Chevrolet 1946 - 48 custom & mild custom

Bodywork by: Frank DeRosa Sr. & Jr.;

Modified 1946 Chevy Grille and splash pan
1954 Buick headlight bezels
Shaved hood, cowl vent, doors, drip rails and trunk
Fender extension molded to doors
Rounded doors and trunk lid
Chopped top
Rear Fenders molded to body
Tunneled 1950 Ford taillights
Molded rear splash pan



Interior:

1947 Oldsmobile Dash
Vintage Air, A/C and Heat
Column, IDIDIT
1964 T Bird Bucket Seats
63 Chevy Impala Console
Painless Wiring Harness



Painted by: Tony Parker, Crown Works Garage
House of Color, Candy Brandy Wine with a Pearl Lime Green Base Coat



Suspension:

Front-end is a Mustang II with a sway-bar
Rear-end is Ford 9” with a 4 link and air bags



Engine:

1971 Chevy 350
BUILDER: Hubbard Machine
CARBURETOR: Edelbrock
IGNITION: MSDS
EXHAUST: Headers, Glass packs with Dual Side Pipes




Transmission:
Chevy, 350

Wheels, Tires, and Brakes:

FRONT, 15” Steel rims with Modified Buick Fiesta Hub Caps, Disc Brakes
REAR, 15” Steel rims with Modified Buick Fiesta Hub Caps, Drum Brakes

Very cool chopped and bagged 46 Chevy coupe. Heidts front clip with tubular a-arms and power rack and pinion. Crate 350 dressed old school with 3 deuces turbo 400 with long stick lokar shifter. Awesome chop job bad to the bone pillars slanted forward. Body and paint are in great shape. A very traditional 50s mild custom. Everything works as it should including all lights and gauges.Tilt wheel and nice stereo.Runs and drives great. Brand new Coker WWW on chrome steelies. Power disc brakes front drums in rear. Very nice 50s style interior with matching trunk. Front and rear air ride works great and lays low. Working cowl vent. No hood but who would want to hide all that beautiful art work?

You almost have to squint to see the possibilities of customizing a '48 Chevy Stylemaster. And while it seems '49 and later Chevys were tailor-made for the sleek and rounded lines of a customizer's torch, the '48s hadn't quite gotten there.
1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster Frenched Headlights


When a friend of Jim Eckard told him about a '48 Chevy that was for sale on the Internet back in 2008, Jim's initial thought was "'48 Chevys are butt ugly!" but he decided to look at the advertisement anyway. Jim had recently sold his '32 coupe and was looking for another project and, having been into hot rods and customs for more than 50 years (at 17, he owned a '49 Chevy while still in high school), he was open to anything.



Jim, who lives in Glendale, Arizona, called the seller, who was based in Beavercreek, Ohio. After some discussions and looking at more photos, Jim bought the car and had it shipped to him. It showed up in worse condition than what he had anticipated as it had been kept in storage for years.

After he replaced the tires and got it up and running, Jim took the Chevy to a local rockabilly show, and folks kept asking him if his car was the one from the High School Confidential movie. After checking into both the movie (a 1958 black and white film starring Mamie Van Doren full of '50s teen angst and hell-raising hot rodders and weedheads) and the person responsible for creating one of the cars in the film, namely legendary customizer George Barris, Jim learned more about his car.


For a climatic drag racing scene in the movie, a chopped '48 Chevy is supposed to crash and roll over, though because of its stance and weight it was unable to do so on cue, so the director reportedly ordered the car dropped from a crane onto its roof to create the desired effect. Barris had built two identical cars for the movie, one of which was the crane-drop car. But was Jim's car the survivor?

As Jim did more research, it turns out his '48 Chevy was built in 1985 and, at best, might have been influenced by the car in the movie but it wasn't the original movie car. When asked recently where the movie car ended up, Barris wasn't sure where it was, though others and Jim believe it might be somewhere in the Midwest. Undeterred, Jim continued to work on the car and, working with a budget over a period of time, upgraded to a crate engine and rebuilt trans, as well as having the car repainted.

