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 davidchristopher
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06-25-12 07:05 PM - Post#2241297
I'm noticing a lot of new "faces" on the forum, so first of all, welcome to Chevy Talk. This place is a great resource - a lot of knowledge and experience here.
The question I have for 'yall - and really, this applies to all of you old timers too - why a '49-54 chevy?
why?
what drew you to your car, and how did you end up deciding on getting it?
I'll go first in the next post.
1951 Chevrolet Styleline Special. (350 4 Muncie '55 Driveshaft CE crossmember Heidts Mustang II front suspension, 3:10 Posi)
The '51 Chevy Blog
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davidchristopher
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06-25-12 07:13 PM - Post#2241303
In response to davidchristopher
In 2008, while playing a gig at the Rivoli, I met a girl. She knocked my socks off (I even forgot my own lyrics at one point). A year or so later - 2009, we were moving in together - I sold my townhouse and we moved to the country.
I've always loved cars, especially the old or unusual, and she convinced me that it was the right time, and the right place, to do a hot rod project.
I had my eye on this great '42 ford tudor. It would have been a full resto, but the price was right, and I was sold on the idea. Unfortunately, someone else was too, and I missed the car by a day or two. He who hesitates...
Quite literally, the next car on Kijiji was my '51 Chevy. I've always been a chevy fan, and I've always loved the '55, '56, '57s, so I thought- okay, let's take a look at this '51. I called the guy for a gosee. It looked so cool in the pictures, and I saw some serious potential in that car. It almost spoke to me. My heart sank when he told me it had been already sold.
However, he mentioned that the chap that bought the car was looking to change directions/projects and passed his info on to me. A few days later, it was in my driveway.
And the rest (will be) history...
Now it's your turn. Why did you pick a postwar Chevy, and how did you end up with it?
1951 Chevrolet Styleline Special. (350 4 Muncie '55 Driveshaft CE crossmember Heidts Mustang II front suspension, 3:10 Posi)
The '51 Chevy Blog
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 53belair
"2nd Year" Silver Supporting Member
Posts: 822
Age: 57
Loc: Ellerslie, Georgia
Reg: 03-25-07
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06-25-12 08:16 PM - Post#2241338
In response to davidchristopher
My very first car was a 51 fleetline. It was cool to me....the girls, not so much. I was actually looking for a 51 2dr. HT when I found the 53 I have now.
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2ndtime50guy
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Loc: Midwestern U.S.A.
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06-25-12 08:20 PM - Post#2241341
In response to 53belair
My first car in high school (1985) was a 1950 2 Door Styleline Deluxe. I was the oddball at school that drove a really old car. The rest of the story is in my signature. I'm soooo glad to finally have another one; albeit a four door!
| I drove a '50 from the day I got my license thru college! Sadly, we sold it when I got married. I recently got the chance to buy the same car back from the man I sold it to; but the deal fell through and now I own a nicer one: 4 Dr Styleline Deluxe! |
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dsacton
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06-25-12 08:40 PM - Post#2241347
In response to davidchristopher
In 1979, as an 18 year old kid, right out of high school, my 17-year old neighbor and I decided that we would take a road trip in his '71 Malibu. Unfortunately, his mother said, "oh no you will not!" That ticked me off so much, I picked up the newspaper and went straight to the want adds, to look for my own car. The first car I saw was a '54 Chevy for sale by my high school teacher! The rest is history--I am still driving it after 33 years.
