1951 Studebaker & 1956 Chevy Bel Air

[Mike Phillips]

1951 Studebaker & 1956 Chevy Bel Air (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/off-topic/44006-1951-studebaker-1956-chevy-bel-air.html)


Two of my friends are supposed to come by the studio tonight to check out our operation,

If they do I'll take some pictures and post them to this thread. I've seen them both and they're pretty cool...


:)

[Flash Gordon]

1956 Chevy Bel Air

If they do I'll take some pictures and post them to this thread. I've seen them both and they're pretty cool...


:)

Cool! I would love to see the 56 Chevy!!

[Pats300zx]

Can't wait to see them Mike. I love the classics in the Thurs night make overs...

[Mike Phillips]

Jim and Dave both came by, Jim brought his 1951 Studebaker and Dave brought his 2004 Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG


Here's Jim's 1951 Studebaker... the paint is single stage black and 100% completely thrashed...


http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker002.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker003.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker004.jpg


http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker005.jpg


http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker006.jpg


http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker007.jpg


http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker008.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker009.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker010.jpg



Here's a side shot of the rear fender with no flash... paint doesn't look to bad from this perspective...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker011.jpg


Here's the same shot with the flash on... ouch... kind of hurts your eyes to look at swirls on such a cool classic car...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker012.jpg


Here's the original Flathead 6 engine...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker013.jpg


This car should be back next Thursday for an EXTREME makeover... as soon as I confirm I'll get the sign-up thread created.

If you've ever wanted to rub out a single stage paint here's your chance...


:)

[Mike Phillips]

Here's Dave's AMG, I'm not too good at taking good shots in the dark yet but working on it...

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker016.jpg


Dave brought his friend Jim with him to check out Autogeek's Show Car Garage and Jim rode in on his Can Am Spyder...


http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/1335/1951Studebaker015.jpg


We'll likely see both of these guys and their rides back to Autogeek in the future...



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[BillE]

As a kid growing up in the 50's I hated 'Studs'...ya know, butt ugly etc. But seeing them now, it's "Geeze, those were kinda neat."

Looking forward to this one...

Bill

[Mike Phillips]

As a kid growing up in the 50's I hated 'Studs'...ya know, butt ugly etc. But seeing them now, it's "Geeze, those were kinda neat."

Looking forward to this one...

Bill


They were before my time but I agree with you, when I was younger I though they were pretty ugly... compared to the body styles of the average cars today though at least they're unique looking...


1951 was the last year for the bullet nose. I worked on a 1950 that's kind of similar to this 1951 but a little cleaner in the body lines...

http://www.showcargarage.com/gallery/files/1/PanicSpeedGlaze7.jpg

http://www.showcargarage.com/gallery/files/1/PanicSpeedGlaze11.jpg

http://www.showcargarage.com/gallery/files/1/PPFrontShot1.jpg

http://www.showcargarage.com/gallery/files/1/PanicFinished1.jpg



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[TS656577]

Mike! May try to come over thursday night if you have no objections

[Mike Phillips]

Mike! May try to come over Thursday night if you have no objections


Sounds good, I'm still trying to confirm the Studebaker... should know by Monday and then I'll get the sign-up thread posted...


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[TS656577]

Mike any updates?