Blue Suede Shoe 49 LEDSLED

Just finished shaving it and doing the basic body work. THe carson top needs a bit of fitting. I have already extended the area behind the rear window so I could move the top forward. I have yet to cut and refit the stock window trim , once that is done it will have a more stock split windshield appearance




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looks awesome!!! wide whites and baby moon or full moon hubcaps.. KILLER!!

ALso a swamp cooler on the side ;)

Nice!
What kit/parts are you using?
:p

that looks hella-cool! nice work so far, can't wait to see the outcome of this one!

looks nice with a full shave, like Jenna Jamenson.

Nice!
What kit/parts are you using?
:p
The Kit is one of the AMT Crusin USA series by George Barris ( 49 Ford ). The Caron top I got at Lakeside Swap from a parts box for like Fifty Cents and I plan to cover it in real fabric. The wheels and tires will be from the 49 Merc in the same series, I willalso be using the 440 cross ram engine from the Merc kit.

Its good to see some lead sleds around here, I'd love to find a '51 Bel Air, or a '49 Ford Merc.

looks very smooth :sunglasse

looks nice with a full shave, like Jenna Jamenson.
yea fully shaven


btw, is this supposed to be like jesse james' car on the autozone commercial?

Just finished shaving it and doing the basic body work. THe carson top needs a bit of fitting. I have already extended the area behind the rear window so I could move the top forward. I have yet to cut and refit the stock window trim , once that is done it will have a more stock split windshield appearance




http://images5.fotki.com/v59/photos/1/11686/415169/IMGP1510-vi.jpg
http://images5.fotki.com/v58/photos/1/11686/415169/IMGP1511-vi.jpg
http://images5.fotki.com/v58/photos/1/11686/415169/IMGP1512-vi.jpg



What is a carson top? Im really wana know sense my name is Carson :iceslolan

That looks so cool. I can't wait to see some more progress. I just love the old shoebox, man, totally killer style and incredible versatility. Yours looks like it's off to a great start. Is the paint black, and under yellow light, or is it a nice, more complex color? I would love a model painted in the color that it (at least) appears in your pictures.

That will be awesome man, blue suede shoe means you'll be painting it blue? If so what type of blue, whatever it is I reckon it'll look great on that 49.

Modgod, a Carson top is an old hot rodder's term for what's basically a fabric hardtop. They're removable like a hardtop, but soft and fabricky like a regular convertible softtop. They're actually pretty common on customs that were made into convertibles that didn't start out as convertibles.

Good Carson tops can be found in kits like AMT's Phantom Vickie '32 Ford.

Here's some sleds with Carson tops.
http://www.bdt.com/david/images/merc_rb.jpg
http://www.johndagostinokustomkars.com/images/56_Packard_Caribbean_34rear.jpg http://www.johndagostinokustomkars.com/images/56_Packard_Caribbean_34front.jpg
http://www.loti.com/50_Ford_pic4.jpg

I'm drooling man. the grand daddy of lowrider sweet

Don't forget the Buick side trim!! It's the coolest, Daddio!! :sunglasse

looks like its gonna be a sweet build r u gonna add lake pipes and a flathead v8 also the buick trim would set the car off like prevolisy mentioned.

btw, is this supposed to be like jesse james' car on the autozone commercial?[/QUOTE]
Not exactly , I believe his is a 54 Chevy and it has been sectioned and channeled. However I did take some inspiration from it, good eye

Purple the plan is to experimentwith the paint a bit, as you can see its primed with Duplicolor. Then it will get a flat black coat, followed by Testors Dullcote ( thinned with Automotive thinner ) with some purple pearl added in, a second coat of dullcoate with a little blue kandy. I am hoping for a depp suede looking purply blue color.

Tonio I love the Buick side trime but I have left the stock side trim on this one to retain a slightly stock flavor, I will put the Buick on my 49 Merc. :iceslolan

Thanks for the carson top pics, heck the black Ford is very cloe to mine. The only difference is that I slid mine forward so it overhangs a touch in the front and acts as a visor and lines up with the door seam also, this required filling a 3/8" gap at the rear deck

that's cool, they're both great cars, definetly cool paint idea.

Sweet sled! Someday I want to build something that nice. Keep up the great work bro.

J. Barry

What body work/shaving have you done from the stock body (besides the Carson top project)? Is it this kit: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3174126170&category=2582 ?

What body work/shaving have you done from the stock body (besides the Carson top project)? Is it this kit: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3174126170&category=2582 ?

Same series but that one is a 49 Merc and Mine is a 49 Ford. I have the Merc Kit also.
SO far I have removed the door handles, the trunk hinges, smoothed the center trim on the hood , extended the rear deck a bit to allow the carson top to slide forward. The custom front valance and rear pan are in the process of being molded in. I have aslo re-shaped the tops of te rear fenders a bit.THe windshiled has received about a 6 inch scale chop.

hehe this model is gonna be sick... it kinda looks like jesse james car