I've taken on a new project: a partially done 1955 S62 coupe. It was about halfway through a quarter million dollar restoration when the elderly owner passed away. I will finish it. The car is Dresden Blue Metallic with a white roof (factory combination for this particular car). It looks fantastic (and the underside looks as impressive as the outside).
I call the car Dorothea (after my late aunt, who had brilliant blue eyes).
WOW Art ! Looks great ! You have the fun part left to do....putting it back together....all the really hard work has been done...
I wish my projects looked like that when they came in....
Keep us posted on the progress...
Mike
Nice car too bad they didn't do the floors in red oxide primer instead of body color .
Quote from: rwchatham CLC 21892 on December 14, 2021, 04:49:13 PM
Nice car too bad they didn't do the floors in red oxide primer instead of body color .
They obviously were going for the "WOW!" factor, not the ultra-genuine, 100.00% factory-correct look.
Congratulations Art. Love your "new" car! Do keep us posted. Clay/Lexi
Really sad to read that the previous owner didn't get to see the completed car, and enjoy driving it.
Bruce. >:D
It's a beauty! I would say more a work of art than a barn find. Harry
I saw that car for sale and was seriously tempted to buy, but the complexity of shipping the shell and all the separate parts to the UK put me off. Will be a fabulous car when completed.
Super cool and neat-o!
I took the chrome and stainless to my preferred plater/polisher in Nashville, TN area a week ago. The bill for that will be in five figures. Ouch!
At least I don't have to pay for a paint job...
I've temporarily mounted the front fenders. So for now, it looks a little more like a car and a little less like a basket case...
Quote from: Art Gardner CLC 23021 on March 21, 2022, 12:41:05 PM
I took the chrome and stainless to my preferred plater/polisher in Nashville, TN area a week ago. The bill for that will be in five figures. Ouch!
At least I don't have to pay for a paint job...
Art chrome is getting out of hand a friend of mine just did a 59 and the bill was over 50k !
Quote from: rwchatham CLC 21892 on April 13, 2022, 06:01:31 PM
Art chrome is getting out of hand a friend of mine just did a 59 and the bill was over 50k !
My chrome bill for Dorothea will be a fraction of that. But still, a chrome bill of over $10K is a fortune to me.
Quote from: rwchatham CLC 21892 on April 13, 2022, 06:01:31 PM
Art chrome is getting out of hand a friend of mine just did a 59 and the bill was over 50k !
No wonder the fad of monochromatic vehicle modifications is still there. Painting chrome work is a lot cheaper than chrome plating.
The chrome plating on my '72 was just over AU$5,000 if I remember correctly. I think my brain has decided to edit the actual costs from the memory bank to protect my sanity. I know that the bumper extension for the Continental Kit cost me an extra AU$500.00
Bruce. >:D
Fuel pump should be blue as well. Good luck with it.
Quote from: The Tassie Devil(le) on April 15, 2022, 07:34:16 PM
No wonder the fad of monochromatic vehicle modifications is still there. Painting chrome work is a lot cheaper than chrome plating.
The chrome plating on my '72 was just over AU$5,000 if I remember correctly. I think my brain has decided to edit the actual costs from the memory bank to protect my sanity. I know that the bumper extension for the Continental Kit cost me an extra AU$500.00
Bruce. >:D
Bruce cheap chrome prices have gone the way of cheap 59 eldos , long gone ! Lol
Its good to get chrome done sooner than later.
Theres talk of outlawing the business due to environmental concerns.
After that it will be spray chrome only.
Ooof they better not touch chrome. Why must they keep messing with the classic car industry?