More 'Smooth Customs' builds..

[Sputzwagon]

..all questions should be directed to Paul.
1. Corvette Summer Vette..
2. Yellow Spinner

3. Valiant Gasser

4. Valiant Sedan Delivery

5. 2 door Statesman

[Craig]

..all questions should be directed to Paul.
1. Corvette Summer Vette..[img]http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg21 ... hVette.jpg

Paul did you do the car for the movie if so ho about some details
Cheers

[Smooth customs]

The Corvette is one of two that were built in America for the movie .

It found its way to Australia, and a couple of owners later I was asked to paint it

But it needed more than a fresh coat of paint.The car was in extremly sad condition and not running

It was totally dismantled and fully rebuilt from a bare chassis up, new panels had to be made to replace the accident damaged and badly made ones.
All new mechanicals with an upgrade to a BB motor
Fully detailed and everything worked on it after the rebuild

The car is still in Sydney but in a private collection

Paul Bennett did the paint and final assembly

[Blacky]

I remember seeing that thing in a caryard in Parramatta in the early-mid `80s

[Smooth customs]

Blacky

The first time I saw it was in a shed behind a second hand car yard in Parramatta.

[Smooth customs]

Scotty and a couple of other people have pestered me to post one of my recient builds.

Some of you that read Street Machine would have already seen it.
But there are a selection of build shots here.

I am not that good at doing links or other computer related things, so hopefully this will work.


www.streetmachine.com.au

Then click on the more, for the 37 &*#@ roadster

[mrs ratbox]

i read it as usuall the guy that built the car gets very little credit don't know if it was the owner or the mag but it reads like a couple of ideas were yors and that's about it

[Smooth customs]

I only build what I design,or the work of a couple of people who I trust with their ability to design something that appeals to me. And I will not compromise the concept with changes during the build that I am not comfortable with. At the end of the day my name goes on the job (hopefully) and that means a lot to me personally

The owner of this car trusted my judgment in its design and construction.
And the level of finish and detail that was needed and expected.
This was a complex build, as can be seen in the photos. And was completed in my shop, to pre paint and final assembly with the assistance of a very select group of people that I can trust with the supplying of specalised parts or services that are needed on any build of this size, and can tolerate me and the levels I set during this type of build

The owner was involved in many aspects, doing a lot of the dirty work like all the die grinding of all the engine and transmission parts. Arranging and picking up of parts that were needed. He chose the running gear,trimmer and painter and transported the car and all parts up and down the east coast several times during the paint process.
And did the mammoth task of final assembly after paint, co-ordinating all the final jobs involved in this part of the build. And lastly sticking with it to completion, and dont forget paying for it.

At the end of the day it is his car, and he deserves the credit for the cars existance. Without him allowing me to build what I invisaged it would never exist.

[mrs ratbox]

what i was saying you didn't seem to get the credit you deserved

[Smooth customs]

I got mentioned in the build. That all you can ask for.

Some other owners think that because you have been paid for your part, that is all you deserve

You should see the cars and other vehicles I have designed and or built, or made very specalised parts for and never got a mention.

Some are seen all over Australia every day, you may have been passed by them. Or passed them on the highways and possibly some of you reading this could have travelled in them.

But that is another complete story.

[Brootal]

what i was saying you didn't seem to get the credit you deserved

Writing a feature story and making sure everyone is happy is a very fine balancing act. Of course, the main person that needs to be happy is the owner.

There are cases where the owner of the car has not always been very forthcoming on who did the actual work on the car, even if you know who did it yourself.

That's not the case with Peter's '37. He acknowledged Paul's contribution, but in the end Paul was simply employed to do the work.

[paroharo]

is that you Boris?

[Devilrod]

It certainly is him, likes to get around....

[Brootal]

is that you Boris?

Yeah, not trying to hide or anything.

The difficulty about the Peter Elliot feature is that it could have been quite easy to write it as the Paul Kelly story, but it's not. That's the point I'm trying to get across. I'm well aware of the work that Paul put into that car, in fact, we were in regular email contact during the build i.e. Paul was sending me cryptic photos and I had to guess what the hell he was making.

So I did make sure to acknowledge Paul's effort, but Peter did a HEAP of work on that car himself as well.

[Smooth customs]

The story Boris did on the 37 was great, and he covered as many of the special features as he could with the space available to him.

He is 100% with what he is stating, and that is what I posted previously.