55 chevy badman

[db1995]

heres the roughest car ive tried to restore it was my dads in the 70's and he gave it to me a few years ago

the roof is rough so much paint no door trunks lines

hacked up frame had plastic weirdohs slicks on the back

car was unhacked before i got it in 07 i did this crime

[db1995]

got the frame loking better

hacked up wheel wells

1 quarter panel fixed thanks to badroadahead for the parts body for it quarters, roof, and hood

inside

wheels for it

thanks for loking

[db1995]

the interior that came with it was trash got a black interior from the parts box.

[101564]

Man..I understand you wanting to restore it cause it was your Dad's...but geez...looks like one of those deals where you just remove the steering wheel and put another kit in front of it...
you definitely have your work" cut out" for you..pardon the pun...
wonder how much of the original kit will be left?...hats off to you for the effort...i'm really interested to see how this turns out...
keep us posted....Mike

[AL]

-yea, that's "rough" db ! .... if you can fix that, then you are an artist ! -Good Luck.

-AL

[db1995]

this is the latest pic with both quarters the hood and roof

and heres the rest of the badman i have to restore



enjoy these pics

[db1995]

got 2 more on the way thatll make 8

[AL]

Geez db, -you are the king of the "Bad Man" ! ! ! ! nice collection.

uh, .. ?what r u doin with that bic lighter young man ? lol

-AL

[db1995]

al i use the lighter as a lift to make mockups its empty

[AL]

hehe, jus kidi'n db ! ..........................................

[eddiehooper]

You Most Definitely have your Work set out before You.
Have Faith & Patience, you Will Persevere.
Looking Very Nice thus far.

[badroadahead]

Man, you've got some work to do! But, don't you just love the challenge?

Quite a collection there. I'm glad to have helped you out.

Looking forward to seeing more of this restoration.

Dave

[db1995]

as it sits today
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the interior console only original part will stay unpainted

it has come so far but has a long way to go

[db1995]

found some more before pics dont cry


it has been many color black blue orange red purple yellow metallic green and teal green

[db1995]

just bought this for parts
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[badroadahead]

Dude, you are a miracle worker!

That looks great!

Dave

[stingray]

I seen that parts lot, congratulations! You have a lot of Badmans LOL is that even correct grammer? Badmen. LOL that sounds worse for some reason.

[Deleted]

Super nice work!

[db1995]

i got some more done on it today, i permanently glued the roof on and put the vent window posts back in, painted the frame and suspension, gonna put a coat of primer on tomorrow will post pics later

[baddgass]

Lots of work on this one, man better u then me lol Nice work.

[Dennis M]

Looking good DB' please keep us posted on the progress. Dennis

[db1995]

So has there been a long enough gap between progress lol? I got to looking at the car and realized the frame was toast, so i got nother from the parts box, and the quarters weren't glued on straight and were all different kinds of crooked, so off came the quarters, then i was trying to get the hood to fit better and i slipped and broke the body into 7 pieces so i glued the hood to the fenders to shoot for the fiberglass frontend look and then lined everything up and glued in place, wow has there been more work than its worth!, no one likes to read so heres pics













Might try to get it done for the contest, but i wouldn't count on it.

[rustybill1960]

That's a lot of work and I am liking it
Your a very persistent builder
Thank You for sharing
Later
Russ

[Bert]

You're a braver man than I. Keep Going!

[db1995]

So 2 years later and no noticable progress, Got a good mockup in though I have been working on the blac Badman in the pics and decided to get dads out for a photo op. The black one is mostly stock just has a bench seat instead of buckets and no backseat, it will be yellow and dads orange really hoping to get them done by the end of the year as I'm finding myself with less and less free time.

[db1995]

Almost have this 1/16 55 done except bodywork

[DVS]

Nice to see you post some pics. On your projects. Keep up the good work.

[Brandon]

Like I always say... It's only plastic. I know we sink much more labor in a kit bash, so if you want to restore your dad's old car, I think it's awesome. I love a resurrected glue bomb. It's soulful.

I love the stance with the lowered rear and missing front valence.