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 Bob_Hayden
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Age: 66
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 06-25-12 09:01 PM - Post#2241356
In response to dsacton
When I retired I was just sitting around and decided I wanted something to occupy my time. I have always wanted a hotrod so I stated looking. 28-32 Ford!!!! To much money so my next best favorite was a 58 Impala!!! My garage wasn't long enough. Everyone had a 55, 56 or 57 Chevy so I settled on a 53 or 54. I did a lot of looking cause I knew what it would looke like when it was done so wanted just the right car. Didn't want a real nice one cause I was going to clip it and didn't want to cut up a nice one. Found my 54 In Ga. Called about and went to look at it. Bought it and rented a U-Haul and towed it home. Drove it for three months and then took every nut and bolt apart, except for the latchs and rebuilt it into what I have now. I did everything but spray the paint, cause I didn't have a booth to paint it in, and the upholstery, I put it in just didn't cover it. I built the engine, rebuilt the TH 400 tranny, welded the 79 Firebird clip on it. All myself. My son helped with some of the heavy lifting stuff tho. LOL LOL Also I built the car to dive it and I do almost every day. Breakfast and shopping and just running errands. It doesn't sit at home in the garage and just come out on the week ends to go to car shows. I have been to 7 shows this year, so far, and have gotten an award at every one. Not bad for a car that is driven grocery shopping to Walmart. LOL LOL
| Bob Hayden's 54 Chevy, 350 Engine with TH400 Tranny and 94 4X4 Blazer Rear End with 3:23 gears.(FINISHED PICS) </a> My 54 Albums |
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fbama73
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06-25-12 11:06 PM - Post#2241388
In response to Bob_Hayden
I'll vouch for Bob's car getting driven for more than shows. I've witnessed it. And I've also looked at the car up close- it is very nicely done.
Now, my story: somewhat similar to David's, actually. Except for the gigging part. I couldn't carry a tune if you put velcro on it, and my guitar playing is... Let's just say I have fun, and that's about as far as it goes.
I had a '68 Fairlane 2 door formal roof that I'd traded for in the mid 1990's and drove every day for a while. When I bought my house in 1998, I tucked it away in the garage as a "someday" project. In 1999, I met and married my wife, and in 2000, we had out daughter. And living life made the Fairlane almost invisible.
The subject of the old Ford came up from time to time, but I always refused to even start on it for financial reasons. My tastes started to change. The musclecar era stuff just wasn't doing it for me as much. The traditional hot rods and customs were becoming more and more appealing to me.
In March of 2010, I walked into the living room, and found the wife looking at a Craigslist ad for a 1942 Buick 4 door project car. She asked "how would that be for a project?" I respomded that it would, but we didn't have the 600 bucks to spare. She handed me an envelope and said "Happy early Father's Day. Call the guy" Inside the envelope was $1000.00. She and my daughter had been stealing the change jars around the house, and overwriting checks at the grocery for 10 or 20 bucks a week (whatever they thought I wouldn't notice.)
Like David's Ford, the Buick already had found it's new home. So, my instructions changed. I was told to find a project car that suited my new tastes.
So, I made a list of cars that were acceptable, and started searching. I knew the right car would speak to me when I found it. I found an ad on eBay for a 1951 Chevy 2 door sedan that was "running, but needs full restoration." Lo and behold, it was in Indianapolis, so we arranged a time to go view it before the auction's end. It did indeed run, but it had electrical problems, brake problems, plenty of general wear and lots and lots of RUST. Just what I wanted 
I told the seller that I was interested and wanted the car. It had no bods, and I told him I wouldn't be the first bidder. If the car got no bids, I would contact him with an offer after the auction ended, and promised that my offer would NOT be a lowball offer. When it got no bids, I called and offered him the opening bid minus 50% of what the ebay and Paypal fees would have been. Essentially, he and I split what Ebay and Paypal would have gotten. I paid less, he put more in his pocket.
Being that we don't have stacks of 100 dollar bills lying around, I decided to prove that a solid, decent car could be built with the money going out in smaller bites than one might expect. I decided to document it all in a blog, in hopes someone might be able to take an idea or two from what I've done, and maybe to show someone that they can build one on the cheap, too.
