Thread: $#!*&$%@ Gibbon

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My Gibbon '34 coupe was DESIGNED (supposedly) for a SBC and a 700/R4. Minor problems:

- Trans tunnel hit the trans case.
- Driveshaft tunnel wouldn't clear the U-joint
- Body wouldn't go back on the chass is because the channels (it's a channeled coupe) warped in when the body came off.

They "fixed" that - except I had to spend several hundred $$$ taking the car to Darlington, then returning to pick it up.

After the fix:

- Glass work raised body at the firewall 1/4", hosing up all of the hood and grille fit. I chopped it out and fixed it myself.
- Floor won't clear 4th gear servo. I had to build a small bubble in the floor.

Now:
- Floor won't clear the speedo sender. More chopping - or lower the rear of the trans a bit.

I don't mind fabricating, but I HATE re-fabricating stuff that was designed and built for the purpose and didn't work. That ain't hot rodding . . . it's customer-delegated quality control

"you can buy better, but you cant pay more"

There is still a market that someone could OWN if they got their resin together......

but then again, it's like building houses......put a 1.00 door in and you pocket the difference.

The problem is that the original owner did fine work years ago. I used Dwight's products, and I naively assumed that they still did good stuff. Now Darlington's shut down, and Gibbon is "moving" back to Gibbon, NE.

hate to hear this Henry but, thanks for posting so the rest of us can have an idea of what to be thinking of & see how this company handled it .

thats glass for ya

Sorry it's been such an ordeal for ya! What a pain...

Originally posted by gassersrule_196
thats glass for ya

Scooter,

At least it doesn't have a 283 . . .