Projects Recreating the jesse lopez coupe

Cool Jer

 

The head lights look great too!

 

Amazing how a couple of small things liek that can make so much difference.

 

With the passage of time it almost appears easier to build a car than to reproduce it, what with only pics and memories to go by.. Thank goodness for Jesse's reliable memories and your willingness to get things right. Makes for the best sort of tribute to Jesse, his car and the Barris' work.

Continued congratulations Jer!

Dave

 

Superlative. Inspiring. Holy shit.

 

Looks great

 

Thanks everybody for the kind words...what a ride! Dave you are right, even a tribute car would give you lots of freedom compared to a dead on authentic recreation. Extremely confining , but fun until you start doing it like I have. The front end work was done in August.

 

Jer these pix confused me - looks like you cut the front of the car off!! Please explain and which reversion did you use?

 

I looked the whole thread over from page 1 to 80, then went backwards just to see if what I was seeing in the pix taken earlier in the year of the JLK and the replacement was as you wanted it, then realized it was not until you raised the grille and related sheet metal.
What a great build-talent. You did what you felt needed to be done and achieved your goal.
Homerun!!!!!!! Great Job all the way around!!!!!!!!

 

I hope i'm not the only responsible...........if one day i go to Texas, it will be a great honor to salute you Mister Jer, you are a great person, and what you do is really impressive, you are largely as talented as the Barris brothers.

 

There isn't any reason for the Barris brothers to feel threatened (as if that were possible), their place in history is secure.

 

Lets get this thing painted...again.

 

This is with clear and slooooooow thinner.

 

Jer, when you got to this point the first time around I wondered about the proportions for a minute. I didn't ponder it long...it was hard to tell and I was far from sure, so I chocked it up to photographic distortion and allowed your eye, skill, and dedication the benefit of the doubt, and never gave it more thought until you tackled it again, here.

Huge kudos to you, sir. Not many builders would go to the lengths you do to strive for perfection. I know I'm not alone when I say you have my full respect and admiration for your diligence and dedication to recreating such a beautiful car to such a level, but I feel it bears repeating. I'd imagine it has to be exhausting and a good bit less than rewarding at times, but the end result is nothing short of a masterpiece.

 

You are very dedicated for blowing the entire front end apart to address the headlights and grille, but I think the payoff is clear. Amazing job, you are talented, I am blown away by your commitment to getting it right. Hats off to you, sir.

 

looking sweet, my hats off to you !

 

Well, wev'e got some semi serious computer roblems,so no pics till later, sorry.

 

Here's the nose assembled. I've got to get some outside shots to send to jesse for clarification on some important things.

 

"Amazing job, you are talented, I am blown away by your commitment to getting it right. Hats off to you, sir." Says it best.

 

what he said ! just great !

 

Thanks everybody for the kind words. I've got pics that I need to upload, but the board won't take them without an error message coming up. These are the smallist pics I can make and it still won't take 'em.

 

Got the photo from Jer and cut it down. Trial run posting it for him.

 

like it lots ! way to go Jer !

 

Well I don't know what's happened but I can no longer post any photo's out of my folders. There as small as they can be , and I've posted them before. So, loudbang (LB) has offered to help , It looks like a tag team. Thanks LB for the help.

 

Glad to help send any more that you need done.

 

I sent Jesse these two pics with my comments regarding the differences. I hadn't noticed the lower valance not showing before, why I don't know. Jesse said that he didn't remember what was done down there, so I'll have to see if that panel could have been cut down to work or something else was done. Everything else is easy

LB will post these pics when he see's this post.

 

Well, how bout that, I just thought I'd give it a shot and...

 

Looks like there is an airscoop under the front bumper of the original car

 

I don’t think that there is anything that is usable of this lower front valance. The “tuck” is going to be so severe (you’ll have to stand on your head to see it) that this is going to have to be replaced. Jesse doesn’t recall how they did this so I’m going to have to try to keep this correct. He did say that it was needed for strength , so they couldn't just remove it.