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gsport
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06-25-12 11:26 PM - Post#2241389
In response to davidchristopher
great idea for a thread david... here's my story
in 2007 i retired and moved from california to oregon. i had a little stash of money for whatever. the place i bought in oregon was on an acre with two shops (over 4000 sq.ft.) i have always been a car guy but usually had new stuff and never really a project car. in 2008 i started looking for a real project car with my stash. the wife didn't have a clue how much i had, lol. i'm a chevy guy through and through so i knew it would be a chevy, i just didn't know what one. the money was burning a hole in my pocket but i still hadn't found what wanted. then 2009, a craigslist ad for a 50 chevy sport coupe should up. me and a buddy drove out to see it and i had to have. drove it home excited as ever, knowing i finally had my project car. it was totally stock and was going to become a 350/350 cruiser. a couple of months went by till i tore into it. the wife said "i can't believe you're tearing up a perfectly good car".. oh well, it's what i wanted and i pulled it into the shop and started dismantling it, and started the thread "no turning back now"..
it's a slow work in progress since i'm retired and have no deadlines to make..
Jim
Salem, Oregon
1950 chevy, sport coupe. gone, but not forgotten
2011 chevy, SS camaro, synergy green
2011 silverado 4x4 crewcab, 3500 HD
2006 corvette convertible
2014 39ft. 5th wheel
2013 harley fatboy
2006 john deere riding mower
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BlackBelair53
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Loc: Australia, Adelaide
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06-26-12 03:22 AM - Post#2241404
In response to davidchristopher
I've always been a bit of a car guy. For years I worked for GM Holden here in Australia and I have traveled to the USA for work and had the opportunity to drive a number of GM products including a vette. Australian cars are very low production numbers so old cars are hard to come by and difficult to get parts. The next best thing then was another G M brand with the same legendary status as Holden, so I couldn't go past a Chevy. So a few years later I purchased an 85 corvette which is converted to RHD. The process of the conversion cost about $10,000 . Today to convert a current model vette costs about $30,000 to convert. Whilst the US muscle car scene is popular in Australia I wanted something with a bit more chrome. The try five Chevy's are common and too big to fit into an average garage, so the 53/54 models are perfect, smaller and lots of chrome. RHD models were made in Australia but in low numbers so after searching for a couple of years with with no luck I decided to import a LHD from the USA. It cost about $5000 to import a car once taxes etc are included so it an expensive exercise.
Last year I purchased my Belair from Florida and nine months later it arrived in Australia. Whilst the car is in good condition I have had to rewire and rebuild or replace a ton of items. The car is very simple and so fun to work on, parts from the US are cheap but the postage is a killer!!! The main reason for buying the car is I wanted a wedding car for my daughter.
During the summer in Adelaide, each month about 500 American cars gather to cruise which is a great place for friends.
restored 1953 belair 4door powerglide powersteering black.....aircond would be nice
85 corvette converted to RHD ...for when I feel the need for speed. |
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old51sedan
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06-26-12 04:34 AM - Post#2241417
In response to davidchristopher
My story starts back in 1958 when my family moved to a small town in Mi. Being 14 at the time I always walked to school and the local plumber lived next door to the school and had a 51 2dr sedan which was 2 tone green. It sat in the garage, but at noon it was always in the drive when he came home for lunch. I later found out that the 2 tone paint was the only option from the factory for a cost of $10.00 Just before my 16th birthday my Dad happened to find me a 51 Conv, black with red leather for $250.00 Well I drove that poor old car into the ground and swapped cars several times over the years. I ended up marrying my wife who lived next door to the plumber. He had passed away and so had his wife. The house and everything was left to the grandson, he wouldn't sell the car to me until over 30 years later in 2001. It came with all the paperwork including reciepts where he paid cash for it, original title, and original 51 plate. I'm happy to report it's close to being finished now and hopefully will be back on the road soon, first time since 1966.
1951 styleline 2dr deluxe
Original 51 plate, Dealer Tag, Documents
58,000 original miles, second owner
1954 PG 235, rear axle, Power Steering
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 Mike Lemons
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Age: 65
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06-26-12 06:02 AM - Post#2241441
In response to old51sedan
My 52 was purchased new by the local old maid school librarian (I know that's not politically correct now) in my small home town in southwest Missouri. She traded it into the local Chevy dealer in 59 and my Granddad bought it. I've been into cars since I was a teenager and always thought that I would get the 52 when Granddad got ready to get rid of it. I went into the Army after college and my cousins (who are almost a generation younger than me) spent lots more time with Granddad than I could and he gave the 52 to them. They let it set in a barn for 15 years or so and out of the blue one day, my aunt calls up and says that her boys weren't interested in doing anything with the car and if I wanted it to come and get it. So I purchased a new pickup and trailer and headed from Georgia to Missouri to pick it up (2005). Took me several years to get the Missouri dirt and road tar off and I finished it in 2008. I did almost all of the work except the paint. Doesn't get driven as much as I would like but I have other toys to play with and it has to wait its turn.
