The Cal-look Lounge

http://shubee2.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!A428D22F7763625B!481/

Also Check out my Project 67 Chevy II on the same website you can see the kind of work I do! ;D ;D ;D

this looks promising, very nice car to start with, are you gonna keep the coral red  ???

I am Not Sure Yet on the Color I dont Want it to Look like a Resto Cal Look so It will most likely get painted a Porsche or BMW color But It will an OLD SCHOOL CAL LOOK ( Dechromed,Lucas Lights,Filled in exhaust ports on rear apron,T Bars,Empi Deck Lid,American Racing 5 Spokes,84x94 Motor,built trans, IDA's, Joe Hunt Magneto,VDO Gauges,Deano Shifter,Etc.)

Looks like you are making good progress.

--louis

LOL Louis I got to get it Done I also have My 67 I am Doing  check out the what did you get in the mail today thread

cool pictures gary  :D

Nice work
Nice parts
Nice project

Good luck

shubee you have nich chevy nova also bug.
Mags

Thanks Mags

Would a dechromed Coral Red car look too pink?  Might be worth a try.  I'm a bit jealous of that car.

Nova looks good, altho a flat hood and the hubcaps would suit the car a little better.  Only my opinion... ;D

HUBCAP'S??? And Take off my Rare American Torq Thrust "D's" are you NUTS?? LMAO  I Like Both Hoods The Cowl Induction Hood is Steel And I Had Both Hoods Painted and Rubbed when I did the Car Stock wheels and Hubcaps Would Cover up My 4 Wheel Disc Brakes ??

Why are you Jealous?  I Dont Think I want it Coral Red Because I dont Want it to look like all the Others out there Plus A Stock Color is To Resto Cal

Yeah a post-sedan Chevy II should be a sleeper!  Those wheels are too shiny!!!   ;)  A skinny whitewall would be perfect.

I'm jealous because '58 is my favorite year for a sunroof car.  Also, resto-cal goes out the window with the dechrome job. 

It takes more then just a Dechromed car to make an Old School Cal Look  thats only the begining of the Build

gary you're not building an old sckool cal look ::) but a cal look  ;D old school is for the 90's cal look
rgd
fabian

LOL Fabian I am Stuck In The 1975 Cal Look Days  LOL

 ;D ;D

more pictures added today

Have not Posted anything for a While Started working on the 58 Again I made the Template for the Dash Insert and for the Firewall Will be sending them off next week to have them Copied in Machine Turned Stainless heres a few pictures of the Dash Layout  You Can See The Body Dolly I Made in a few of the Pictures it was a 66 Pan LOL ;D ;D

Holy cow! What gauges do you have planned for this?  :o

Awesome job with the dash. Looks great. I'm diggin it!  ;)

By the looks of it, you must be stuffing a 9 cylinder radial motor in there. ;)

Gary, what gauges are you fitting?

Speedo

Rev counter

Oil pressure
oil temp
clock
ampmetre
cylinder head temp???????
gyroscope

LOL !!!!   Gauges will Be All Original NOS steel Case VDO Cockpit Gauges Dated 1971 ;D  Speedo,Tach, Oil Press,Oil Temp,Cyl Head Temp,Volt,Clock,and I had The 8th Gauge Special Made it looks just like the other Small VDO Gauges but has 5 Idiot Lights in it  (oil,gen,turn sig,high beam,parking brake)  I dont like the look of seperate little idiot lights so  I came up with my own Idea and carried it Out ;D ;D  Plus it makes the Dash look much Cleaner

very cool gary!!
i love how you fabricated that dashboard, pretty unique these days! can't wait to see what it will look like.
keep up the good work :)

That's gone be a nice layout.I'd like to see the finished dash.  ;)

Don't you see the theme going here, Your car, AssHulls, mine, ... Al with a maimed dash, isn't it great how the lounge leads us to al this debauchery  :o

Altimeter, Airspeed indicator, radar...   :D :D

The Dash Has Been Done Along time now just got around to making the template for the Dash Insert I kept the VW look just Streched it a Bit  LOL

So it's YOUR fault! You started the debauchery. LOL  :D

Any chance of you throwing a picture of the special made gauge up here? I'd be curious to see it.

LOL I was just thinking about doing that But I want to try to get a picture with it all lit up

Looking good !!

cant wait tosee them all in


I know someone with some 944 gauges that he cant use   ::) ;D

You have a point,  ;)

LOL Ron Just for you  ;D ;D

Heres a Picture of the 5 Idiot Light Gauge  ;D

Way cool,Shubee   ;)

Nice job on your cars, that nova looks sweet, I also have a 67, but mine is a wagon with a 383.  like the 58 dash, I used to like the one piece aluminum dash's with all the guages. 
jim

That is looking sweet Shubee. I really like how the dash came out. One of the cleaner dash layouts I have seen.

--louis

Clean work Shubee!

Got my Machine Turned Firewall and Dash Back Today for my 58 Ragtop Came ot Great see my Website for pictures http://shubee2.spaces.live.com/

I Decided the Idiot Light Gauge I Made looked to New so I Fabed A New Face For it which included Silk Screening the emblems on the face Including a VDO logo  I think it came out Great.. What do you guys Think?  (the bottom picture was my first try but I thought the emblems looked to late model)   the New face as GEN,Oil,high beam,e brake,and siginals

very cool gary!
that first attempt looked like a 924 or 944 gauge. this one is perfect, nice one!

well that's cool, maybe the logos are a bit too close of the lights if i'm being picky...

LOL Roland it is only a 2 1/16 Gauge not alot of room inside there lol