Thread: 41 New Yorker Coupe

Tweet

Originally Posted by 123pugsy

Thanks.

Shaping the metal is pretty tough at first but gets alot easier as you do more.

After getting the buck completed I made up a large flexible pattern to help make up the new metal panels for the front and fender tops.







Scary part tipping the bottom adge of the front panel....



And then it was time to start cutting off all the buck and start tacking in the new panels....that's Mark lifting off the first piece.





Thanks for looking,
Pugsy

Some great sheet metal work as said . You are doing some great reforming and the look is outstanding making such a big change in the front view . What have you got for the plans in the back ?? So its year 4 of 10 don't look like you be that long getting it completed at all .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Some great sheet metal work as said . You are doing some great reforming and the look is outstanding making such a big change in the front view . What have you got for the plans in the back ?? So its year 4 of 10 don't look like you be that long getting it completed at all .

Thanks Bobby.

The back end will get fenders welded to the body which will also be extended outwards about 1'' - 1-1/2''.

A roll pan will be formed and welded in also.

Tail lights will be 1939 teardrop Ford LED's.
I may still change these if they appear ''lost'' on the back as they are quite small.

Played around with some tape and a spray bomb of black paint last night.

I just love the 40 Willys grill and thought I would mock it up on the front.

EDIT. SEPTEMBER 23, 2016:

FOR ANYONE CONTEMPLATING USING STAINLESS FOR A CHASSIS, PLEASE ONLY DO SO ON A NON DRIVING SHOW CAR AS IT WILL WORK HARDEN WHEN DRIVING AND BECOME BRITTLE. THE STAINLESS ITSELF MAY CRACK, NOT JUST THE WELDS.
THIS CHASSIS WILL BE SCRAPPED WHEN I GET BACK TO THE BUILD LATER.


I started looking around for parts as I was working on the metal.
I came across an 04 Cobra IRS setup and had to have it.
3.55 posi.




There was a couple of spare pieces of 4x4x .100 wall stainless tubing laying around a friend's shop so I started with those.
The back rail is 2x4x.120 wall.

Originally Posted by 123pugsy

Played around with some tape and a spray bomb of black paint last night.

I just love the 40 Willys grill and thought I would mock it up on the front.

You do have a sight for something working together like the 40's Willy's grille and the shape you have placed in the front . . You know I can patch and some ,but this metal shaping you guys do is outstanding . keep up the pics 123 .

Thanks Bobby.

The next step on the chassis were the the rear kickups.







Then it was time to make up control arm mounting brackets which allowed me to cut away all of the original stock IRS carrier frame.








I drilled out the trunk floor to make space for the rear frame rails.
Things get out of control quickly when you decide to go custom, don't they.
A new trunk floor will need to be made up.