Mike
Mike Lemons
52 Styleline Deluxe 2 Door
64 Porsche 356C (Euro)
80 Porsche 928S (Euro)
59 Ford Tractor 641
04 Nissan Titan
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cederholm
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06-26-12 07:48 AM - Post#2241472
In response to Mike Lemons
I just wanted to be like David! 
I've always been interested in older cars, both American and European and I've always turn a wrench as a hobbyest. Eight years ago my father got i'll (and since past) and I wanted a project to keep my mind off things. This was in the pre-kids days. I picked up a shell of an MGB and spent five years doing my first full-on restoration. This gave me the confidence to build a dream - a traditional hot rod, 1930 F-sorry-d coupe with a nice flathead motor and a few carbs on top.
My wife in all her wisdom reminded me that this would give my two, two seat cars but a family of four. Math was never my thing.
Walking to the subway one day I saw a 54 Chevy 210 four door in the back of a car lot. It was old and tired and a four door but I fell in love with the lines of the car. I talked to the owner but he was crazy with his price so I jumped on Craigslist. Having been an active member of the HAMB I saw what could be done with these magnificent beasts and started building my mild custom that the whole family can enjoy. ....then I met you guys which really keeps me motivated and well informed.
~ Carl
PS - I'm still planing to build my hot rod and I'm not against a 1930 Chevy coupe if you guys are stashing one. 
Carl E. Cederholm
Brooklyn NYC
'53 Deluxe MoreDoor, triPPPle Rochesters, Fenton exhaust, dual Porter mufflers, 3" drop, 12v, and Offenhauser shinny bits! |
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Styleline49
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06-26-12 11:07 AM - Post#2241533
In response to cederholm
I see that there are a lot Of you guys with similar stories, so here's mine!
It started about a year ago when I was in the need of a new ride. I have always been weak for shoebox fords(sorry:P) and that were what i was looking for! I found one for sale that seemed okay, He told me that I could come and see it but the day before I were about to look at it he had sold the car without telling me!!  I hold on to the money and waited for the right car, then I saw it! A 49 Styleline Coupe! I called the owner and booked a flight down to the capitol city in sweden(Stockholm) where he lived. I looked at the car, we made the deal and I started to drive it the 900kilometers (about 560miles I think) home. Sadly enough I lost the brakes in the hectic traffic in Stockholm and by a miracle and one really pissed off police I manage to get out of the traffic, alive!:) I stopped at a truckstop and plugged the brakeline to the rear brakes (the right brakecylinder were leaking) and then I drove the car home. When I arrived at home after driving for about twelve hours I told myself thats this car is a keeper and I never gonna sell it!
| 49' Chevy Styleline Business Coupe that has moved to the Northern of Sweden! |
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lobucrod
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06-26-12 05:17 PM - Post#2241655
In response to Styleline49
When I was about 19 I used to drive by this place that had a 49 or 50 sedan delivery setting out front. I was so broke at the time I did't even stop to see what they wanted for it. It finally dissapeared so I put it out of my mind. Fast forward 38 years to 2008 and I was looking on craigslist and found a 50 sedan delivery and it was only 7 miles from me. I hot footed it out to look at it and was amazed at how solid it was. At 1500 I couldn't let this one get away.
