so I bought this running driving 47 coupe a few years ago and did a few things here and there, shaved the trunk and took off the brake lights and made bumper guard tail lights. but since then I decided to screw it and make it really what I want. so I made deep French buckets for 54 Buick headlights. been a ton of work for just one guy in my garage hardly knowing what I'm doing but its fun. I recently put the posies in the dirt kit on and split the wishbones. anyway here is where I am so far. here is where I started, I will post in chronological order.
Can you post a pic on here of yours? I'd love to see it. I've always wanted to do the recessed for some reason so I just went for it. I'll have it all in basecoat this weekend. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
She ain't the prettiest, but I'm just going to take my time and have some fun with it. Right now It's the body is sitting in the backyard, and the rest of the body is in the basement. This is a pic of when I got it home. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/one-piece-at-a-time-47-ford-coupe.1052468/
I would love to chop it and I will in due time. I'm a one man show on this thing and I've never done a chop so I have to read a ton and try and make local friends haha. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Solid start. Just remember it's only metal. I re did my headlights 4 times until I was happy. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Nice work, I have soft spot for these cars for some reason.Here's mine if you need some chop inspiration. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
So how did you do your trunk latch to open it now that it's shaved ? Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
It has an electric popper with a back up pull cable near the back seat. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Ok thanks , I need to figure out a set up for my merc soon but I'm not a fan of electric openers Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Understandable, the pull cable was pretty easy to set up. Just got a very long choke cable. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Holy Cheeeet Man!!!! That's one of the nicest purples ever!!!!! Sent from my Pixel using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Great colour! Reminds me of the Hansen '40 Ford Coupe. Sent from my SM-G950W using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Looks cool! What transmission and rear end are you running? I am doing a '47 Ford Pickup and keeping the flathead V8 but would like to run a better manual transmission than the stock. Also, may change out the rear end.
It's all stock, I was told it has a truck 3 speed since it's a floor shift in a 47. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
It is called plum crazy metallic, I just liked the color chip I didn't know that was a mopar color. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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