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 hello you all. Here is my new project.
It is a 56 Oval that had a hard life :). Hopefully it will be ready for paint in january, Candy aple red.
The engine is i 2276cc. Here is some pic`s

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in which way will you go ???
custom hot rod ???
 by the way the wdecklid looks cool with the louvers

and welcome to the lounge

fabs

Something like this but different color, And thank you for the welcome :)

Very nice Tommy, I hope you're fitting a cage this time ;)

yes i will :) at least a half one

When you are done with this one I'm stealing the key's...  but you can have them back at SCC  ;)

Picked up the cage today and started mounting it. It nice to be done with all the welding on the car to, so now i`m ready to start painting, so within two weeks it should have some color at least some parts :)

Smart move!

Did some painting today. Have to get the doors ready so i can put all the parts on the car before i paint the outside.

Nice colour Tommy :D

can I get a ride with you to SCC? Much cooler than driving Karls T25!

Yes you can chief. But you look god in karl empire state on wheels :D

Did some more painting today. I`m verry happy with this color :)

Nice color choice, will look fantastic in bright sun light.

I agree, that is going to look good when it's done.

sweat man

Thanks for the good feedback guys. Started putting up the headliner today i also mounted one of the new 1/4 light window

Nice colour 8)
Is it done over a silver base?
Any graphics / lettering to be added or will it be left straight red?
Cheers,
Kev

I thought you were crazy when you ordered that headlining but it makes sense now ;D

Thank you. It`s done over a silver base. It`s not going to be all red, Lettering yes and some graphics to. I also going to use these wheels. :)

I was :D. At first i planed to build it like the one i wrecked, but you know how it is when you start building ;). So that it the reason for the red headliner but i like it :)

Looks  nice

I love those wheels, because they are a little bit different than the standard one's with their matt black and silver color.
Like your car and the color.  :)

Did some more painting. Just one more thing left to paint on the body before i can paint the fenders, decklid and bonnet. Can`t wait to put the engine in and try it :)

going to look awesome!

how did you fit the headliner?
with rods?

Thank you. I used three rods :)

The cage, carpet, one chair is in. The snow is melting so i have the put my a... in gear so a can get the car done and try it. Have to do some adjustment to the engine jetting and some other adjustments to.

Mounted the rear wheels today and i like it :)

we all do, Tommy  ;D

mounted the engine today and my new wheels to get that real vintage look ;)

very cool...love the subtle panel paint.

and those wheels need to go on the front....think lil snort dude!

19" empi's?   ;D   ;D

NICE!

Today my new M&H tires came :). Thanks to Ben for helping me pick them up :). All the wires are done so IT`S Alive and making noise. It is nice to hear the engine again, sounds good to ;D

Looking good, Tommy :D

Like the filter mounting location, btw ;)

did some more painting but i can not decide if i want pinstriping around the lettering or not

Looks like i make it to SCC this year :). Got a lot of work done today, just small stuff left :)

Verry cool car!!!

But I'm not a big fan of the sidesteps.

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Wout

I like it! Like Wout, I'm not hugely keen on the running boards, but what would look really cool would be some delete plates, like on Tar Babe?

Very very cool !! I agree get rid of the boards and use make some covers for the sills :)

Looking good Tommy!! But remember to keep the sunny side up! ;D

I will do my best  :)

I will check out tar babe, and i agree about the running boards, i sat down in the garage today and they don't lock right so they are up for sale :).

Tommy, save the running boards for the delorean  ;)

:D you funny guy

Looking forward to seeing it at SCC ;D

I changed the running boards to stock ones with no trim i think it looks better

Much better ;D

Thumbs up T!

Superb!!!

Had the chrome sidesteps before on my 68 and they had to say severall times that it wasn't the right thing for my car  ::) so...

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Wout

Looks Great but the front end could be a little lower  :o :o ;D

Back from SCC and i had a good time there, a realy good show. It was realy funny to race to. Did just under 14sec :), broke the gearbox on synday but what can you expect from a 1200 gearbox from 63 ::). So this winter a new gearbox needs to get buildt :) and thank you Ben for helping out :)

the axle break was due ;D i'm glad you got 3 full passes out of it, it's a sweet looking car tommy ;D