Absolutely love it! Thanks for sharing. Such an old-school, classic rod. Park her next to any Ferrari or $200K car and she'll be the one everyone loves.
Nice throw-back to the 50's when things were slower, people nicer and a "Sunday drive" was the family thing to do.... Joni Mitchell another great Canadian sang it best...you don't know what you've got till it's gone...
Sweet! My older brother had a 51 Chevy Deluxe. He sold it for $125.00, near as I can figure, around 1960. I truly enjoy your videos. Your tips have helped me tremendously. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for the great video Fitzee! My mom won a 1950 Chevy Bel Air and it was Green with a white roof. She was just married and buying store bought cigarettes. She won a toaster in a pack of Belvedere and my Dad gave her hell for buying store bought smokes. Being my Mom she continued on doing it and won a new car. My parents were saving for a better car so my Dad suggested they use the money to take a trip to Cape Breton Island and visit my Mom's family. The trip from Brantford, Ontario took 3 whole days!!!
This is a great vlog. Thanks for posting and sharing this vlog with us. My only observation with comment, you do need a bigger shop/garage! Got some great builds, but your Chevy needs some TLC. I sure wished that old I6 was in there with its great sound, just my preference.
I just bought a 51 also. The guy I bought it from yanked the engine and transmission out to put into a period correct 1930 Chevy hot rod truck. I have a 77 Buick Skylark that has a 307 and 3 speed auto trans in it that was rear ended a couple years ago so I'm going to cut it up and put the entire front suspension and drive train in the 51 and make it a daily driver/cruise-in car.
This guy makes things seem so simple and is the calmest person working on these vehicles I have ever seen more patience than anybody I know but he's right no reason to get all mad and upset so I'm taking a lesson from him now instead of getting all mad I just step back a minute think it through and calm down thanks for everything fitzees and I love this car looking forward to more videos
I'll never fathom the guys who dump tons of money into a "show quality" car, only to trailer it everywhere it goes. Point me to the guys and gals who build them up to do what they were made to do....jump in, fire up, and enjoy every mile making memories. Glad to see the Deluxe out of its seasonal slumber and being enjoyed. She's a beautiful cruiser.
Now if that don't make me miss my old '51 hard top with the 235 and the powerglide , 30.4 h.p. at the rear end lolololol. It cruised around nice though , overwound the dash clock and never got it working again , sold it in 1980. 😥
Hi Fitzee, I'm watching through your back catalogue and whilst looking at this I saw that rusting boat and it had me thinking I bet Tony could restore that with a bit of the butt and cut method👍.
That brings back memories I had one of those back in 1970 on Vancouver island. Paid a whole 50 dollars it had a flathead six and 3 on the tree.it was a great ole car and fun to drive as long as you weren’t in a hurry🤠👍
My first car was a 1952 chevy Belair 2 Dr hardtop it was red with a white top. It had a sunvisor and a continental kit on the back. Beautiful leather upholstery with little red and white balls all around the roof on the inside it also had blue lights on top of the dash in the corners of the windshield and red lights under the dash. It had a wind-up clock and an AM radio. I bought it when I was sixteen for $75.00 ( 1966) and it only had 32000 miles and was in mint condition. I left home to enter the army at eighteen and asked my Dad to keep it for me. A few years later he sold it to somebody, and I have never forgiven him to this day. I do like your car it reminds a lot of my 52.
Love the old Chevy Deluxe I've got a Tacoma Trd 4x4 Sport in the driveway. Although I do love the truck and its never given me a problem not once. Somedays, I feel like trading her in for an old Jalopy, I don't know what it is but I've always have been very fond of those old cars.
I've only ever owned 1 new car in my life and halfway through the payment book I thought "This is fu(king crazy, why Am I paying this much for a car". Right before I paid it off I bought a running driving project car and after I got the new car paid off I sold it and put the money in the project car. I will NEVER own a car newer than 1985 because once they went to all the computers and electric everything it ruined the experience of actually driving and they are nothing more than throw-aways bland blobs of plastic, they have no soul.