The chassis under the car only retains 6 feet of the original, as a '74 Nova front clip was added while an '80 Olds Cutlass rear suspension system went in, and air shocks are found on each corner. Steel wheels (15x6) wrapped in Coker BFGoodrich rubber (215/70-15 and 235/75-15) are topped with '57 Cadillac hubcaps.
1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster 1957 Cadillac Hubcaps

Auto & Truck Specialists in Glendale, Arizona, did the work on the 350 engine, which was installed in front of a smoothed firewall and outfitted with a COMP Cams camshaft, a Moroso aluminum water pump, early Vette valve covers, an Edelbrock manifold, and twin Edelbrock carbs. A TH350 trans was also bolted up, which is fitted with a Hughes 2700 stall converter.

As with any custom, most of the work was in the body and, from the chopped top down, Jim's car has a lot of it. Almost 5 inches were taken out of the windshield posts and 6 inches from the rear area. The posts were then leaned forward 4-1/2 inches and the side windows filled. The vent windows were removed from the doors and the backlight is made from a Ford Granada windshield.

A frenched radio antenna was added to the passenger door's fender section and '40 Ford fender skirts cover the rear wheel openings. The rear fender seams were also leaded smooth, and other custom tricks (nosing, decking, frenching, shaving, and so on) were all performed correctly. The grille came out of a '46 Chevy and '59 Cadillac taillights are used out back. Other custom touches include smoothed-out bumpers and a pair of 112 Appleton spotlights added to the windshield posts.


Arthur's Auto Body and Frame in Phoenix covered the car in a special non-metallic maroon blend with Chavos Pinstriping (from Phoenix) following up with lots of pinstripe. Except for new carpet added by Hot Rod Interiors in Peoria, Arizona, the interior in Jim's ride is 28 years old. Even the stock clock from 1948 still works (if you wind it up) and, years before Jim owned the car, George Barris autographed the glovebox door. An A/C and heat system from Vintage Air makes cruising in his sled a lot more comfortable, and a marine Naugahyde is used over the split-back bench seating.

After spending more than he thought and investing more time than he imagined, Jim Eckard is finally having a good time with his chopped Chevy. He's been hitting the car show circuit in the Southwest when he isn't cruising it in and around the greater Phoenix metro area, and he recently displayed the car at the 2013 Grand National Roadster Show (where he placed Third in the Early Custom 1935-1948 class). He also picked up a STREET RODDER Top 100 award at last year's Goodguys show in Scottsdale. Both show and go, Jim's Chevy can do it all.

Read more: http://www.streetrodderweb.com/features/1306_1948_chevrolet_stylemaster/

This '48 Chevy, after a 4 year build was completed in 1985. As a Barris Kustom tribute build, it is making it's own history. Goodguys - Memory Lane 2008 - Cool Cusotm 2011 - Streetrodder Top 100 2012!! Streetrodder magazine centerfold/feature June 2013. Invitation to 2012 Grand National Roadster Show - Super Show Henderson, NV Peoples Choice of over 1200 cars. Fort Mcdowell Casino Lowrider Magazine Presidential award. And much, much more!!Dependable, reliable driver! 2011 New 350 Chevy crate motor with 4900 miles on it. All modifications as well as a ton of information on this car upon your request. One of a kind radical custom, that definitely has the wow factor and is a kick to drive. 350 Turbo, vintage ac and heat, and rides like a baby buggy. Hell it even has a backseat for the grandkids!

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2 door 1947 chevy fleetline aero sedan.  this car has been sitting 30+years was built back in the late 60's early 70's i will describe the best i can i didn't get much info from the family i got it from. It has caddy headlights its been chopped not sure how much but gaps are nice rear fenders are molded on it has what looks to be some ford taillights molded to the rear. the body work is very nice cant find any signs of rust in paint. The trunk floor and frame all look very solid NO ROT.  It has all glass cut but not finished the rear car is plexi doesnt fit right I put a new fuel tank in and powered up an electric pump it fired right up and runs smooth.  it has all int garnish moulding not cut.  it looks like its a 70's small block chevy with an hei quadrajet and a turbo 350 trans. it has a pontiac rear end.

