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« Reply #60 on: November 25, 2009 9:18 pm »
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« Reply #61 on: November 25, 2009 10:17 pm »
good stuff!!  :)
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« Reply #62 on: November 25, 2009 11:53 pm »
Thanks!  I got the other side done too.  It looks the same so I won't post pics... Now I just have to figure out how to open the doors...  I'm leaning towards Lincoln style push buttons hidden somewhere either under the rockers or...?  I'm putting door poppers on the rear bottom corner of each door and most likely in the decklid.  I want the decklid to be void of handles as well.  Next step will be rust repair  :roll:  and frenching the headlights.
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« Reply #63 on: November 26, 2009 1:21 am »
Why would you hide a Lincoln door button? You just need a push button switch to work the solenoids.
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« Reply #64 on: November 26, 2009 2:28 am »
Chasing good ideas i see. Looks good.
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« Reply #65 on: November 26, 2009 5:50 pm »
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Why would you hide a Lincoln door button? You just need a push button switch to work the solenoids.

Good point.  I'll cross that bridge when it comes.  That's why I have club members- to tell me which buttons to push!   8)
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« Reply #66 on: November 30, 2009 5:27 pm »
awesome!!!
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« Reply #67 on: December 04, 2009 3:31 pm »


Stumbled across shoebox this morning...
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« Reply #68 on: December 04, 2009 5:21 pm »
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[Stumbled across shoebox this morning...


Nice..........a hardtop with SS all round. Wounder if the side windows are in??
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« Reply #69 on: December 04, 2009 7:23 pm »
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Stumbled across shoebox this morning...


I'm 99% sure that's Andreas' in digital form.  Same trim, hubcaps, headlights, etc...  very cool.  

I know Andreas' shoebox has working windows in it.  I don't know if the rear windows are slide in or roll up.  Mine will be slide in and the door windows will be the roll up style.
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« Reply #70 on: December 04, 2009 8:11 pm »
So you makin' a hard top out of it?? Yours is a 2 door sedan there calling this a club coupe which has a shorter top. Are the plans on yours to bring the top foward and fill in behind the rear window??
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« Reply #71 on: December 04, 2009 10:41 pm »
Yes Tom that will be the plan.  I believe on Andreas' example he moved the rear window forward 6-8".  I have to ask him again.  The top ends up having a very similar profile to that of the coupe.  I guess you did the job well if others think you started out with a coupe.
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« Reply #72 on: December 05, 2009 6:52 pm »
I know it's a long ways off, but I'm already looking at custom grill(e) ideas for the shoebox.  Ideally I'd like either a floater bar of some sort or a '55 desoto grill(e).  Here are some ideas that are in my mind right now.  The plain bar with the lights on the end is from a '55 chrysler.  The other bar with the three small peaks is a '54 chevy accessory grill(e) guard. I could potentially see running either of these seperately or fuse them together.
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« Reply #73 on: December 05, 2009 7:50 pm »
Here's the Desoto grill.  It's a little spendier than making a floater bar, but I really like the looks of it.
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« Reply #74 on: December 07, 2009 6:31 pm »
I don't know if they have been crushed, but there were a couple of the 54 Chevy accessory bars at Hazers this Summer/Fall on cars in front of the gate.
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