Wow 20K subscribers, she is taking off like a rocket now congrats! Love the car. Looking forward to see what you do with the Bronco, I'm working on a '78 right now!
When can I come pick up my cruiser? 😄 When I was 5 years old my parents bought a used 50 deluxe tan lower brown top. That was in the year 1955. Thanks for sharing this and stirring my memories. 👍🤙😃
That’s a beautiful car definitely my favorite and you’re gonna laugh at me for this my second favorite is an AMC 1976 gremlin but I would rather have the Chevy but yet again such a beautiful ride I hope one day I can have one As nice as yours
Now you have pulled her out, could you widen your storage bay by another foot? I'm working on my 57 chevy half tone step side at the moment. Your welding tips are very helpful for me, especially but welding repair panels. Cheers.
Cool car Fitzee : ) It's surprising how much dust was on it even though it was covered with plastic... We used to paint our cars back in the 80's with Tremclad paint but I found it stayed soft, like you could scratch it with your fingernails very easily. It wouldn't dry completely. Maybe we should have used some kind of hardener in it.
Yes hardner for shiny colors. Trick is to mix it one to one with a good thinners. Dried up nice. A reducer at about 25 to 50% reduction will stay soft.
@@fitzeesfabrications We just put it on straight out of the can lol. We used a few glossy ones but I used flat black mostly. It did the job. Back then we were just happy to have the cars on the road and all one colour LOL!
51 and 52 had the same fender chrome, as did the 49 and 50 and 47 and 48 and if you look close they were the same as the other automotive counterparts. Back in those days there was only 1 company who made the stainless steel chrome for cars, Stewart Chrome company of Canton Michigan, they were all the same for every maufactor, My lifelong bestfriends grandpa worked there after coming back from WWII, after he retired in the late 60's they moved to my hometown.
That’s the whaler in Conception Hr. at the end of the video isn’t it... and the plane is in Hr Grace... you took her on quite the cruise.... The old girl looks good.... Seeing that whaler really hit home... That’s where i grew up
It is what it is. Walls in shop are not painted as if they were it look a mess. Every few weeks I gutt the shop and blow off thr walls and everything. I learned a long time ago that if you want a pretty shop you better not do any work in it. Specially bodywork and grinding.
S10 frames in these chevy are trouble. The rad support won't work with the steering box. If it was me I do a mustang II front end or a later model ranger. It dont have a steering box. The stock frames are best kind and any frame swap is going take alot of floor hacking.
It has a reliable v8 in it now with power steering and brakes. I'm a hot rodder. Stock is nice for Sunday cruz. I like the long hall with some comforts
Absolutely love it! Thanks for sharing.
Such an old-school, classic rod. Park her next to any Ferrari or $200K car and she'll be the one everyone loves.
I love how you made it more "modern" and more drivable with the upgraded drivetrain, but it still looks factory. Great job!
Nice throw-back to the 50's when things were slower, people nicer and a "Sunday drive" was the family thing to do.... Joni Mitchell another great Canadian sang it best...you don't know what you've got till it's gone...
Sweet! My older brother had a 51 Chevy Deluxe. He sold it for $125.00, near as I can figure, around 1960. I truly enjoy your videos. Your tips have helped me tremendously. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Glad I discovered your channel! Great stuff! Hello from Prince Edward Island!
Nice car ,quiet wife .What a combination.
Thanks for the great video Fitzee! My mom won a 1950 Chevy Bel Air and it was Green with a white roof. She was just married and buying store bought cigarettes. She won a toaster in a pack of Belvedere and my Dad gave her hell for buying store bought smokes. Being my Mom she continued on doing it and won a new car. My parents were saving for a better car so my Dad suggested they use the money to take a trip to Cape Breton Island and visit my Mom's family. The trip from Brantford, Ontario took 3 whole days!!!
She's a beauty! Nothing wrong with power steering, brakes and suspension and engine swap, rest is stock. Basic no no sense paint.
