Five Years (+10) and counting

[gasman826]

Finished exhaust.  I need to remove the headers to finish weld and send them out for ceramic power coating and polish.

[RICH MUISE]

Looking good, Gary. It's a project coming up real quick for me as well, so I appreciate the timing of your pics.

[Lucky'57]

Wow. You are some kind of fabricator. That stuff looks awesome. Is there any reason why the cutouts are spotted so far back? I thought they would have been "lest restricted" closer to the elbow. Anyway, You The man.

[gasman826]

Thanks!  Maybe a better picture of why the cutouts are so far back.

[Lucky'57]

Oh, I see what you did there. My mistake. First Class.

[gasman826]

Updated the rear view mirror and installed the windshield garnish moldings.  The mirror is a '60 Thunderbird repop.  If you have the upper ball mirror mount style, this is a bolt-in.  '60 Thunderbird mirrors are few and far between.  If you find one, the chrome or mirror or both will be bad.  Others have found other solutions.  This was the only one I found with day/nite feature and was a bolt-in.

[RICH MUISE]

Looks good, Gary. This is the first time I've noticed the Ball joint style...was that oem? Mine had the ball at the back of the mirror. Are we looking at another '57 some had this, some had that?

[gasman826]

YEP!  I took it out of a '57 Custom that I was cutting up for parts.  It screwed into the header using the same screws in the same holes.
I would have made an adapter for the other style.

[gasman826]

Dash is almost ready to go in.  Still plugging along on the wiring.

[RICH MUISE]

Nice nice nice. I like the "Custom" touch. Did you redo the chrome and vinyl, or was it in that good of shape? Looks all new...old, but new.

[gasman826]

Upholstered, painted, rebuilt, buffed the stainless, some restored and chromed, some chrome is 'five footers' for now.  I'll remove and chrome next winter.  Picture is where the dash started.

[lalessi1]

Gary, that dash is true automotive art from concept to execution. If I had a hat I would tip it to you sir! Simply stunning.

[RICH MUISE]

Agreed...that's outstanding.

[Zapato]

As Tony the Tiger used to say "it's GREAAAAAAAAAT !"

Zapato 

[billd5string]

That is really cool! Very nice work!