I don't remember -- can't even think of what town we had to go to... but was in the LA area -- I have pictures of the guys house in the background... He seemed to be kind of a "fix it up and sell it" kind of guy... but I'm not sure about that either - but that's the way it looked. Here's a pix of the house where we bought it...

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...E/Ricks001.jpg

NO!! That's not my trailer.... it's his I think.

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...E/Ricks005.jpg

This is my truck and trailer.... Funny -- I don't own any black cars!! This pic was taken when we arrived at Ricks house with his new "project" just fresh back from LA.

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...E/Ricks011.jpg

Beautiful work !

Very nice looking '55 Greg!! See ya soon!! :cheers:

Nice project and killer work Greg. Love to see more shoebox builds :thumbsup:

Thanks! It's so funny to go back to find pix to post -- and remembering the "road trip" -- and what the car looked like compared to what it looks like now...

The best part of this whole 'deal' is that I've gotten to do things on his car - a complete 'freebie' do as I can or what I want to... and I learned a lot! This whole build is just me helping a buddy out... and since he only wants a driver - and no outward mods (thank god!) except the firewall - it makes it pretty easy. It's really just a body transfer - wiring - some plumbing - some polishing...

I was looking at the build of the Factory Five Racing Cobra that's posted on here - where the owner starts out with two tubes - and builds the whole danged car from there... NOW THAT IS SKILL... what I'm doing is just simple stuff a high school kid could do. Well... considering my wife says "we" all quit maturing as sophomores -- I guess that description works huh!! LOL

That looks awesome Greg.
Not too bad for a "shed" build!! Looks good.:thumbsup:

I just bought a Go Pro Hero HD camera... so of course... had to video something to test it out!

I posted up this video - of the 55 in this thread... Turn your sound off -- I suck as a narrator! LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ReG8b8at8A

The video says it's still formatting it or whatever YouTube does to them so right now it's GRAINY... Hopefully this goes away when they're done doing whatever.

I was also SHOCKED at how long it takes to upload a video! It's like an hour for a couple of minute movie. Well - now that I've learned that.... I might make the next one a lot shorter. :rofl:

Greg, I have some tools and someday would like you to use them:D :D . Had to turn up the volume, as you've stated in the past, everyone seems to have a 55 but I also would someday love to have one. Would like to stop by sometime and take a look at it. Great looking build.