Great cruiser!!!
Hay Fitzee thanks for your body work videos
Greg from Australia I'm a 60 year old body repairer love your lessons and what Learnt from from them.😎👍
One thing I have learned is we are never to old to learn new things. Day I stops learning is day I gives it up. Cheers from Newfoundland
@@fitzeesfabricationslove ya style Fitzee you make it look way
Enjoyed the CRUZE as well😎😍
Without a doubt
You have the best kept active working shop.
I love the the fact that it all developed naturally.
Nice Chevy! Good thing you chopped top on the other one so it can fit on the top shelf! 😀
This is a great vlog. Thanks for posting and sharing this vlog with us. My only observation with comment, you do need a bigger shop/garage! Got some great builds, but your Chevy needs some TLC. I sure wished that old I6 was in there with its great sound, just my preference.
So glad I stumbled upon your channel. Great looking Chevy and awesome cruiser. Not over the top just sweet and simple. I look forward to more.
very cool , that is a nice ride here , top shelf cruiser
thank you for sharing ...
Definition of tight squeeze
see Fitzee's Fifty one storage spot.
Nice, thanks for the ride.
Very groovy cruizer and excellent scenery! Thx for the tour.
What a beautiful job ya got done on that.. your not easy. cheers from Corner Brook 🍻 👍
Such a cool car. I love the bare bones simple cars like that.
A great contrast with the loads of LS powered cars out there today.
She looks like she was super solid rig you got there. Also jealous you must have some awesome fishing out there!
Thanks. Lots of restrictions on fishing. But we do all right when the seasons are open. Car is far from mint. It has it share of patch work
I just bought a 51 also. The guy I bought it from yanked the engine and transmission out to put into a period correct 1930 Chevy hot rod truck. I have a 77 Buick Skylark that has a 307 and 3 speed auto trans in it that was rear ended a couple years ago so I'm going to cut it up and put the entire front suspension and drive train in the 51 and make it a daily driver/cruise-in car.
Nice old Chevy,like your best pair of shoes, you'd never give them up!
I'm jealous.... my '61 Impala convertible is 140 miles from me, ready to go except for the virus lockdown.
I enjoyed the video. Inspiring. It gave me hope that in these trying times we can enjoy life and our accomplishments.
This guy makes things seem so simple and is the calmest person working on these vehicles I have ever seen more patience than anybody I know but he's right no reason to get all mad and upset so I'm taking a lesson from him now instead of getting all mad I just step back a minute think it through and calm down thanks for everything fitzees and I love this car looking forward to more videos
Love those gauges , really sets off the dash. Quite the possession to be proud of!
nice old car to go cruising in. thanks for sharing.
Very cool car Fitzee. Just start her up and drive...Love it!
I'll never fathom the guys who dump tons of money into a "show quality" car, only to trailer it everywhere it goes.
Point me to the guys and gals who build them up to do what they were made to do....jump in, fire up, and enjoy every mile making memories.
Glad to see the Deluxe out of its seasonal slumber and being enjoyed. She's a beautiful cruiser.
Everything has its place, some cars deserve a 6 digit restoration, some cars deserve someone to do as you describe.
I build and repair hotrods for a living and a life.
Day triping.👍
If ya dont drive em, what good are they?
@@TheRoadhammer379 But all cars desereve to be driven, that's why they were built.
Now if that don't make me miss my old '51 hard top with the 235 and the powerglide , 30.4 h.p. at the rear end lolololol. It cruised around nice though , overwound the dash clock and never got it working again , sold it in 1980. 😥
You are an artist in more ways then one, next video, fixing the ship from the end on this clip!
Hahaha. Too funny
Hi Fitzee, I'm watching through your back catalogue and whilst looking at this I saw that rusting boat and it had me thinking I bet Tony could restore that with a bit of the butt and cut method👍.
