave they would drive it just like it is . Easier sale like that

Thanks Uncle Bob.... The guy I got it from said '53, but after looking at a few pics on line, it's a 54.... Wish I had time to work on it, sure could be a nice kruizer!!!!

I just picked up a 32 Chevy 5 window coupe project. I'll post pics when I get them.
Walt