I bought my '47 Olds for $125 (plus $25 delivery) in October, '81 and have redone it several times over the years... Here is 1981 - 1988...
On the street in Sioux Falls, SD Drove it like this for 1987 Street Rod Nationals in Louisville 8/88 More Cool Cars: Click on pictures to enlarge... 10 minutes before the roof chop - June 23, '86 October '81 Installed a Buick Apollo subframe with power steeering + power disk brakes in November '81 Installed a '72 Buick 455 engine and a 400Th transmission, tilt column, cruise control in May '86 Click on pictures to enlarge... Trying out the front roof piece - June 23, '86 Front welded in + trying the rear roof piece - 6/23/86 Welding in the rear roof piece and sectioning the trunk lid - June 24, '86 Bondo - Rama, with my good friend Gordy helping with the Mud Hog - June 25, '86 Click on pictures to enlarge... Flush-fit glass, tunneling the headlights, welding on + molding the fenders - August 2, '86 Rounding corners, tunneling '61 Chev taillights - August 11, '86 House Of Kolor Hot Pink Pearl base coat/clear coat w/TruBlue Pearl scallops - June '88 Polished aluminum sill plates June '88 Click on pictures to enlarge... Flush-fit the f + r glass - 2/88 Final block sanding and painting the jambs - June, '88 Me block sanding - May, '88 My friend, Tuck, at our color-sanding party - June, '88
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