ROD & CUSTOM FEATURE CAR
Aaron Acquafondata
Reno, Nevada
1946 Chevy Coupe



What is it about 1940s Ford customs? Sure, everything from 1935 through 1948 wearing the Blue Oval badge makes for, and has made for, prime custom material. The most memorable pre- and postwar customs are Ford/Mercury, right? Not all of them.
1946 Chevy Fleetmaster Front Seat



While they pale in comparison to the amount of FoMoCo fare, there have been a number of GM-based customs to fill the annals of custom car history. The latter part of the 1940s-era models, most notably 1946-48 Chevrolets, are atop the black sheep popularity list, and for good reason—they're some of the best looking designs to be penned by General Motors prior to the forthcoming "slab-sided" revolution. The Fleetline/Aerosedan, for instance, is about as close to a factory chop as you'll ever find; their counterpart Fleetmaster/Stylemaster coupes, with their similarly swept-forward B-pillars, entice further profile adjustment. Perfect case in point: Aaron Acquafondata's 1946 coupe.

The Reno, Nevada, resident was handed down the gearhead gene from his father, who gave his son a 1951 Pontiac for his first car. "It was all downhill from there!" Aaron recalls. "When I graduated high school, I decided to sell my car, take a year off, and build my dream car. I set out to build a custom that represented the subtle class and taste in the early custom car era. I also wanted to drive the hell out of it, so I made sure it was equipped with a reliable and affordable drivetrain," he continues.


"Over the course of a year, I was able to get the car finished, but I couldn't have done it without the help of my friends. The biggest obstacle with the initial buying of the car was that I had it shipped from Hawaii to Hayward, California, then broke down halfway to Reno due to a wiring failure. I've had to dip into my college fund, but I think it was worth it…"
1946 Chevy Fleetmaster Steering Wheel

Worth it not only to achieve his goal and get his gearhead fix, but also to create a perfect representation of a late-1940s California custom. Once Aaron had the 1946 in his possession, friend Brant Jackson lent a hand by not only getting the coupe running, but cutting and lowering the roof (the top was in the process shortened, necessitating an extended catwalk/tulip panel). As Aaron put it: "He made the rough sketch and I took it and made it into a finished painting." His refinement work not only entailed finishing out the top chop, but fitting and refitting all the decades-weary and abused panels on the 1946. Other than a traditional nose and deck job, much of the Fleetmaster is stock, including lighting fixtures and majority of trim. Bodywork by Brian Louis and Roger and Matthew VanTrees was topped by single-stage DuPont black by the VanTrees, while standard 1950 Chevy caps on same-make 15-inch steelies wrapped with Coker-BFGoodrich Silvertowns, Appleton spots, and rear fender skirts finish off the mild yet impactful exterior. The interior also harkens back to the past: brown vinyl tuck 'n' roll by Paco's Custom Upholstery (Roseville, California) with brown pile carpet does the trick. While the dash is stock (entirely save for Stewart-Warner gauges), the original column was swapped out for an ididit Hot Rod unit equipped with a LimeWorks column shifter, now sporting a 1946 Dodge steering wheel.

The readily visible aspects of this Chevy may speak traditional, but beneath, as he himself clearly pointed out, it's all reliability. That translates into a stock frame updated with a Mustang II frontend, four-linked and coil-sprung Camaro rearend, and a late-model Chevy 350/350 combo, all incorporated and facilitated by Johnny Koonce at Kool Kat Kustoms in San Jose, California.

"It's a daily driver. Rain or shine. It's been on multiple 400-mile trips, with a few longer and shorter ones thrown in," Aaron surmises. Perfect, ...form AND function, in harmony.


Read more: http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/featuredvehicles/1406_1946_chevy_fleetmaster/

En cherchant dans mes archives j'ai retrouvé des photos de la Chevy de mon pote Etienne qui était passée sur la revue Kustom

1948 Chevy chopped top custom coupe. Gorgeous car!!!!The coupe is powered by a great running 350 v8,350 automatic trans.,mustang 2 front end,power disc brakes,power steering,10 bolt Chevy rear end,with drum,and tilt column. equipped with new exhaust, electric hood,and trunk,new wire loom,custom Banjo steering wheel,fat whitewall radial tires,Star burst hub caps,beautiful custom fit freshly chromed 1946 grill,tinted glass,ton's of chrome,and billet in the motor compartment.