'57 Chev build.

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Re: '57 Chev build.

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Just got home - and I'm knackered :shock: I will put a few pics up tonight and some better ones tomorrow.

friday night we set up ready for the weekend -
leaving home
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to Flatheads shed -
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Saturday and the jobs on -
body and doors painted , doors were painted early afternoon and the body and chassis on saturday night after lots of rubbing
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Scully painting the doors -
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Sunday the chassis went together , the wiring and headliner went in etc
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car show in the carpark -

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Monday was a thrash to get it all together and at 4pm we drove it out of the shed :D

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LOOKS FANTASTIC 8) 8) 8)
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Sweet, you've gotta be happy with that Blacky! Trev 8) .
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Many hands make light work :wink:

Lookin real good Blacky 8) 8) 8)
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Wow a Perth event with no pics of the rumbler :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :lol:

Great work Blacky, you guys trying to do the aussie version of Overhaulin?
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You don't muck around Blacky... are you, Gaz and Ratbox in a competition to build a car the fastest? :)
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Stygian wrote:You don't muck around Blacky... are you, Gaz and Ratbox in a competition to build a car the fastest? :)
i'm not even in the ball park with those guys :oops: but then again i'm workin' by myself the only help i get off a mate is what uaually holds me up :lol:

blacky what happened to bright red :wink: :lol: looks kool and love that willys

what happened in WA they used to be so stuck in the seventies with there cars :? must be all the eastern states imports working in the mines that has bought WA up to date :lol:
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A few more pics -

Last years car , Flatheads T coupe - built in 2 days
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The cooks were busy keeping all of us fed
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Drew was kept busy trimming
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My young bloke helped out all weekend
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Doc and Fat Tony fitting the shiny bits
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Flames got the job of wiring - with help from Doc and Plodge
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Improvised paint shop - me mate Damo worked like a trojan all weekend and for about a month previous to get the car straightened up
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The business end
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The arse end
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The finished product
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amazing! what a team!!

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It turned out well mate... You got to be happy!

Went down for a few hours and had a wander around, was great to see a bunch of dudes just having fun! And loosibg there minds ( and parts and tools) :lol:

You obviously got those brake parts?

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what sort of paint did you use for it?

looks awesome 8)
better than recent SM features in terms of style
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Couldnt make it, woulda been cool to see :(

You planning on registering this thing Blacky?
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I just stumbled across this thread today!
This is one of the best Photo/Commentary threads I've seen.!
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Awesomw job Blacky! You've got a great crew there! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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That is fantastic, considering now I've got the very same type of car in my shed as my next project.

Question - what did you do with the front you cut off. I'm chasing the RH front rail that attaches to the cross member. Do you still have the front and if so will you sell it.

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