1951 Metro- The Restoration Begins


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Post Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:55 pm

Re: 1951 Metro- The Restoration Begins

g-force wrote:Do you happen to have the original caps still?

No, The truck didn't have any hubcaps when I got it. These are what I bought
https://travelallparts.com/Hub_Caps_Tri ... ond/p16885
1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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Post Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:02 pm

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nikkinutshop wrote:Hand lettering, flawless!. Someone has a steady hand. What brushes do you favor?


I cheated, I had my sign guy make a stencil and then I painted it in. The trick is to paint it in so that the bruch stokes look like it was free handed. This way I can tell people that they are hand painted (which they are) and once you see the brush stokes, it's exactly how it would have been done back in the day.
1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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Post Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:11 pm

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There are two items that I am putting in the truck that will set the tone as a Snap-on truck. The first is a 1951 toolbox that I restored and the second is a transmission service cabinet that I restored... I got that installed.
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1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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Post Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:57 am

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Very cool!
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Post Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:06 pm

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Set the grill on the truck today, just to make sure what I built fit, it does. Got more of the logo painted today and oh yeah I drove it for the first time!!!
Well I just backed it up into the storage unit but it was better then pushing it!
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1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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Post Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:55 am

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Looking real good! Perhaps one of these days I will make it down your way to see it in person.
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Post Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:59 am

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Come on down!
1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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Post Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:40 am

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Now that's a SHARP LOOKING METRO!!!! Great job! :yay: :t0201: :yay: :t0201: :yay: :t0201:
L110 owner since 1974, finally rebuilt 2014.
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Post Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:47 am

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Thank You, Thank You very much
1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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Post Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:37 am

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Here is a detail shot of the Snap-on logo
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1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
Instagram- snapon.domenic
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