My friend brought his half finished custom car from the US when he moved here a short while back, when he has all the mechanical stuff sorted out he is going to need a good custom paint job on it, obviously not ready for painting yet but he wants to start looking and finding what is available.  Chonburi area is favorite as that is where he lives.

 

No need to tell me to use the search function I have no time for that piece of tot

 

Not sure what the body is but the engine is a reworked Chevrolet 383 with Transam 700E transmission. A Corvette IRS rear end and Mustang 2 front end.

Anyone is interested here are a few pictures:

I envy your chum, gonna have a lot of fun at the stop light drags....????

I just knew Transam would be first on this thread, good on ya Transam ????

 

I'll try to keep it up to date with what he is doing for anyone who wants to read about the project as well 

how do the roads dept react to something like this?  it would not come up in a database of models available new/used cars, to compare to!

 

 

let alone putting on the inevitable go fast decals! ????

And for those who don't know what a 383 Chevy is, it's a 6.3 litre V8...????

watching to see how this one progresses

 

2 hours ago, transam said:

And for those who don't know what a 383 Chevy is, it's a 6.3 litre V8...????

400 crank in a 350

Ask the manager at Nong Nuch Gardens Museum. ive seen one being delivered by a Body Shop.All glittery.

1 hour ago, canthai55 said:

400 crank in a 350

Yes, unless it has a ZZ383....????

A few pics of my chums 1938 Willys that started off life as a 4 door army staff car. Perhaps show your friend for the inspiration thingy..

Oh, the ride now has a 7.5 litre lump..????

 

 

 

If it was me I would go to a custom car show, classic car night, etc.

Ask around - soon find out who is the best.

I know Thor from BKK

http://thorchops.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ThorChopsKustoms/

2 hours ago, canthai55 said:

If it was me I would go to a custom car show, classic car night, etc.

Ask around - soon find out who is the best.

I know Thor from BKK

http://thorchops.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ThorChopsKustoms/

I agree go to a custom car show or even bike show. The custom folks know what you want, and they are the best at realizing your vision.

 

Another one for the OP to consider, shop works on mostly american classic cars. 

Autocraft Bangkok

https://www.facebook.com/autocraft

Find out the shops that paint those tour buses.

Some of them have very elaborate paint jobs on them

Ugly cars made to look good like some in American Graffiti . I wonder if I could change my Vios to RWD and stick in a V8 lump . Not a big lump 4 litres would do.

Your chum may also like this...A hotrod that needs a bit of body attention but the mechanical's seem OK....????

 

 

2 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

a V8 lump . Not a big lump 4 litres would do.

 

He will want to know Auto Craft, they do a lot of classic American hot rods here.

Carkolor restoration shop near Sattahip might be worth a look: https://www.carkolor.com/

 

The car has been stripped down to the chassis which has been sand blasted and treated with whatever they treat chassis with.

The fuel lines and gas tank has been installed.

 

Found out the chassis was treated with epoxy after it was cleaned and now it is all wrapped up in cling film to keep it clean whilst the body is attended to.

As someone else posted, Autocraft Bangkok does excellent work.

https://www.facebook.com/autocraft

 

Also, Gunter in Pattaya 0871428302

Body back on now, color is going to be electric blue similar to Transam post number 10

 

12 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Body back on now, color is going to be electric blue similar to Transam post number 10

 

I re-painted my 1964 MGB Electric Blue, must have been 1969....

A couple more views with the body back on.

 

LHD?

 

11 hours ago, Rimmer said:

A couple more views with the body back on.

 

Nice....????

11 hours ago, Topcroc said:

LHD?

 

Yes, they drive on the right in the USA....????

On ‎1‎/‎21‎/‎2019 at 1:30 PM, Rimmer said:

My friend brought his half finished custom car from the US when he moved here a short while back...

Any importing tips that he, or you, could pass on might be useful to the many foreign posters here who frequently ask about importing cars/parts and whose plans are always shot down by the naysayers.  Did he have any problems with Customs officers who are so often accused here of being thieves and are allegedly seen driving imported cars around after the owners have declined to pay the huge amounts of duty?

12 hours ago, Topcroc said:

LHD?

 

yes

52 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Any importing tips that he, or you, could pass on might be useful to the many foreign posters here who frequently ask about importing cars/parts and whose plans are always shot down by the naysayers.  Did he have any problems with Customs officers who are so often accused here of being thieves and are allegedly seen driving imported cars around after the owners have declined to pay the huge amounts of duty?

He has never mentioned how just said there were many problems and it took something over a year in total to get all the the necessary permits.  Only thing he did say is that it would have been impossible without a Thai wife.