Work
has started. Remember this is a learning experience for
me. I have been working on cars since I was 14. See my
1969 Oldsmobile build on this site
http://www.leverfamilysite.com/1969_Oldsmobile_Cutlass.htm. I did not document that build completely as I
should have but plan on doing better job here. I have
also been helping my Father on the other builds on this
site.
The project I have taken on is
to convert this very nice stock
1949 Fleetline DeLuxe 4 Door Sedan
style 1009 - 1208 (Special) in to a fire breathing 500HP
Gasser.
The first step is to get it
into the shop, get the body off and see what we have to
work with.
Let's
pull the hood and front fenders off and see what is
under the sheet metal.
Man the chassis and body seem to
be outstanding. With a little bit of searching and some
good negotiating and $1,000.00 I have come up with
what appears to be a WINNER!
Lets look further at the body
Let's get the body off the chassis
so we can start the class project that fits the class
name "Hot Rod Chassis Fabrication"
First up is a way to move the body
around. I built a simple 2 X 6 frame with casters to set
the body on.
Out into the trailer the body goes
for storage so that we have room to work on the chassis
The raw material for
the chassis of our fire breathing Gasser!
