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    New here from Alexandria, VA

    Welcome from Fredericksburg. If you haven't heard, the Karb Kings are having there annual show in Fredericksburg on Oct. 13th. It's well worth the drive down from Alexandria.
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    Dead in the water :eek: I've been really busy with customer work. Doesn't leave any time to work on my own stuff but does keep the lights on when I do get back on it [cl
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    Thanks guys! Chop pics coming soon, I promise :D
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    Passenger side goes the same way. Cut giant hole. Install enough cleco's to make Frankenstein blush Set nice tight gaps Pass. side quarter is ready to start welding in. Hey! It looks like a 2 door all of a sudden! Every day is one day closer to the fun part...
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    Cool, glad to hear you could get something out of this thread, makes it worth posting! This video can explain Cleco's better and quicker than I ever could by typing ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgEIVUVLrnQ
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    I feel old...I'm closing in on 23 :eek:
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    Got my roof all welded up and started finishing it. Slowly but surely coming out nice, gonna take quite awhile. I'm really pleased how the driprail came together. Got the quarter panel seam welded up as well, gonna be a pain to finish since I can't get behind it to work on...
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    Thanks guys! At my age, nobody believes me unless I got a ton of pics...lol [;)
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    Glad you like it so far! I'm trying to do this stuff full time, we'll see how it works out [P
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    Bitchin! 4/5 and slanted pillars is what I've got in mind for mine. Any more pics?
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    And all this just to get to the "hard part". :eek: Will keep it updated as I go along.
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    Thanks Tyster! Thanks man! All I can say is go for it! It's only metal, pound on it long enough and it'll look like you want it to. Awsome, glad you can get something out of it, makes it worth the time of posting it! [cl I wish that was one days work! It's 4 days working roughly 9-5 minus...
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    And here's how it currently sits, looking quite a bit more 2 door-ish if I do so say myself [;)[P
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    Making a 4 door cool ...or... My '50 Ford 2 door conversion!

    Getting everything fitted up just right before welding is the most crucial part. I made a handful of these tabs to keep everything cleco'd in place like so.. A piece of TIG wire makes an easy contour gauge to see if anything needs bumped around before tack welding. After getting...
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