Then
Now
'38 Chevy Coupe
'50 Sedan Delivery
'37 Chevy Peecup
2000 Harley Heritage Classic
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one4dad
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06-26-12 05:50 PM - Post#2241661
In response to davidchristopher
David, My story started in 1960 when a friend had a 1952 Chevy 2door coupe with a three speed and split headers, what a sound. fast forwrd to 1964 and out of high school going to college and living at home when a 1950 2 door styline coupe with a '56 chevy 6 in it with a great interior and excellent body came up for $200. Still living at home I had my dad and his mechanic friend look at it and they said no dice as it has a piston slap. Fast forward many years of raising family working on my and kids cars to 2008. In my drive way was a gift from my boys (on a trailer with three flats, no back glass, a frozen 1954 235 engine) a 1950 2 door styline deluxe with a great patina, missing floor boards and seat springs for an interior and all the parts. My Chritmas gift and a project car for dear old dad. Worked on it for several months (still Have car) but a running 1951 2 door styleline deluxe with a 216 with dual offy manifold, fenton headers, three speed and decent body. Well the price was right still a project car and I could drive it. Have since put in 1a '56 235 with dual offy intake and fenton headers, smittys...love that sound. rebuilt the brakes and doing all kinds of stuff. The 50 is in the wings but will be upgraded to a V8 and late model running gear, but the patina will stay. after 51 one years I have my dream car with the correct sound and looks, what else could you ask for...Bill
Bill Wilson - 51 styleline Deluxe 2 door three speed , fentons and offy 2 carb manifold - is now a 235
Also a 1950 Chevy 2 door styleline deluxe, great patina , no running gear |
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bourbnj
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Loc: Burbank, CA
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06-26-12 07:26 PM - Post#2241716
In response to davidchristopher
was looking for a project car for me and my son whose 16. he really likes the style of the 40's, cars, clothes, music, etc. found a 49 styleline in good shape and liked the fact that most parts are fairly easy to come by. chevy's are popular on west coast. gotta just love the look of these cars!
now just have to learn how to work on them.
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 brewsterg6
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Loc: Bolton Ontario, Canada
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06-26-12 08:05 PM - Post#2241731
In response to bourbnj
Mine was bought brand new in 1951 by My Great Uncle Nick. He bought it as a retirement gift for himself, and only drove it in the summer until 1961. That year he turned 80, and did not retest for his licence (mandatory at 80 here in Ont.) My Dad used to drive him around in it from '61 to '64, when he traded the car to him for a lazyboy chair. It had 15 000 miles on it. Dad owned it for 45 years, using it as a second car and a tour car in the VCCA. He passed it on to me in 2009, at 58 000 miles. It will remain in our family.
Dad and Uncle Nick, 1951.
1951 2dr Sedan... In the family since new!
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CrazyKliev
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06-26-12 08:40 PM - Post#2241745
In response to brewsterg6
I'm not going to lie but I'm a Ford guy. I like my F150s and Mustanges but everyone has one. I love classic everything. I technically found my 51 online for sale on a atv forum and it turned out to be someone I knew. I thought it would be a neat car to have and bought for a good price. I'm restoring it from the ground up and its going to be stock. Everyone says that I should put a big block in it. I don't, I want it to ride and drive like the day it rolled off the line. I like how I have something different from everyone else.
Don't mind the bird mess on the hood. I did pull it out of a barn.
I also just bought a 52 Powerglide at a auction sale last year for a good price. Bought it siezed. Today its runs beautiful and moves under its own power. Needs body mounts and rockers before I can put it on the road thou.
1951 Styleline De Luxe 3Spd
1952 Styleline De Luxe Power Glide |
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53belair
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06-27-12 05:51 AM - Post#2241818
In response to lobucrod
I love this sedan delivery. I'm glad you are a vendor and also a forum member. I plan to buy EZ Cool for my 53 when I get that far along in putting the pieces back together.
