New pictures of dad's '32 coupe, with new interior !

[WesB]

Crash- Everything. I saved it from my grandmothers pasture, where it sat for over 10 years, about 5 years ago and got it to my friends and tore it apart and realized it was in over my head. I usually just modify cars not build them from basically scratch.

[streetdemon70]

Beautiful car.

[SSMAN]

Damn nice car Arron.

[CRASH]

The amount of detail on that car is awsome!! I absolutley love everything about it!

Thanks Lason.

I'd like to know how to do "engine turning" or what ever you call the design he puts on the parts. I imagine he's using some tool in a mill?

Man, it's really not a hard process, just time consuming. We use a rubberized abrasive called Cratex. Usually 1" works best for the right look. Yeah, it goes in the mill, and runs very slow speed. I guess I could do a Tech How-To write up on it some time and show steps and maybe even just make a video and put it on YouTube and post it up here.

The drag radial's are a nice touch..

.............LBT

Haha, I actually found those and was going to buy them to go on the Mustang, but they are 60 aspect ratio, and I didn't want to run that big of a tire and my dad wanted them BAD.

That thing is goooor-geous man...I dig the turned shifter bezel and other details!

Thanks man. Those kind of details are EVERYWHERE on this car.

that car is so money!

Cha Ching, bling bling !! LOL ! We'll have to bring it to a Friday night GTG some time soon.

Bad ass car outside of the chevy engine... Love the pinstriping detail.

Thanks. The decision to use that engine was made about 15 years ago when we bought a '70 Impala for $75 and drove it home ! Of course, the gas gauge didn't work and we ran out of gas about a mile from the shop. Lol ! Anyway, it's a stock bore 400 with 10:1 compression, AFR heads, and a Lunati cam. It sounds and runs awesome !!

Crash- Everything. I saved it from my grandmothers pasture, where it sat for over 10 years, about 5 years ago and got it to my friends and tore it apart and realized it was in over my head. I usually just modify cars not build them from basically scratch.

Yeah, the biggest problem with hot rodding the early Chevies is all of the wood on the inside. Most people don't want to mess with it. I've got a '36 Chevy coupe that we're going to build into our new drag car and pull the engine and trans out of the '55 4 door.

Beautiful car.

Damn nice car Aaron.

Thanks guys. The old man has really worked hard on this car over the years and has been busting his ass especially hard since last year on it. I need to get some of the pictures out and scan them into my comp of when we picked it up and what it looked like when it was just a body and frame rails.

-Aaron

[Moose242]

Holy chit that is clean!


Nice job on the pinstripes too man, as usual!

[Who Needs 8]

That thing is BAD ASS!!! Mad props to the Pops.

Who did the leather? I've been thinking about having the skins in the TTA replaced but want it to look as stock as possible.

[Darren M]

Awesome! That turned out REALLY well. I can't imagine what that looks like in person. In pics it REALLY makes those louvers stand out!

[mustang_revival]

Looks great. You guys should put a low jack welded inside the frame of all that hard work..

[Grape]

steel body?

[CRASH]

Holy chit that is clean!


Nice job on the pinstripes too man, as usual!

Thanks man ! I was really critical of myself when I was doing those stripes ! Lol ! I wanted them to be as perfect as possible, and I think they came out pretty damn good !

That thing is BAD ASS!!! Mad props to the Pops.

Who did the leather? I've been thinking about having the skins in the TTA replaced but want it to look as stock as possible.

My dad's buddy up in Sherman did the work. Ronnie Cathey is his name, and his shop is Custom Trim. He's been doing upholstery work for 40+ years and is a craftsman at his trade, to say the least ! He's an awesome guy too.

Awesome! That turned out REALLY well. I can't imagine what that looks like in person. In pics it REALLY makes those louvers stand out!

Oh man, I have always loved the look of pinstriped louvers, and I asked my dad what he thought about striping the louvers and he said, "man, I love striped louvers, but that's gonna be a lot of work !". I said "hell, you been building this car for almost 20 years, it's the LEAST I can do to stripe the louvers !". They look great in person too. I'm really glad I did them.

Looks great. You guys should put a low jack welded inside the frame of all that hard work..

Thanks ! Man, I know. I mean, it was insured for $85k before the interior was put in it, the grille shell was put on it, and the doors were put on it, but you couldn't replace this car. My dad bought it and has been building it since 1992. There's a lot of memories in this car.

steel body?

Yessir. Its actually a 1932 Essex-Terraplane. If you notice the suicide doors, and then remember that '32 Fords only had suicide doors on the 3 window models, that's what really sets this car apart from a '32 Ford.

Plus, my dad did all of the metal work on this car himself, and there's only about a quart of filler on the whole car. He got it as slick as he possibly could.

-Aaron

[redfirevert]

Very nice car..

[Ratt]

Dungeons & Dragons? :???:

[Cobra86]

Really cool, love the louvers. Makes me want to start another project!

[LS1Goat]

Sweet!

[Beaterjuiced]

What is that, 178 louvers in the trunk lid? Looked like a PIA to stripe each little louver...how long did it take? lol