The paint gets matched to the patina, the sheet metal work gets worked under the hood, and Casey mounts the dash…
In this video, Casey finally starts the car and gets it lookin’ proper with a matte clear coat from Poppy’s Patina…
Casey gets a bunch of work done under the hood and gets the turbo boost gauge installed in the ’51 Chevy dash. He also starts it up and lets it run for about a minute…
Casey finishes all of the work under the hood and wraps up the turbo dump exhaust…
Casey gets the brake and fuel lines run and builds the rear floor from scratch…
Casey wraps up the fuel tank filler neck and fuel lines and gets the driveshaft in place. The car finally fires under its own power — and without starting fluid!
Casey wraps up some minor issues and finally takes the chassis swapped ’51 Chevy for its first drive!
Casey finishes up the dash, gets the doors opening and closing, installs the hood and trunk, and FINALLY makes some sparks while tail dragging (they are tiny, but they are sparks, LOL)…
Casey gets the new hubcaps on, the lights wired up, starts to fix the banged-up roof and takes the first drive to the car wash…
Casey finally gets the roof in shape with an old-school custom lace paint job…