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eplantage
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06-27-12 11:53 AM - Post#2241967
In response to 53belair
My grandpa had a grove with a few old cars in it including a '38 Chevy 2 door sedan. I bought it from him for $6. He had sold a few things off it so we, my younger brother and I, needed a parts car. Back then, 1971, junk yards were full of really old cars. We found a '38 coupe for parts, paid $50 for it and pulled it out to my grandparents. No brakes, the floor panel had been removed so when we got on the gravel roads the interior filled with dust. I couldn't even see my brother in the car. We found a'57 235 and put that in it, fixed the brakes. My Dad helped once he figured we were determined. Got it running, but the thing was a terror to drive, at about 25 mph it would shimmy so bad I was afraid my teeth would fall out. That was the beginning of my disease. My grandpa also drove a '50 Fleetline 4 door and a '54 Belair 2 door. The column in my sedan delivery is from his '54. I went through a few cars including a '55 Belair that I drove out to California several times when I was stationed there. While there a buddy found a '50 sedan delivery body in a barn, bought it and put it on a '51 4 door chassis. That got me interested in a sedan delivery after I got out of the Navy. A friend told me about a body in a salvage yard nearby,I bought that, put the sd rear clip on a rusted out 2 door coupe. Drove that a couple of years. Everything got put aside as the kids were growing up and we built a house. The engine froze up in the sd, thought about junking it. Another friend happened upon another sd body in a barn, no rust anywhere, but right rear damage. That's now the car in my avatar. I had some diesel fuel delivered to my place for my tractor. The guy looked and the sd and said he had an old convertible he was needing to sell cause he was losing his storage. Turned out it was a '53 Belair convertible. Hauled it home on a trailer and a pickup load of parts. A real basket case. Add to that an old Panhead, '34 3-window Ford, a '50 Chevy pu that belonged to my brother in law. I got it bad and there doesn't seem to be any cure. I've got to part with some of it so I'm hauling a mid 60's Willys CJ6 to the yard tomorrow. Though I'd use it as a plow truck but found a good tractor instead. Yeah, I got it bad.
Age: 59 at the moment
1950 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery
1953 BelAir Convertible Project
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VANDENPLAS
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06-27-12 04:50 PM - Post#2242051
In response to eplantage
my story goes like this.im a car nut since i could walk i have been turning wrenches.
so i had my 69 lincolin and was commuting almost 100km back and forth to work every day,suffice to say the gas bill was getting nutty!
so i sell the 'coon and get a 1st gen vw rabbit so i could have a "gas miser" to drive,drove it for 1 summer and over the winter tore into it and turned it into a show stopper barn burning hatch back! the thing was very fast and looked great.......but it was still a fwd hatch back.
i told the wife eventually i would buy another old ride,well one night i was checking out the local kijiji classifieds and just fell in love when i saw my 50 more door fleetline! that roof line!! the hood grill it was mine all mine.
i called the wife over to see it,she laughed and said "sell the vw and buy it!"
done and done. and i could not be happier.
i have owned alot of old cars since i could drive and by far this 50 chevy has been the most fun to put together and find parts for and the comraderie between 49-54 chevy owners is awesome.
Every mother on Earth gave birth to a child.Except my mother,she gave birth to a legend .
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gmikolich
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06-27-12 05:51 PM - Post#2242074
In response to davidchristopher
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/238115 7... well I thought I posted this as a reply but put it as a post oops. well here are some pic's of it
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DADS53
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06-27-12 11:38 PM - Post#2242161
In response to davidchristopher
My dad bought his '53 Bel Air new and drove it until '65. Too bad he didn't get a '53 Corvette instead  . It was parked until '77 when my brother limped it home. He drove it a bit but it needed work so again it sat until I messed with it in '83. I've been messing with it off & on but it hasn't ran since '77 . Now my goal is to drive my family around in it to give us some memories before the kids grow up. When I'm done it'll be their heirloom.
BTW, great idea Dave
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FortyNineCoupe
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06-28-12 05:35 AM - Post#2242189
In response to davidchristopher
People have asked me why the FortyNiner so many times over the years that I put the story of my first car on our blog. You can read it here:
http://oldlinerscarclub.blogspot.com/2011/11/old-c...
The '49 Sport Coupe to me is a sportier version of my Granddad's '51 Sedan but that's what got me started.
