Projects 54 Ford Customline daily driver

Thanks hunter

Got the k member piece mostly finished up before work today. Rounded the sides off for a nicer look, also cut and modified the stock park brake bracket and welded it on. Needs a few more adjustments but should work well

 

Got my 4" blocks in from butchs. Gonna be a slow weekend for the car though. Got holiday things goin on and doin some pinstriping work in the spare time


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Ordered some stuff from night prowlers kustom car parts. Got a lot of small stuff, traffic viewer, half headlight covers, etc etc. They had 54 merc side spears for $30 a piece. I was hesitant because they were wayy cheaper than others ive found, especially originals. Happy to say they are super nice quality ! Heavy and nice chrome

 

They look great! Are they really production or after market spears? And you did an awesome job on your trans crossmember, looks really clean

 

Like the others, I agree that the gold should be used as piping. The gold vinyl and gold carpet are just enough of a mismatch that they clash when you have large surfaces of gold vinyl. When the gold is simply used as piping, there's so little of it that the mismatch won't be at all obvious.

By the way, I particularly appreciate your interior colors because they are the school colors for my alma mater: the University of Wyoming. Should you ever find yourself driving through Laramie on gameday, you'll have the most popular car in town!

 

Good choise for the Merc spears!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks greaser.

Aj there repops from night prowler. I dont know how close they are to originals as ive never seen any in person, but the quality is very nice. I dont know much other than that hahah

I agree ted on the colors. The gold is slightly off. The brown pleats should look good and be easier to keep clean as well which is great for a daily. Thats cool that wyoming uses those colors. Not a very common combo for a school

 

I think the brown, gold, white would look great!

And the gold, brown, white would put you in the early 1970s......

 

I am really enjoying this thread! Wonderful work and progress!!

 

Quick mockup of the spears. There sitting out a bit far due to the tape i had holding them in place for the pic. I like them a lot

 

Very good!!!!!!!!

 

Snagged a '50 horn ring on ebay in good shape. Im going to buy a 49 center button which is gold so itll match the interior. If anyone has a 49-50 steering wheel let me know



Also thinking about doing a grill like this. First one is a HAMBers car i believe. 2 1/4" aluminum tubing. Not sure whos skyliner in the second pic but it has a similar look, slightly larger crossbar though

 

The Spears look great on there! Are you keeping the stone gaurds on? What are you doing with your original steering wheel?

 

Keeping the stone gaurd as well. The stock mercs have a stone gaurd as well but its a tad shorter. My stock 54 wheel is BEAT. Theres a lot of missing chunks cracked away that i dont have. It would take a TON of work to rebuild it

 

The Merc "teeth" look great with your stock stainless trim.

 

Thanks man. I like the look of all the trim together. Im a fan of both traditional kustoms and the bomb style chevys with all the trim and accesories. Trying to mix both styles in a way that compliment each other


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I think i found my roof color. HOK zenith gold. Heres a 61 lesabre and a bike fender with the color



And a super quick photoshop



If anyone has a spare 54 front bumper with driver quality chrome please let me know. My front bumper is SHOT. Im going to have to cut off the bumperettes and the chrome behind them is all gone

 

Picked up a '49 horn button to go in the '50 horn ring. The gold should match the interior well

 

Removed the door panels, window garnishes, package tray and rear seat back





If you guys remember at the beginning of the thread there was something that made a nest in the headliner of the car..... well i found the dead carcasses. All 8 of them haha. Apparently mice had gotten into the car in the garage of the previous owner

 

I removed the license plate bracket to figure out a new latch for it. I like that the gas filler is hidden but ive always HATED the spring operated bracket that holds the plate. Its a major PITA when trying to fuel up, i removed the spring and need to figure out some type of magnet or latch system so the plate will swing freely down out of the way when im fueling



Dropped the tank, this is one of few things that i had replaced on the car when i had it 7 years ago and its still in great shape



I painted the underside of the trunk above the tank years ago too and that was still in good shape as well



I wanted to shave the holes in the rear garnishes where the pull handles screw in. Tig'd them up and metal finished them.

Before...



After.....

 

I completely agree!

 

Shave it and move the filler neck in the trunk..

 

This is my 52... I cut a coil out of front and 2 1/2 blocks in rear....love the stance and ride is still pretty good....love the progress so far

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Also i relocated gas fill into trunk and frenched plate where original gas fill was

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Cut out the trunk floor above the rear end. Also cut out the radius that rolls into the lower trunk as a seperate piece




You can see what im trying to accomplish by cutting the pieces the way i did. I should be able to roll the radius section up to raise the trunk floor, make a filler panel to fill the gap and keep a stock looking trunk for the most part



Rear came out, excuse the blue tire coating hahah



Exhaust out. This will be re done with smaller tips eventually



My plan was to use these c notch pieces i had laying around but the frame rail is wider than these.....



So i decided to make my own mini notch from leftover plate i have




The actual cut in the frame is about 2/3 into the rail. I just set these in place for the pic, my welding helmet batteries died so no further progress. The cut in the frame will be boxed out and then these will be welded and slipped over the rail to give the rail some strength. You can also see the wheelwell is trimmed for the raised floor in this pic

 

Got the notches all welded up tonight after work. Gonna weld them to the rails tomorrow and box the underside



Heres a few shots of them slipped on the rail

 

Looks like I car I used to know

 

Haha nice pic man ! For those of you following the thread, 46mopar is the guy i bought the car from the first time around 6 years ago just like it sat in the picture


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Drilled holes for some plug welds for extra strength. Welded the notches in and boxed the undersides

 

Cut out the floor to make a new driveshaft tunnel. I also wanted to fix the shoddy sections where someone replaced the rear pans so i made the new tunnel piece wide enough to allow me to cut that out. Tried to follow the stock radius as much as possible





Gonna seam seal both sides and start welding the raised trunk floor back together