That brings back memories I had one of those back in 1970 on Vancouver island. Paid a whole 50 dollars it had a flathead six and 3 on the tree.it was a great ole car and fun to drive as long as you weren’t in a hurry🤠👍
My first car was a 1952 chevy Belair 2 Dr hardtop it was red with a white top. It had a sunvisor and a continental kit on the back. Beautiful leather upholstery with little red and white balls all around the roof on the inside it also had blue lights on top of the dash in the corners of the windshield and red lights under the dash. It had a wind-up clock and an AM radio. I bought it when I was sixteen for $75.00 ( 1966) and it only had 32000 miles and was in mint condition. I left home to enter the army at eighteen and asked my Dad to keep it for me. A few years later he sold it to somebody, and I have never forgiven him to this day. I do like your car it reminds a lot of my 52.
Forgive him. Let it go.
That happened to me also.
😢
Miss the car, etc.
Stuck in the 60s.
Very nice car. I love everything about it. I really enjoy your videos. And, you're a great teacher.
Such a nice car in fantastic surroundings. You are a lucky man! Enjoy.
I am 75 years old and that car Is my dream car
Now thats a nice 51. Neat and clean and sounds good.
Love the old Chevy Deluxe I've got a Tacoma Trd 4x4 Sport in the driveway. Although I do love the truck and its never given me a problem not once. Somedays, I feel like trading her in for an old Jalopy, I don't know what it is but I've always have been very fond of those old cars.
I've only ever owned 1 new car in my life and halfway through the payment book I thought "This is fu(king crazy, why Am I paying this much for a car". Right before I paid it off I bought a running driving project car and after I got the new car paid off I sold it and put the money in the project car. I will NEVER own a car newer than 1985 because once they went to all the computers and electric everything it ruined the experience of actually driving and they are nothing more than throw-aways bland blobs of plastic, they have no soul.
That was cool. Love the shot with C-47 in the background and the sunken ship.
such a cool workshop/space you have their fitzee defo beats my 13ftX9ft garage and boy she sounds sweet...cant beat the good old v8
I don't know the first thing about cars.....but I know what I like, and I like this looks and sounds lovely.
That's redonkulous Brutha! You gotta add at least an inch or two to that storage rack. Sweet ride!
I liked the drive about at the end.
Wow 20K subscribers, she is taking off like a rocket now congrats! Love the car. Looking forward to see what you do with the Bronco, I'm working on a '78 right now!
love the car...…….. thanks for your videos
When can I come pick up my cruiser? 😄 When I was 5 years old my parents bought a used 50 deluxe tan lower brown top. That was in the year 1955. Thanks for sharing this and stirring my memories. 👍🤙😃
Now that's living life got your car and your girl and cruising
That is a sweet ride that you can use any time you and your lady want to go for a ride in the countryside. Enjoy 👍👍
Hi Jorge Fernandez!
She's a beauty - a real black top cruiser to be proud of.
So glad I found this video.
You have an extremely well organized workshop.
Wow, nice car. I love it!
Wow. Thanks for the cruise!
Beautiful car. Love the flat black paint. And the chrome trim by the gas door. Dont make them like that anymore.
That's a beautiful cruiser. Would love an 8 one day.
Thanks for taking us along for a ride nice car .
I see a boat that could use a little metal repair....
🤩
Nice! She cleaned up well with the bath.
That’s a beautiful car definitely my favorite and you’re gonna laugh at me for this my second favorite is an AMC 1976 gremlin but I would rather have the Chevy but yet again such a beautiful ride I hope one day I can have one As nice as yours
I won't laugh. I love to have a 71 or 72 hornet. My first car was a AMC. 68 Javelin
Beautiful wife, and a great car....That's whats it's all about..
Took a ride up to Conception Harbour...and the wreck of the whaler "SS Charcot". Thats a great drive...
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Good one Fitzy, that was great👍
Gotta love the bear bins beside each driveway!
Beautiful car. Must have been great back then to buy a car and know you could fix every part on it.
Very cool car. Just subscribed...👍🏻😎👍🏻
Well all I can say is I wish it were mine. Sooooo nice.
