Found in the woods....30 years too late!

A friend of mine and fellow hot rodder has 60 acres of property. While clearing an area of it recently to build a house for his son they came across these Chevrolet's. One is a 37 Flatback sedan. saddly there isn't much left to it. I am not sure it is at all worth any amount of time to get it out. the other is an early 30's full chassis and cowl. There isn't any signs of a body so we have no idea what it was.

here are the pics from tonight.

 

And here is the 37.

 

The cowl and chassis were a 35 Master of some style.
Shame about the flatback 37 Sedan.

 

Take the slantback chevy its pretty rare....

 

The sheetmetal on the back of that Chevy are worth saving, you can graft it on a humpback sedan.

 

Those will buff out, no problem!

 

hey that thing run??

 

hey i heard Floyd Blowaton was lurking in that area too..watch out for the bearded wannabe

 

If that upper grille stainless piece is good, it's worth a good buck. And like they said, cut that body at the A-posts and bring it home, along with the cowl tag, that's enough for any talented welder to put on another car and make a flatback from.

 

Is that a floor mount shifter and tach in the one pic?

 

Will the 37 drive to Vermont?

 

Thats shame about the '37. Flatbacks of that vintage are very rare. I'd drag it home anyway, there have been worst put back together.

 

"she'll run, you need these"
*jingles keys*

 

Looks like the start of nosurf's project.

 

Well, actually, it's not too far gone for something to be done with it. It'll never win the Ridler Award, but it could be made into something driveable... Here is an example that some guy brought out recently. I think this one was a '37 Olds... The body looked like he put a whole heck of a lotta Naval Jelly on it, put in a motor, and ended up with a pretty cool car... If you look closely, you'll see there's a bunch of rot along the bottom of the doors. Still cool. He got a lot of attention with this one.

Kevin

 

Still savable.

Especially the cowl and the front sheetmetal that somebody is looking for out there.

 

If nothing else, they should make "great yard art"??.

 

Hey man, that Chevy's got great patina!

 

Hey, that will buff out!-MIKE

 

Like everyone says...That's a 37 Coach. Sort of like a Ford Victoria. It's rare enough that there may be people that would like to weld that ass end on a more common 2 door.

 

What color are you going to paint it?

 

from an old parts whore- take it all , you would be surprised what restorers need in the way of odd brackets or a sheet metal section like that back half or a roof (choppers), I have sold alot of stuff that was left from projects that was scrap yard bound, I saw an ad awhile back where someone was looking for a 30's chevy chassis well..

 

I know the 37 is a rare car. But I don't have the space for it. If anyone out there wants it I can arrange something with my buddy.

 

does anyone know if a slantback's front fenders will work as patch panels for the front fenders on a 37 chevy pickup?
if so i might be enterested in the fenders if the tops are good..
ive never tried it before myself but the lines of the fenders look close..

 

The thing on the steering column is the radio head unit.

 

a real rat rod

 

I keep finding cars like thos on Craigs List under:

Ran when Parked

Powerband
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That coach body is good enough for one of these:


Get in touch with the local vintage race car club....somebody would probably like to have the body. www.near1.com

 

Looks like the one I may be getting.