Thread: Gibbon or Wescott 32 3 window

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Hello all, I am new to the forum and finally ready to build the 32 3 window I have been putting on the back burner for the past 10 years.
I want to build a high boy, I am not sure about flathead or chev V8.
I like the stock firewall, hinges, door handles, opening windshield and opening cowl vent.
Anyway, the Wescotts is nice, but almost double the Gibbon. I would love to do the Wescott with a flathead, but that would be huge money compared to going with the Gibbon and a chev V8, oh well.
I was just curious what others experiences are and if there is something else on the market, other than the Steel 32 Coupe, now that would be very nice, but again, huge, huge money by the time it is all done.
Like I say, I like the stock look with a chop.
Thanks ahead of time for your advice.

As you state, the Wescott is an expensive body, but they have a great reputation. Before you go with Gibbon I would suggest you do a search on their name in this forum to learn from the past experiences of others. In particular you might look at the threads started by HenryRifle (Jack) who has built a very nice '33.
You might look at the packages from N&N Fiberglass Reproductions or Redneck Street Rods (more expensive, but well built) as good value offerings. After much research I bought my '33 roller from Duane at N&N, and I have not been sorry. I believe that he gives the best value product on the market today, but you will have to handle things like cowl vent and opening windshield yourself, I believe.

1st off, Gibbon is no more
2nd, N&N gets my vote also.
3rd your showin a pic of a roadster, what do ya want to build?
A coupe or a roadster

Have used over 15 of Duane's bodies in the past few years.
Great product
If I can be of any help call 928-445-7637
on

A couple of Duane's roadsters I did.

Don,
I guess that's one of the problems with the internet - the Gibbon name is still out there, and the "press release" says that they have moved to a new state of the art facility in VA but it appears that is more than two years old (sometime in 2007).

I have not seen anything beyond the press release. My guess is the economy has put a damper on any new startup body manufacturer.

Supposedly someone purchased the molds an was going to resume operations. Also, a rumor heard was that new bodies were going to be built again in Nebraska by Kyle Bond.

BUT - if Kyle Bond has anything to do with either company, I would not walk, but RUN as fast as possible, spend the money on almost any other 'glass body (if that's the choice) or one of the steel body manufacturers.

I just picked up my body from B & C Fiberglass. This company makesone of the nicest bodies around. The gel coat is perfect. they use steel in there floors. The prices are very reasonable. Check them out. Kennys rod shop is a dealer for them. Call B & C direct for better pricing.

Yeah Rog, Gibbon went to hell in a handbasket after Kyle took it over from Dwight.
Who ever bought the molds( over 5 years ago), has a job on their hands, them puppies were ruined by Kyle.
Might as well have just built new 1's.
Went down there just B4 he locked up and looked @ them.
Pure junk.
You couldn't give me 1.

Originally Posted by DA34GUY

1st off, Gibbon is no more
2nd, N&N gets my vote also.
3rd your showin a pic of a roadster, what do ya want to build?
A coupe or a roadster

Have used over 15 of Duane's bodies in the past few years.
Great product
If I can be of any help call 928-445-7637
on

I want a coupe, but similar in the style of the one in the pics, Black, kidney beans, polished fin brakes, stock looking body, exposed gas tank, functioning colw vent, stock style 4pc hood etc.
Wescotts seems to be the only option to get the look I want, but that is getting close to the cost of a Steel body, but the steel body is not chopped.
Has anyone seen any good deals on 32 Brookeville Steel bodies?
With the economic situation, I can't believe they have the waiting list they had when they first came out.
Anyway, I guess the extra outlay for the Steel would pay off when or if it comes time to sell. I guess that is the way any project goes, you try to keep a reasonable budget, and one thing leads to another and you end up spending a small fortune!

Here's a 32 roadster(Steel Brookville) I did, Traditional style, a few years ago.
Had over 44K (@ dealer cost). just in parts & materials.
Add another 15 - 20 for a coupe.
If ya want a chopped 3 window Brookeville, Bobby Walden sells the body chopped for around 28K
Good luck.

That is pretty close to what I am trying to end up with, except of course being a coupe!
And thanks for the info on Waldens Speed Shop.
Geez, how does this happen, I started out with a plan to buy an $8000 body, and basic chev V8, now I am up to just $28k for the perfect body, I don't even want to know how much a flathead is going to add up to!
So now, help me with some tips on finding a flathead and flathead speed parts.
I guess I would rather put of some other projects and build something I feel good about, I don't think I could go wrong with a Steel body and Flathead!
What's next a quick change rear end? It just never seems to end.

Yep, that is pretty close to what I am trying to end up with in a coupe version.
Thanks for the tip on Walden Speed Shop.
I started out planning on using an $8k body and basic Chev V8, but it looks like the only fiberglass option is Wescott's, but that is getting close to the Steel body, which would be worth more in the long run. Now I am leaning to a Flathead since I am buried in the body.
Any good pointers where to locate a Flathead and speed parts? I remember someone found a bunch of blocks in France.
Oh well, I guess some other project can be put on the back burner. I am just trying to get as many toys for my buck as I can, but not end up with junk trying to save money!

Gibbon? Fuggitaboutit. At the end, the Gibbon molds were junk. Some guy in southern Virginia bought the molds, but I've heard nothing about him. He was using the old Gibbon website, much of which is obsolete. He now has another website, but most of it is lifted from Kyle's site. I'm not even providing a link, because I wouldn't touch anything from a Gibbon mold . . . again, that is.

I've said this before, but if I were to do another rod, it would be an N&N.

I would agree with DA34GUY, I have a friend who got a Gibbon roadster body in 1980 and it was excellent quality and its still as good now but have seen them since and they ain't good, quality appears to have gone out the window

Originally Posted by 1960apache

Yep, that is pretty close to what I am trying to end up with in a coupe version.
Thanks for the tip on Walden Speed Shop.
I started out planning on using an $8k body and basic Chev V8, but it looks like the only fiberglass option is Wescott's, but that is getting close to the Steel body, which would be worth more in the long run. Now I am leaning to a Flathead since I am buried in the body.
Any good pointers where to locate a Flathead and speed parts? I remember someone found a bunch of blocks in France.
Oh well, I guess some other project can be put on the back burner. I am just trying to get as many toys for my buck as I can, but not end up with junk trying to save money!

Flathead + 10K * for a good 1
Check out H&H Flatheads
Ya better have 65K + in yer piggy bank just to buy the parts.