Here is my 39 . It sat in my step dads basement from 1965 till 1999 , so was saved from the rust devils.
Hey guys I am working on a nice 29 3 window right now! My customers drove the origonal nice car right to my shop! All the wood is in pretty good condition.You can see pics on my web-site www.schwartzwelding.com
Here's my 36 Lowcab. Got the discs from Dean Moon back in 1981 or so at the Pomona swap. He told me they were off of the Moonbeam. At the time I had no idea what Moonbeam he was talking about. He had them in a paper sack wrapped in newspaper from 1965.
I would have picked a chevy but like you say hard to find. But then again that's all i have ever owned.
Not a Chevy,.... but body by Fisher, This is my 1933 Buick, the wood is really solid except for the top bows,.. It looks a lot like 33 chevy but a LOT bigger, It has a Buick 455/ TH 400 and 9" in it,.... really cool car,.. But it needs a new home !
Early chevs are not that hard to find. I see them on craigslist all the time. Like it's been said, they are just a pain because of the wood. The one in my avatar is a 31 that's all steel now. Once you are looking for them, you start to see them all over.
How about a GASSER '31 5 window coupe project underway with a blown 392 hemi for power! Car will be Candy Orange metalflake along with my hemi on pearl tangerine chassis rails, white tuck and roll upholstery, 10" whitewall pie crust slicks, etc!
termites wont get this 32 chevy, now 100% metal inside, still under construction, plus 2 more waiting for their turn
heres my 34 ive had it on the road for the last 11 years, steeljunky saw you at bonneville see ya next year
Oh, there are plenty of old Chevys, and less of the other GM makes, around BUT there would have been more if Fisher Bodies had converted from wood to steel body construction prior to 1937. I haven't forgotten the steel bodied Pickups and Standard Series Passenger cars of 1936 ONLY in the Chevy line but they not full-year production and are fairly hard to find, 2door sedans and 4door sedans only by the way, no coupes. Most folks refer to them as "Steel door" cars but they had much much less body wood than the other 36s too.
if you are seeing them that much...PLEASE PM me about them...i'm in need of 32 coupe parts or parts cars. have truck and trailer! thanks
This 1933 chevy coupe is what is in the shop now,,it was a project the guy paid a lot of money to a man that didn't have a clue as to how to build a rod and we took it apart and cut out everything he had done,,, Still a lot of work to do,,, The fenders are glass and so is the lower rear splash apron but that is what to old fellow wanted to use,,,we then had to rework the runnung boards to fit,,,like I said a long way to go,, HRP
Here's my daily driver. I replaced the wood with ........wood. The wood will last about 70 years if not submerged in water and dried out repeatedly. Fix that leaky roof!
The reason being; they're allergic to the work involved. I've done a few chevys, replaced the wood. I'm done with that, steel is easier. My '29 Nash is getting steel also. It's easy to figure out why fords are more popular. Especially in the early 30s models. A model A could outrun a chevy of comparable vintage. The 4 banger in the A put out almost as much horses as the 6 cyl chevy {in 1931 for example) The chevy chassis weighed more than a hundred pounds, maybe 2, more than the Ford. Then when Ford came online with the v-8 there was no contest whatsoever. (until the Chevy V-8 came out) Actually a '27 Chevy with the 4-banger ohv motor had a better chance of outrunning a model A,
I tell people the only wood that'll be left in my coupe will be what I'm sportin' when I sidestep the clutch....
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