What a deadly car! Great chanel too.
Great photography at the end too!
Beautiful car.
Love this car love your videos!
Now you have pulled her out, could you widen your storage bay by another foot? I'm working on my 57 chevy half tone step side at the moment. Your welding tips are very helpful for me, especially but welding repair panels. Cheers.
Cool car Fitzee : ) It's surprising how much dust was on it even though it was covered with plastic...
We used to paint our cars back in the 80's with Tremclad paint but I found it stayed soft, like you could scratch it with your fingernails very easily. It wouldn't dry completely. Maybe we should have used some kind of hardener in it.
Yes hardner for shiny colors. Trick is to mix it one to one with a good thinners. Dried up nice. A reducer at about 25 to 50% reduction will stay soft.
@@fitzeesfabrications We just put it on straight out of the can lol. We used a few glossy ones but I used flat black mostly. It did the job. Back then we were just happy to have the cars on the road and all one colour LOL!
Im a 1983.. i love those designs..
She needs her own home lots of room around back of the garage for it lol
Car has rear fender chrome side strip of 1952. I had a rare 2 door 1952 hardtop. Really rare today.
51 and 52 had the same fender chrome, as did the 49 and 50 and 47 and 48 and if you look close they were the same as the other automotive counterparts. Back in those days there was only 1 company who made the stainless steel chrome for cars, Stewart Chrome company of Canton Michigan, they were all the same for every maufactor, My lifelong bestfriends grandpa worked there after coming back from WWII, after he retired in the late 60's they moved to my hometown.
I like your rotisserie. Make a video on that! Nice.
Very cool, well done.
Great video, Fitzee. Thanks for posting.
Nice ride buddy!
''Nice cruiser"!!!
Beautiful.
Nice work
Nice keep it that way
Awesome video sir!
Very nice Chevy.
Very Cool Hot Rod!
love the ganster white walls
Love the car
A great daily driver
Enjoy
no doubt about it that's nice
Great car!
That’s the whaler in Conception Hr. at the end of the video isn’t it... and the plane is in Hr Grace... you took her on quite the cruise.... The old girl looks good.... Seeing that whaler really hit home... That’s where i grew up
I drive the tires off this car. Was out like 4 hours that day. Did the loop
Beautiful
The dirt should always be hosed off FIRST before the hand washing.
I want that hot rod project!
Fitz I have a 66 caddy convertible and a 71 chevelle convertible.
Thanks for the Great videos Fitzee.....How do yoy deal with the metal grinder dust
in the work shop over everythink ? cheers Brett
It is what it is. Walls in shop are not painted as if they were it look a mess. Every few weeks I gutt the shop and blow off thr walls and everything. I learned a long time ago that if you want a pretty shop you better not do any work in it. Specially bodywork and grinding.
Nice car man
Mine still has the 235/cast iron PG , needs some work . 3:55 rear axle?
2:50 rear gear. Highway car
Nice. Thanks.
🔔👍🇺🇸😎😎😎
Simple, driver.
I like my stick shift and crank windows 👍
And AC down here at 95*.
😎 Stuck in 63😎
Thanks for the video. What is the car that sets above that one. Looks like you had a great day. Enjoy
I did here g body rear end thanks . I have a 51 ,53 not sure. thanking about s 10 frame . To upgrade what do u thanks
S10 frames in these chevy are trouble. The rad support won't work with the steering box. If it was me I do a mustang II front end or a later model ranger. It dont have a steering box. The stock frames are best kind and any frame swap is going take alot of floor hacking.
@@fitzeesfabrications thanks for your responses . I really appreciate your videos . I like to work with sheet metal .
Was interested till hood opened... just couldn't keep reliable 6 in it
It has a reliable v8 in it now with power steering and brakes. I'm a hot rodder. Stock is nice for Sunday cruz. I like the long hall with some comforts
@@fitzeesfabrications I put,
292 big six in mine.out of GMC
I take 600 miles trips no problem