EK morphs into pillarless Coupe .

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Post by Blacky »

I cant believe no-one has thought of doing that before now - looks great Harko, what are you doing for indicators ?
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Looks great Harko, top idea... 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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SunnyTim wrote:you could just do the flashing red stop light like in some FC's?
That'd be cool but probably not legal...

Oh yeah I know what they are off and I aint sayin a word. But bloody good idea!!!
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DeadSled wrote:Wow that looks really cool. What did you use for the top half? I'm thinkin of doing something out of the ordinary as well.
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SMQQTH your a wet sock !



Not sure with the blinkers yet , but subtle is the key word

Also made a minor change to the front , photos later on..
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Cracking along nicely as of late ...I think the front looks much better now with these changed

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Post by Smooth customs »

I see you have a selection of Classis Chevy bright ware.
Amazing how well it adapts, will have people guessing for ages

Have not seen that headlight treatment since the 70's
How are you going with the bumper choices

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Heres a comparisom to stock .



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can you pick it ?




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You painted it blue then resprayed it black..lol
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Post by Sunny Rob »

Very cool Harko. Are those headlight rims 55.
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Post by Thommo »

I see you have thinned out the vertical piece of front guard alongside the grille 8)
That is the one unattractive part of a FB or EK IMHO.
It just doesn't flow with anything.
I think GMH designers tried to cover it on the EK's with the blinker assembly.

Have you looked at 50's buick's, packards, oldsmobiles for bumper ideas!
I think it would be better to pick a bumper of a less desirable / more uncommon model,
it will be much harder for most to guess where it came from :wink:

Keep the ideas coming Harko 8)
lookin good

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Post by Mephious »

Looks good mate !!

What about a custom grill to go with the bumper like this guys ? :shock:

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THOMMO wrote:I see you have thinned out the vertical piece of front guard alongside the grille 8)
That is the one unattractive part of a FB or EK IMHO.
It just doesn't flow with anything.
I think GMH designers tried to cover it on the EK's with the blinker assembly.

Have you looked at 50's buick's, packards, oldsmobiles for bumper ideas!
I think it would be better to pick a bumper of a less desirable / more uncommon model,
it will be much harder for most to guess where it came from :wink:

Keep the ideas coming Harko 8)
lookin good

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Good one thommo ,I hadnt thought any more about it ,only that I want to thicken it upwards and give it some flow ..... Ill be following that lead "Oldsmobile trim is whats going into it so an oldsmobile bumper should match perfectly ;)" and OLDSMOBILE is just cool to say :)
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Post by Devilrod »

Wow didn't pick it at first!!! To busy looking at the headlight..... way cool.
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Post by Sunny Rob »

I once entertained the thought of an Olds style bumper on my ol heap by using two early model celica bumpers, one upside down over the other. Never scrounged any up to see if it would work tho.
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