Customs When life gives you 4doors, build a 3window coupe

If anyone interested the 1940 Buick had been hot rodded with a 1950's Buick Nailhead minus heads and intake backed by a customized 1937 Buick transmission that I don't plan on using I'd be willing to sell them to help fund the build.

 

you're my kind of guy. Cut it up..... then start fabricatin' Looking good, enjoy the build and show us the outcome, we'll be watching BUCKD

 

Getting the gap in the back filled in

 

Impressed isnt intense enough of a word.
Afreakinmazed is kinda closer.

 

Going to be a sweet looking car...just saw the pic of the whole car pieced together. You must really like welding and grinding,,,,damn that's a lot of work! I think I need a nap now.

 

NICE!! Very cool idea and profile shot looks great.

 

Great build, I like how you mind is working here

 

damn, i love the hamb. you guys amaze the shit out of me.i dont think i could look at them cars and see what you saw!

 

Love this car so far. Reminds of the art deco cars of the comics that always looked so cool. Good work.

 

I might be interested in the trans if shipping dosn't kill me. I like what you're doing with the coupe!!

 

I'll have to pull it out and get an idea how much she weighs and how big she then I can get an idea what shipping will be

 

I'm like alot of guys I think these threads usually suck, but your gettin it done in a righteous way!

 

Subscribed.....Lookin' forward to see how this comes together.

 

You know I don't think I can use it after looking a little closer. Besides I'm having fun watching the coupe coming together, hate to get you side tracked!!

 

Wow with that frontend on there it looks freakin' waaaaay awesome!!!

 

That's cool. I got to pull the tranny out to get a better look at it so I can figure out what the thing is worth anyway

 

Does the car have a torque tube? It seems like an odd setup if it dosnt....

 

yes it has a torque tube but I know it can be converted cause those 37 trannies are desired by traditional hot rodders

 

man... that is some serious metal work you're doing there. i like it....

 

at what stage will you put it onto the chassis? curious as you don't appear to have one under there?

 

wow ! that's insane !!! can't wait to see more

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I wanted to get the body together on a flat level surface and after I get that trunk area filled in and add some more internal bracing then I'll throw her on the frame. Then I can start channeling the frame into the floor.

 

ok ...have you done it this way before? My concern would be the fit of the front panels esp. the hood as it doesn't take much to throw it off. By bolting the front bulkhead down properly on a good level chassis as a base line to start from , may avoid fitment issues later.
I'm just trying to be constructive here, I think the design you have unfolding is looking rather cool so far , so this is just 1 guys opinion.
The main thing is havin it look right at the end ,and I know my way is not the only way to get 'er done.
Paul

 

Yeah I understand what your saying but I think if I can cut the hell out of 2 cars to build something completely different I don't think I'll be worried about getting the hood to sit straight.

 

That thing is looking great!!!!!!

 

I LOVE these builds!!!!!

Pete-

 

She's looking pretty close to the concept. I added the fender extensions to the concept pic

 

To me it looks good with or without the fender extensions! Man I dig it!!

 

Man you are going to screw with there heads when finished. Guys that thought they know everything about old cars will be blown away. Have fun with it when asked WHAT KIND OF CAR IS IT? Make up some crazy ass name,LOL. You will get guys actually say my uncle or grand dad had one just like that. I have had guys say stuff like that about my unusual custom cars I built . Looks like your coming along great. Keep us posted,I like custom stuff like this. Don't give up ,it will be worth it when finished.

 

That's funny I did that a couple times with my Packard. I claimed it was a 1951 Chevy Malibu SS with the big 327 Straight 8, It was the larger high performance model that Chevy made, better than the Bel Air