Jimz31 1931 Ford Coupe Build!

Well since I broke my arm I have some time now to catch up on some projects that are in my shop !

Jim brought his coupe to me for some metal work and frame updates !

the picture that suck in both of our brains is the John Davies coupe .

Probably going to go with a little less chop but that same nasty 60s feel will be in this car !



Heres how she rolled in







my favorites! brass!



then i made up this piece





then the other side



quarter was a saggin






after a little welding



then i made this up





and the end result



now new drip rails because this car was a "rumble seat" at one time and now going back to trunk

always the last one thats a pain



old out new in



had to make a new support for the trunk arm



both sides in

 

back buttoned up . the decklid still needs a ton of fit work...imagine that ?



remade the bottom of this brace



as you can tell it needed subrails halfs . so those went in as well



also some rust repair on the actual pillar re riveted everything and away we go



cut it a little short i think it was around 100 degrees in the shop that day



and the almost finished product



all back to normal now



and thats all she wrote until i can work again!!

 

As always,,first class work,,hope you heal up fast. HRP

 

Great work Flop! Always love your metal work! Hope your arm gets better quick!

 

patiently waiting...

 

Larry this ones gonna be awhile

 

Looking good this far....

 

Looks awesome Tom! (As always!)

Great to see more details of the great work you did on the coupe!

Hope your recovery is going well!!

WOW....the Coupe has a Flop thread!! Doesn't get any better than this!

 

thanks everyone !!

Jim glad you get to see some big pics finally ! cant wait to get back on it !!

 

The pics are great, Thanks Tom!!

DON'T RUSH THE HEALING!!!

Rest up and then give it HELL!!

 

well im kinda sorta back at it!!

i started at the firewall this time . it was tweaked pretty god. i pulled the firewall hammered out the damage and had it nice and straight in no time at all !



now shes smooth .

i think it was around 40 or so holes filled



got the fender fitting well





now we are talkin!!



subframe connectors were cracked apart









jims wife says the chop isnt enough !!

so we are gonna go for 5 inches!!

(he must have an awesome wife)

 

awesome work as always flop

 

awesome fab-work

lookin' forward to the updates

 

Thanks Tom, yes she is!

 

well we ran into some major problems with the frame on jims coupe . so we are starting fresh ..

We needed a few frames for the shop so we decided to do a short run of model A frames .

romney cutting the rails . he knows whats up !!



first 2 of about 5 sets so far

 

Can't wait to see them under the coupe!

 

Love your work. especially the handmade stuff.