Mike
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devil8ball
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06-28-12 01:15 PM - Post#2242312
In response to davidchristopher
Well, I just always had a thing for older cars, loved a lot of the muscle cars from the 60's and 70's. But, I just couldn't wrap my mind around them being a "hot rod". When I think hot rod, I never think of anything newer that the late 50's. I always wanted a hot rod, and basically a friend of a friend introduced me to this nice older gentleman who had a '51 Chevy sitting outside his garage that he hadn't really done anything with. I went over and talked to him about it, he had several other projects going at the time, and it had been sitting for over a year. All he did was keep the engine running. Him and I hopped in, started it up, and I was sold. I needed a hot rod project and he delivered. I always wanted one and now I have it. Cruising around in it just makes me feel better. I can have a horrible crappy day, but hopping in and pressing the hammer down makes all my worries stay in the parking lot.
Jim
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Rob Daniels
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06-28-12 02:02 PM - Post#2242325
In response to devil8ball
Have ran "old" cars for 32 years. Had three Hillmans early in, but in 1981 I got my first 50's Ford sidevalve engined car. Ran loads of them over the years mainly fibreglass specials for the last 20. This year after 30 years in the F Sidevalve Owners Club I decided a change was needed to renew my enthusiasm in old cars. A lot of the guys over here in the Rockabilly scene have 50's American cars, so I decided that the time was right for me to own one too. I sold both of my Ford based Specials and all of the related spares and looked around for something with a, style. B, something easy to get spares for. C, decent mpg. and D, something that would fit in my garage. I decided on a Chevy as it ticked all the boxes and started looking round for one. It had to be one from the USA as they are so expensive in decent condition over here in England and are quite hard to find. Three cars were picked out and the owners emailed. One didn't reply, the other was sold and one person replied. We did the deal over the phone and the internet. I had the vehicle inspected. You guys on here helped with the Canadian serial number worry and I paid the guy some serious money. A long weeks wait then until it was picked up by the shipping company and it was finally insured in my name. Three more weeks after that it was delivered to my house. Two weeks after that it passed our mandatory road worthyness test and today I recieved the customs certificate. Tomorrow I can apply for a registration number and next week I will be able to drive it legally on the road. I can't wait to be out with the boys and go to a few Rockabilly shows and car meets in my Bel Air.
Edited by Rob Daniels on 06-28-12 02:03 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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 Dean50
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06-28-12 06:05 PM - Post#2242385
In response to Rob Daniels
You will be a hit with that beauty! If I get another car my next one will be a '53 Sport Coupe.
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Chevy Tin Man
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06-28-12 06:34 PM - Post#2242401
In response to davidchristopher
It's very simple.....It makes me smile
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gmikolich
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06-29-12 04:48 PM - Post#2242749
In response to gmikolich
I found mine, 1949 fleetline delux 4 door. at a rummage sale yep the lady down the block was having a rummage and had the car in the garage it was her husband's and he passed away so the car just sat there I got it for a great price just could not say no.http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/238115 70 I also have a 38 chevy a 54 ford f-100 and a 53 f-100
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56sedandelivery
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06-29-12 06:08 PM - Post#2242775
In response to gmikolich
I've always had a thing for 56 Chevrolets; I'm on the TENTH one currently. A few years ago I decided to buy a 51 Bus Coupe off the HAMB in Fort Worth, Tx, and put a late model style six in it. I had all the parts to do the conversion using the stock drivetrain, but lost interest in the car. So, I offered it to my nephew as a gift, thinking he would go along with my original plan. But, after he saw the rebuilt 350 sitting on the engine stand, the rebuilt/beefed up Powerglide, and the newly completed 56 rear end with 4.88 positaction in the garage, that we should go the V-8 route. The car had sat in a Texas barn since 72, when the school teacher/church lady owner retired. 35 years of rat/mice/chicken/snake crap, and who knows what else, had pretty much destroyed the paint and interior. It's a rare, plain Jane Bus Coupe, with NO options. A lot of time, effort, and hard work, not to mention the $$$, and it's almost there. Just needs the interior finished off, and a little body work/repaint. The interesting thing is, my nephews "real" father, had a 49 Coupe, with a 327 and 4-speed in high school, that I remeber well. Butch/56sedandelivery.
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