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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
Here is a pic of Levi's 58. I just don't want to copy it. (It looks great!)
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
Yeah, that's pretty sweet. How about option D:
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
my eye likes some form of C. maybe slightly more full vs triangle'd, but keep the flat inside n bottom.
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
Note: C and D are my bootleg, unofficial designs and not affiliated with HammerFab or TDishon (=
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
Getting closer:
3d scanning helps.
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
Taillight design. Based off 61 impala, but with back lit turn signal like the front vents. The lens will be 61 impala.
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
jealous of the scanner, what are you using?
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
I believe Hammer Fab is using a Peel.3d scanner
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
I think A looks classic, B looks ehhh! C looks slick and D looks modern. And the engine bay flat out looks Amazing!
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
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She started up today and will be at the Triple Crown of Rodding show next weekend in Tennessee. mainly to show the bare metal work done to date.
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Lookin forward to seeing her done. I'll be following bud
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
gonna be awesome. do you have any recent pics from all sides? I wont be able to get to the show, a long commute. lol.
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
I might fly out to the show. I'll get some current pics
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IF your there on Saturday, Let me know if you'll be there. I'll stop on by and shake hands with you and check your truck out. Mike.
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
Well, I will be there Friday and flying home Sat morning. Stop by and say hi to Levi Green(owner of Hammer Fab).
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OK Will Do! have a good time Bud
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Great show in Nashville. Got to meet Chip Foose and Dave Kindig. Made the trip well worth it. Also got to see my truck and hang out with Levi Green. Very good trip.
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Awesome!!!!
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very nice. if it werent for the litle bit of color it would look like a black and white photo.
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
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Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build
Time to get the interior figured out: Phil Cato is doing the interior.
Seat getting dialed in with the impala center. The emblem will be swapped out for a 1954 Pontiac chieftain emblem(Apache).
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Fantastic build! Sat down and went through the entire build thread in one sitting, I couldn't stop, just had to see what was next. You sir have an amazing vision and there is so much talent and design creativity here it just blows me away. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. I can't wait to see those Impala taillights leaving in a cloud of tire smoke.
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Lots of updates: Electrical, Windows and door nu-relic switches installed with modified studs to accommodate the Chrysler inner handles that match the Impala knobs on the dash(who da thunk...)
Skid plate finished with tow hook, Inner fenders done. That was a big project to make nice and solid. Stake pockets bottoms finished. Rear suspension needed major beefing(before and after pic). Done. Ride height set and adjusted. It's been a busy last couple months...Getting so close!
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