Heartland Customs
Rod Shop and Custom Interiors
1956 Chevy BelAir
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Exterior rendering
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Interior rendering
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1956 BelAir 2 Dr HT
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Old interior
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Trunk
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Rusted out rear body mounts
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Needs new floor pans
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Removing old undercoating
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Old chassis
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New chassis
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Media blasted
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Ready for panel replacement
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Bodywork begins
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Smooth firewall installed
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New chassis in epoxy and ready for paint
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Painted chassis, looks black but...
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Its really black sapphire blue metallic
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Floorpan replacement complete
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Enlarged transmission tunnel for 5 speed
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Suspension painted, ready for assembly
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Body in epoxy
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Rear of body in epoxy
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New floorpans in epoxy
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Painted and assembled chassis
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Wilwood discs with chrome calipers
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New crate LS3/430hp
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Painting the LS3
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Painted LS3 with new headers
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18" Intro Vista II 5
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Assembled chassis ready for body
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Smooth firewall
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Smoothed and shaved dash
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Ready for mock up
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LS3 in its new home
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Body on new chassis...Ready for mock up
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Mocking up
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Fabricating custom inner fenders
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Fabricating custom hinge pockets
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Finishing up mock up
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Building the custom Borla exhaust
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Custom exhaust finished and ready for HPC coating
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Custom made billet hood hinges
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Finishing out hinges
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Finalizing inner fenders for paint
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Undercoating original inner fenders
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Undercoating the inside of front fenders
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Smoothed and painted hinges
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Finished inner fenders
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Applying Dynapro undercoating
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First clear complete
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Beautiful color
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Cleared firewall, car is ready for wet sand and reclear
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Final color sand and buff begins
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Buffing with different compounds
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Now its starting to shine like we want it
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Finished door and check out the depth and clarity
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Soft touch dash finished
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Engine against smooth firewall
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Finished body on the new chassis
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Moving on to the reassembly phase
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Dynamat applied in car
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Rear body trim complete
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Fender trim complete
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Refurbished wing windows with new smoked glass
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Custom dash trim and gauges installed
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Real rosewood trim with polished aluminum trim
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Fabricating the custom console
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Smoothing up the custom console for paint
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Front console ready for paint
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Rear console ready for paint
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Fabricating custom trunk
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Fabricating the custom rear seats
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Side view of custom rear seats
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Custom billet trim piece for trunk
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Custom A/C vent panels
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Finished trunk
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Headliner detail
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Package tray with custom billet pieces
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Custom steering wheel with rosewood and leather split grip
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Finished rear seats
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Finished package tray
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Finished console
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Finished kick panels and vent panels
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Finished exterior
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Finished exterior rear
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Finished interior
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Custom engine covers
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