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  • #66600
    Tinwolf
    Participant

    The Youtube link for the tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re4ybTju-t4&t=2191s

    Not to hog your thread but I just picked up my new upholstered tucknroll seat for my -52 Chevrolet pickup … happy times !

    seat

    #66603
    KingKustoms
    Participant

    Nice project! I love these little Ford coupes

    Robert A. Radcliffe III
    King Kustoms

    #66606
    Michu
    Participant

    Thank you Dave and thank you Rob!

    #66610
    Torchie
    Participant

    Love It !!

    Keep up with the posts. PLEASE.

    Torchie

    #66612
    Michu
    Participant

    Thanks Torchie!

    Wolf, that seat looks really great! How wide are the pleats?

    …i was just about to make holes for the cranks and door handles into my door panels, and in the last minute i thought maybe i will left off the cranks for the vent windows because it could look too busy with two cranks, one handle and an arm rest per door panel? In old pictures most door panels are very clean with just the window crank and even no door handle in case the door is operated electrically. But for example, i’ve seen the Zaro ’41 Ford has the vent window cranks but otherwise the door panel is very clean, also the Marcia Campbell panel is very clean, on the other hand on the first picture below is an example with all in place, next to it is my door with paper template and all stuff in place, maybe a bit too much? …i would appreciate your opinions!

    panel

    #66615

    Your door panel looks spot on to me Michu.  I left the vent crank off of my panels as well.  Having said that, I would be happy with any of those above!  Your project is inspiring!

    Dave

    KREEPy interior:

    Kreepy_Int_1 copy

    Jus' creepin' along..

    #66620
    Michu
    Participant

    Thanks a lot Dave, your interior really looks great!

    I think i will leave the vent window cranks off too, it just looks cleaner, like your picture proves!

    #67130
    Michu
    Participant

    I’ve been dealing with some more details lately. As i noticed the nice red handle of an old screwdriver recently, i thought it could be a good shift knob maybe. So i started to file and sand it to the desired shape (wich i stole from the Zaro Ford) and finally polished it smooth, i was surprised how well it worked.

    And i decided to ‘downgrade’ my Ford with blackwall tires, because i really like the kind of ‘rough’ look customs with blackwall tires have. Also i came to the conviction to keep it as a Mild Custom, …wich of course doesn’t mean i’m finished!

    blackwt

    #67131
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    Love the shifter knob. Very creative… just like how they did things back then, use whatever they could find.

    The black wall tires will date the car to early 40’s, or around 1946… Perfect!

    Enjoy the beauty of Customizing

    #67132
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    IG-Jack-Butler-Collection-41-Ford

    Enjoy the beauty of Customizing

    #67133
    Michu
    Participant

    Thanks a lot Rik! And that picture is so great!

    My first thought, when i had the plan of mounting blackwall tires, was that it maybe doesn’t work with my 1949 theme. But after looking again at many pictures in your archives and in books, i’ve seen some customs there (most mild) that had blackwall tires up to about 1950, i can imagine that they wished to have whitewall tires and had call me crazy for sure when i change my whitewalls for blackwalls, but i really like that look! So i would call mine a ‘low budget 1949 look’ when i keep it as a Mild Custom, what do you think, does this work?

    #67134
    Tony
    Participant

    Jack Calori’s coupe had blackwalls.

    #67135
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    Yes Michu, in the late 1940’s some customs had black wall tires. But by then it was most of the times by choice. Like Jack Calori’s ’36 Ford mentioned by Tony. Jack hated white wall tires.

    It will look good both ways, and if you have a double set… you can change the complete character of the car with the different set of tires…

    Enjoy the beauty of Customizing

    #67136
    Michu
    Participant

    Thanks Tony and thanks Rik! For some reason i hadn’t considered that someone in the late 40s, except Jack Calori, had consciously chosen blackwall tires for a custom, but there must have been others of course who prefered that look too, like you said. And yes, like you said, it changes the character completely!
    I only can keep one set of tires, so i will sell the whitewall tires to fill the hole in my pocket…

     

    #67138
    Mild Mitch
    Participant

    I love your shift knob. Brilliant!

    Mitch

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