figured i'd post up a few pics of eastcoast57's newest project....the "____________" coupe. bobby picked up the body yesterday , and is half way done with final build. no sleep for them. will be headed for detroit.
First thought when I hear Hilton, Well that naughty lil' girl Paris, "Commando" or "By the Hour" h-hee... Ohh and Spot on!!!
Well ill make a condensed story out of a confusing one. We came upon a MINT 32 five window body that had been unmolested. The rolling chassis for the most part as you see here minus tires and wheels and color and some fabwork on our part was what was powering this deuce. The late Barry Lobeck overhauled the chassis 12 or so years ago, a really well built piece. My old man had a guy he does business with back in Virginia that had been dying for a hot rod, so we took the model a body we have here and decided to build a good little first "traditional street rod" for him. Four bar, discs on the front, automatic tranny... We tried to hide those non friendly items as best we could and i think we did alright. Ill give the credit to my dad, he did most of the work on this one. I c notched the frame and did some repair welding on the chassis around christmas time when i visited home, as well as cleaned up and painted the engine.He brought the body here to Cincy a couple weeks ago and Brandon did a KILLER job on the paint, it really came together well even though we were a bit unsure in the beginning. That silver flexin flat is some wild stuff! Ill be driving the car to Detroit in a couple weeks if the weathers not too horrible, and leaving from Cincinnati and driving to the Lonestar Roundup in April. Heres the rolling chassis as it was friday night.. The colors starting to grow more and more on me... Did some finish up work tonight,,,built a plate for the fuse panel and the radiator shell support rods. Upholstery comin next week as well as glass all the way around. Its turnin out to be a great first hot rod for someone..hell im startin to want to keep it! See ya at Detroit. T.Hilton
Got some pics of notchin the frame and a couple others ill put up later tonight.... and no Paris Hilton jokes. She gets mad about it. TH
That car is awesome!! I love silver coupes and when coupled with black they just look mean!!! Nice work!
So Im guessing that the '32 body will be molested into a dragcar? I hope so. I wish I was a Hilton. See you guys in August.
NO NO NO Brian. ha ha. Not with this one. It's too damn nice, and its a deuce after all. We got too many digger projects to get goin as it is. And a stout oldsmobile in a bantam bodied dragster to get running correctly. Slowly, but surely. TH
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