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Custom 48 Chevy Hot Rod Pro Street!

Heres a few pics of my project ive been working on over the past 3 years now its a 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline Aerosedan, Car is a square tube back half car. The car is still in metal mock up yet and the car has a ton of subtle mods done to it, Cant wait to share more photos and answer any?'s thanks later George
Build file:
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/jour...ournalid=50465

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...e48/low054.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...48/Game165.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...48/Game144.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...48/Game178.jpg

I'll try and squeeze in some build photos here for you guys!

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ntheair023.jpg

All steel front end fenders welded to the hood and then open the top of the hood at the body line pancake style, also the front clip tilts aswell as the top of the hood!
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ontclip019.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ontclip031.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...48/Tilt019.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ount2026-1.jpg

A few more photos of the subtle body mods flipped the bumpers moved them closer to the body and smoothed up bolt holes and had to build new bumper brackets witch i made light weight and also new valance panels and i built a complete belly pan under the rear of the car to clean up the bottom of it and the rear wheel well area.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...48/Trip104.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...erpan029-1.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...valence024.jpg

Custom built my radiator mount because it has to stay on the frame with the front clip tilting!
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...8/Block035.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...e48/Rad065.jpg

I just finished smoothing the Engine and got it back to the machine shop to have the short block assembled, The block is body color! heres a few of it in mock up with some of the old parts on it still for fitment and to check clearances.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e.../mounts051.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e.../mounts035.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e.../Block1002.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...nTeaMet036.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...TeaMet2034.jpg

lookin real nice. I like the smooth block! not to mention the reverse hood on a tilt front end.

Looking good! What's left to do? You have to be getting close to blowing it appart for paint? Oh, I like the paint color too!! :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by awr68 (Post 189689)

Looking good! What's left to do? You have to be getting close to blowing it appart for paint? Oh, I like the paint color too!! :thumbsup:

x2---very interesting car!!! Luv the reworked hood!!! jim:cheers:

G-Body where are you located?

I see snow outside of a very cool double double garage.

Mick

Thanks guys it is comming im trying to finish any little mods now rather than sitting back at a show and going man i wish i would done that! so with that said it is getting closer but i have to get my inner fenderwells built and smooth the bottom of the hood yet and like to get my door jams finsihed smoothed up but its getting there!
Just a lil Home built Garage Hot Rod!!!
Im in Eastern Ohio!!! And yeh theres plenty of snow here was -4 the other day wow this snow realllly licks ass!
Heres a shot of the garage 30x40 and it has a one car detached too it to keep all the kids bikes and falling ladders out of the garage, lol

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...uys2007013.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ogress2025.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...eardown017.jpg

Here you can see i can fit my 56 in here and slid my 48 back in the back on rollers still a good bit of room!

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...48/work308.jpg

Nice!

Nice Project, Nice Garage and Nice Ride!

You have a lot of time in metal work on the '48! Looks great! :thumbsup:

Jon

Project is coming along nice. Good work!

Thanks guys should have my engine back pretty soon from the engine builder!
And yes it has been a ton of metal work in this ole hot rod but has been pretty fun to work on so far the front clip is taking forever with all the tilting and smoothing done to it,
And the body panels and gaps where terrible on the orginal cars so making them just right and getting it all mocked up then i can bust the body back off the frame and start smoothing it up!
Heres a few photos of where im at now doing a little work to get the rockers the way i like them so still at it i'll keep you updated later George

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ys2ndBD054.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...irewall008.jpg

G-Body I love your car , you do nice work. I like the way you have the hood and nose to open two ways. Slick! The engine looks good all smoothed out.

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Originally Posted by waynieZ (Post 196326)

G-Body I love your car , you do nice work. I like the way you have the hood and nose to open two ways. Slick! The engine looks good all smoothed out.

Thanks starting to make some progress finally! Like to have the body back off the frame this summer so i can get it smoothed and in in paint aswell.

Short block is back And i through some old parts on the top end too finish some mock up, have to address some rocker panel work pretty minimal and get the rest of the doors and panels etc. all gapped and adjusted, but motor turned out nice and i did get my alternator mounted down low i like i wanted, being they dont make right side low mount alt. brackets i made my own and and the cars running solid motor mounts so i was able to mount it off the frame aswell, so far so good! i'll keep you posted. Later George

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...rtBlock010.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...llBlock016.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...owMount038.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...owMount031.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ailgate005.jpg

Man, there is a ton of room under that hood! Nice project!:thumbsup:

how much longer untill it goes to paint?

Good ? Ran into a problem mounting my hood still have to get it out of mock up , and the body mans comming over next week to look at car and see when he can start blcking it, was going to get the body off the frame soon buttt after looking at car i have too finsih the blocking and why all the panels are fit and lined up and after the body is blocked will come off the frame and blast my frame and start smoothing it! being a one man band working on the car so far its taking a lil why'll but comming together nicel thus far! i'll be sure to keep you posted!

You've got a sweet project there. Your doing some nice work.

Thanks guys hoods mounted and welded rear valance to the body just another item to take all my time lol but ready to start the body work soon and should be in primer soon!

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...ition072-1.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...gnition015.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...gnition044.jpg

Very cool car. I am a fan of the "you do not see that every day" cars.

car is lookn real good:thumbsup:

I love it! Your doing an awesome job. Keep the pictures coming.

It looks good going back together.