Tami's 51 build

[joedoh]

my painter friend told me once that if I thought my life was boring and uneventful, to paint a car shiny black.

looks beautiful!

[dsraven]

I'm gonna hafta paint mine flat white then, haha.

[youngrodder]

Looks really good Skip....

Marc

[skip99]

I built this entire bed by hand, flush led lights,
Now this is just the first coat of clear on everything, ill sand it again, then do the flames and candy, then multiple coats of clear to bury the tape lines, im so sick of sanding....☹️

[skip99]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

Looks really good Skip....

Marc

you sold it?

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by skip99

you sold it?

Yes this past June...Someone came along and wanted it more than I did. Without sounding brash, it sold for a lot (probably more than it was worth). That's why it has been full speed ahead on the Suburban.

Marc

[skip99]

Spent the last two full days laying out the flames....

[skip99]

[NorCalGal]

That’s going to be beautiful.

[youngrodder]

That looks like it took some time....Looks good.

Marc

[skip99]

[skip99]

It sparkles like it has leds in it! As soon as sun comes out ill get some pics.

[youngrodder]

I dig how subtle the flames are. They are not nearly as in your face like I thought they might be. Nicely done Skip

[Clay54]

Originally Posted by skip99

Thank you for those pictures. Clay

[skip99]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

I dig how subtle the flames are. They are not nearly as in your face like I thought they might be. Nicely done Skip

Thanks, but wait til the sun comes out! Its a neat effect, looks all black in the shade....

[dsraven]

I am thinking of doing something like that on my 57. possibly some ghost flames with a small haligan subtly shaded in on a corner, or possibly something else to denote the firefighter career.
would like to see the pics in the sun, should look awesome.

[skip99]

Originally Posted by dsraven

I am thinking of doing something like that on my 57. possibly some ghost flames with a small haligan subtly shaded in on a corner, or possibly something else to denote the firefighter career.
would like to see the pics in the sun, should look awesome.

Sample spray outs i did, the actual hood and fenders are buried under a little more candy so you really dont see them til the sun is out,
Tami loves it!

[skip99]

Decided to get carried away..started boxing the frame, ordered a welder series triangulate four link, ran into a few issues, nothing that cant be fixed , but in hindsight it would have been better to not have the front lower brackets welded beforehand, the issue is the frame is not parrallel to the rear, so the bracket needs to be cut at an angle so the arms pivot parallel t9 the rear, like i said if the lower eyes were loose, i could have simply rotated them square and welded them.

[skip99]

Finished boxing, getting ready to tack the four link in!

[skip99]

Working on the four link, proved to be a pain in the ass to get lined up. Used a welder series kit, but since my original frame is angled, i had to trim the already welded brackets in the kit, i would have been better off ordering only the rear brackets and tube ends welded, Other than that it wasnt bad..

[skip99]

Wow, boxing and finishing the welds took forever! Not to mention i changed the 4 link mounting brackets about 4 times, i ended uo just chunking the front lower brackets in the kit, and just made my own,

[dsraven]

Skip, kinda looks like the stab bar may interfere with suspension parts of 4 link. Have you checked out a reverse bar pointing rearward? Maybe just the pics made it look close?

[skip99]

Originally Posted by dsraven

Skip, kinda looks like the stab bar may interfere with suspension parts of 4 link. Have you checked out a reverse bar pointing rearward? Maybe just the pics made it look close?

Wont fit any other way, but its fine plenty of room....

[skip99]

Inline tube had the fittings needed to be able to plumb like this










Front brakes from speedway, qa1 coilovers from summit

[oldman3]

Skip, nice and clean looking set-up...Jim