'37 Hot Rod

restoman

restoman

The paint fumes have cleared so I'm
Did this just before I retired. The owner took just over a year to put it all together and get it road worthy.
I didn't spray it but smoothed it out, lined up all the panels and trued up the gaps.
'Glass body with a really thin gel coat, it's pretty well built. I copied the really neat hidden hinge design for use on my Beetle whenever I get around to it.
Not too sure about that rear window opening though...

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/sarnia/1937-ford-recreation/1272008221
 
resto...im sure you did a fine job on it..but...OY..while i even like the paint..i see a BUG kit car, that interioir work makes me want to hide under a rock, that back window uhh WTF..and that overhang on the windshield makes me think the top was an afterthought on a vert.....its assugly from all angles to me..sorry
 
The execution, fit & finish are superb, but yea, it's a show piece. I don't see this car racking up many miles. To me it always seems kinda sad to see someone go to this extent and not drive it.
 
I'll echo a little of both above.. I'd see it at a car show, absolutely respect the execution of the bodywork even though i may not agree with the aesthetic, do a double take when I saw the 302 instead of the bellybuttonchevy350, glance at the insides, then look around hoping that the owner didn't catch my expression at the latter. Then move to the next car.

I see you, mid eighties GM power window switches, your subterfuge needs work. Also.. good thing the driver can't see what the interior behind him looks like while he's driving.. I imagine it'd be hard to concentrate whilst filling five gallon buckets with your technicolored yawn.
 
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68R/T said:
To me it always seems kinda sad to see someone go to this extent and not drive it.
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Also this.. I just don't understand it. Why spend all of the money on such a bold statement as a custom built and painted hot rod only to sell it? The problem here is that no matter how many different people see this car, every one of them will find at least one thing on it that they absolutely hate. The bigger problem is that people like myself would never consider buying such a car because it would cost large amounts of money to change any of it, and if you change the three things you can't stand, you might as well change the ten things you just weren't happy with. In which case just build your own damn car the way you like it. This isn't some derelict car some guy slapped some shiny parts on. This thing and all like it were (supposed to be) thought about and designed from the ground up. Why go to that extent to ruin a clean car, or just several buckets of rusty parts to your own terrible specifications and then sell it? With that kind of money and time invested, shouldn't it be your magnum opus to build (or buy) your dream car and keep it? Or are people really that careless and bad with money? The mind boggles...
 
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This car can't actually be driven. Well, not driven far with the perilous angle at which the alternator is mounted. That belt likely does a mean Ned Beatty impression. :doh: I got a giggle out of the "new Camaro Synergy Green" comment, though. You mean the "eight-year-old Synergy Green whose moment in style came and went quicker than poodle skirts"? :D

Seriously, I don't think this car was originally intended to be sold right after completion. I think he ran into financial issues at some point, obviously after getting the body squared away. It got slapped together and painted to try and relieve his fiscal difficulties. The engine bay and interior scream "cut corners" everywhere you look (no attempt to hide all that black hardware?!). Maybe I'm seeing things, but that green looks like it was panel-painted rather than shot on an assembled car. The driver's door appears to be a hideous mismatch, and Synergy Green is an unforgiving color.

I'm pretty sure I feel bad for the guy, because I really doubt it's the magnum opus he wanted--as much as I doubt it will bring that kind of money.
 
You've all pretty much hit the nail on the head.
I could never figure out why this guy builds and sells them: he has more money than Bick's has pickles. This is the third car I've had a hand in for him and it's the same all three times: Drive it for a summer while actively marketing it. The first two both went overseas, maybe this one will to.
I, too, thought it was rather a bit on the hideous side when I got to do the job, but Hey! Not everyone likes my Beetle either.

The bodywork is stellar though... in person it's straight and super-smooth, with better gaps than Molly Ringwald's teeth. :)
 
I wanted a '37 Ford coupe for a while, though it does remain up there with a lowboy '33/4 5 window Ford coupe, I doubt either will ever come to fruition. If for some reason it does it will be powered by Hemi. One of Boyd's creations was the basis for the '37, and the other was a nasty, purple '33 with a blown 427 Chevy with 3X2's and zoomies.


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THAT is a total show piece. If you raced it you would get it dirty. And you're not going to drive it on the street with obstructed view and no radiator. :doh:
 
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