Archive for February, 2009
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Finally! Some pictures of traditional hotrods!!!!
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Under 25 and own an old car?
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If you are under 25 years of age and you own and drive an old American made car that’s 25 years or older, Hemmings Motor News wants to hear from you. You have a chance to get published in their magazine. Go HERE for the details
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simply a test
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Rock Island Show Post #3
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Well, we all got to go sometime….why not go out in style?
Yeah….I know, a lot of Muscle cars and very few traditional hotrods. But I don’t think you can argue…these cars are hot!
Alright….here is a nice traditional rod!
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1949 Mercury Convertible Restoration Part 31
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During a restoration project you always come across something that you wouldn’t even think about having to repair. I can’t ever remember having to repair seat springs.
First all of the old material was stripped off of the seat springs. The old rotten mice infested material was pretty nasty. We then [...]
Rock Island Show Post #2
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Well, I guess I need to find out a bit more about this show from the friends that gave me the pictures. All I know at this point is the show was a few weeks ago in Illinois. My chrome plating buddy went to the show to set up [...]
Rock Island 2009 Post #1
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Well, I have no plans for attending any shows until the Detroit Autorama on the first weekend in March. However, that won’t stop me from making updates to Suede and Chrome as I have some 90+ photographs recently taken by some friends when they set up a booth at the [...]
Epoxy Primer
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
1) Epoxy Primer is a two part primer consisting of the primer and an activator.
2) Epoxy primer is used as a direct to metal primer (DTM) because it has excellent corrosion resistant properties.
3)Depending on the brand it also can be reduced and used as a paint sealer. Also depending on [...]
Last of the Pictures from 2009 Indy Autorama
Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog
Well, this is it…..the end of the pictures from the 2009 Indianapolis Autorama…(sorry, I’m not really into the lowrider mini truck or lifted 4×4 scene. So even though the Autorama had something for everyone, I didn’t take any shots of these vehicles.)
I did however take a shot of this [...]
1960 AMC Wagon…
Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog
O.k….maybe it’s because I have a lot of kids, but I think old station wagons can make some pretty kool kruisers. I ran across this 1960 AMC wagon on eBay this afternoon. The car is located in Dayton, Ohio and has a buy it now price of $3,000.
To check it [...]
50’s Bumpers Get Prepped for Rechroming…
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Well, thanks to President’s Day, I had the day off. So….I took advantage of the time to take the bumpers of my 1950 Chevrolet over to my friends at Custom Metal Finishers in Hagerstown, Indiana. The place is a real family business. Jim and his three oldest sons, Jimmy, Josh, [...]
Indy Autorama Post #6
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My two-year old son thought his little pull car was pretty kool. If a guy had a fiberglass body, this think would be pretty easy to make.
I took several pictures of this flat blue pickup truck at the Road Rocket Rumble last summer. Dull-gonnit if I ain’t lookin’ [...]
Indy Autorama Post #5
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Those of you who get the weekly edition of Indiana Auto and RV will recognize the coupe pictured above. It is the background picture of a weekly advertisement.
Man…..slung low and kool. VERY nice!
This tudor sedan is AWESOME! I love the flat paint and scallops.
Can anyone say [...]
Controversial 1948 Tucker Convertible
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
I remember reading somewhere before that someone had found a Tucker convertible
and I had forgotten all about it until today. I just came across this article. It’s debated whether or not the car was assembled at the factory which would make it a genuine Tucker convertible or assembled after the [...]
Indy Autorama Post #4
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I’m not sure my wife would agree, but for me, it was worth the $14 dollar price of admission to see the cars in the Motorama 1962 area of the 2009 Indianapolis World of Wheels Autorama.
The Motorama 1962, sponsored by the Indy Road Rockets, had a GREAT number [...]
1946 Ford Coupe Street Rod part 3
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“Before” pictures continued……..
Right side floor board and rocker panel.
Right side quarter panel.
Right rear wheel house/trunk panel.
Trunk floor
More to come……
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An Update on Rocky’s Project ‘39
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Well, here it is! I’ve been following this build via pics emailed from a buddy in Southern Indiana. I hadn’t heard from him in a while, so I emailed him and asked how things were going. Today I received the following pictures. According to Rocky, the car is coming along [...]
Indy Autorama Post #3
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Naomi, the only female member of the Road Rockets owns this sic Plymouth.
I believe this Caddy is owned by Mike, another member of of the Road Rockets.
Man…I really like the looks of this sic little number. Check out the sweet wooden floor boards, the bed lining was [...]
Can You Help this Reader?!?!?
Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog
How kool is the Internet?!?!? You post something and you are instantly connected to the world. The greatest thing about it is that you are just a few clicks away from learning about anything. Take for instance the email I received today from a first time reader, he writes that [...]
1949 Mercury Convertible Restoration Part 30
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We now are pre-fitting the doors to the body to check the door gaps and also to install the rocker panels.
As you can see the rocker is really dented up and it’s also very rusty. We will be installing new outer rocker panel skins. The doors were installed and aligned [...]
Indy Autorama 2009 Post #2
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I realize this blog is dedicated to traditional hotrods and tries to stay away from coverage of the high dollar, trailer queen show cars….but this Corvette was very kool.
Again, not a traditional hot rod, but a very nice Muscle Car. The two main buildings were filled with many show cars [...]
Indy Autorama 2009
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Well, we made it down to the Indiana State Fairgrounds this morning for the 2009 Indianapolis World of Wheels Autorama. We had a few set backs, but overall it was a great day.
This all steel Willys was the first car that I saw when [...]
1965 Buick Wildcat Convertible Restoration Part 5
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“Before” pictures continued.
Rust under the trunk carpet.
Rust in the trunk floor.
Original left door panel.
Pitted pot metal vent frame.
Rusty upper windshield garnish moldings.
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1919 Turcat-Mery is going back to France
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
I posted about this a while back and wondered what was going to happen with the car. The car is on it’s way back to France where it will be put up for sale. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement it will not let the “French Historic Monument” be [...]
Indy Motorama, Subtle Changes, Bumpers and Guestbook Signage!
Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog
Well, I think I’ve hit an absolute low in new Suede and Chrome posts. Again, I certainly apologize to the faithful blog readers that log in daily to see what new items of “kool” might be posted. Although I haven’t posted in a few days…many things are brewing….
1) Ol’ Scruffy’s [...]
