A new beginning.

So, let's keep this short. Here's the starting point:

I bought myself a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe in 2007. Back then, I didn't have much experience with American cars (not that I have now), and the project clearly requires some pretty decent restoration skills. So, as you can see from the pictures that I was way in over my head.

The starting point: rotten floor, rotten trunk, the left side has collisidion damage camouflaged by a thick layer of bondo. Carefully estimated about 50% of the car's sheet metal needs to be replaced.

So I collected some skills for a few years with different cars, mainly Chevrolets and Pontiacs from the year 1989 (Caprice Classic STW and Grand Prix). Former had some sheet metal work to be done, the latter needed an engine swap and a bunch of other stuff.

Anyway, now that I finally have time and a decent workspace to build my '55, the project is finally going to get underway during June 2011. The first stop (also, the biggest one when it comes to bodywork): getting a new floor. More on that in the next posting.

Also, a friendly reminder to whoever might be reading this: this blog is mainly my own diary on the process of the '55. There are going to months when I'm not gonna post anything, since I will run out of money by September 2011. The main goal for 2011 is to get the new floor in, and possibly rocker panels. A new floor trunk is something I dare not to dream of during this summer, since there's already a lot of work on my plate.

Here's the beginning of the journey: my Caprice hauling the '55 Chevy to the new workshop.