Thread: Project American Graffiti Coupe

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

We met Norm at Turkey Run a few years ago. He is nuts!!.........but in a great way. Bet he's a hoot to have a few cold ones with.

Don

You guys need to check out his other hobby too. Norm is quite the woodworker! Last I heard he still lives close. I've seen him quite a bit over the years and yes.....he is a hoot!

Dave G

Thanks for the other cool shot project thx138! Love seeing that behind the scenes stuff! That 55 chevy makes me drool too! so cool, awesome about meeting norm. I still have an autographed picture he signed for me about 5 years ago at the turkey rod run. Great guy. Thanks again. Don Jr.

So THAT'S where my autographed picture went!! Just for that I'm keeping the one of Carmen Electra.

Don

Hey Guys,

Here is a shot of the inside of the graffiti coupe project. This photo is just a rough draft on what is to be. Tomorrow the weather here in KC is supposed to be nice (seems it has been raining everyday) so I am going to pull the body out and take some photos to show you all how it is turning out. In these photos you will start to see everything start to come together and you will see stuff that has never been in the photos of all the mock up stages. Basically it is going to start finally looking like the Original Graffiti Coupe so get ready!!!!


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OK Guys, here are some new photos of the project . Door handles trunk latch have all been installed along with the right side 1/4 window. The 1/4 window has the same type of green tint that the original coupe has and believe me when I say this took forever to find!!!! I hope you all notice the door garnish molding as this is just like stock (notice the top of door picture) and has to be installed the same way which is the barrel nuts (you can get these at MAC's Antique Auto Parts). Great pain and effort is going into this coupe to make it just like Milner's so I hope you all enjoy this thread .


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Here are a few pictures of the the dash and gauges in the project coupe. ALL the gauges in the dash match Milner's 100% . I think I may have more money in the gauges than I do in the whole coupe !!! The hardest gauge to find was the Stewart Warner (all the gauges are Stewart Warner)120 mph Speedometer. Man I will be glad when this car is done!!!

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Thanks for the information on the axle. That clarifies alot. If I can't find an original for reasonable dough, it would make sense to run a Magnum. What about the tabs that get welded on for the shocks? Obviously, Those would have to be installed before chrome plating takes place.

Originally Posted by Newbomb Turk

Thanks for the information on the axle. That clarifies alot. If I can't find an original for reasonable dough, it would make sense to run a Magnum. What about the tabs that get welded on for the shocks? Obviously, Those would have to be installed before chrome plating takes place.

Hey Newbomb Turk,
Glad I could help you out on this matter! As for the tabs/L Brackets that are located on the front side of the axle, I use a neat little bracket that Ed over at New Age Motorsports designed. This little bracket just bolts to the bottom of the axle using the spring perch bolt and nut. The look is just like Milner's axle without having to weld the piece to the axle. PLEASE TAKE NOTE, if you are going to use a Magnum axle you MUST use this type of bracket as you are not supposed to weld on the ductile steel as the weld will not really hold to the abuse. However if you are going to spend the BIG $$$$$ for an original 32 heavy axle then you can weld on it if want to, as this axle is made of forged steel but I would just stick with this KOOL little bracket if I was you. You can contact Ed at info@newage-motorsports.com for this bracket. As you follow this build you will find out that I use New Age Motorsports a lot to help me get the things I need for this build. I use Ed to do this as he is one of the only guys out there that was willing to help me build what I wanted, everyone else just wanted to sell me parts off the self which in my case would not work!! I hope I answered your question with out get to long winded ??? Below are a couple of photos showing this bracket.

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You REALLY are going to a lot of trouble to make this thing as close to the original as possible. Nice job! Funny how a little thing like the original loom turns us on, huh?

You and Von Franco have a lot in common. You are going to have to hit one of the shows where Paul is making an appearance some day and show him the car. I bet he would love it.

Don