Projects ‘34 The Withers Special

Got a little more sheet metal work done on the roof and got the stack injection back from having it converted to electronic

 

Beauty!

 

condolences to your friend's family and other friends, nice tribute you are doing; I like the Chevy grille even better that the Ford grille on your coupe. nice work.

 

Dropped the steering arm to clear the headlights and made the headlight mounts.

 

A lot more metal fab and welding still left to do, but here’s some progress pics of the coupe

 

Ain’t mad at that!

 

You might park by another '34 Ford at the local hot rod show, but it ain't gonna look anything like that. Fantastic work on the little car. Please paint it shiny black if you don't mind.

-Abone.

 

A little more progress on the coupe. Got the louver press out this last week and punched the hood and deck lid. Been working on the sheet metal and a few more custom touches.

 

Your hot rod is insane!

 

Collected a few more parts for the coupe project, door hinges, window regulators, shocks etc. I had to customize the rear crossmember to drop the rearend some to set final ride height, and then reposition the rearend . Working on shock mount brackets and their location now, and putting together the motor/trans combo. Here are a couple profile pics of final ride height

 

Love it!

Chris

 

X2...very admirable salute to your late friend @Miss-B-Haven Speed Shoppe...wicked update...

 

Still plug’n away on the coupe. Making great progress, even though it’s a little slow. Exhaust is done, tucked up tight to the bottom, and a little flare out the back. Also finished the dash with a little something special for the gauge cluster. I’ve always dreamed of having Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top autograph one of my hotrods, and luck would have it, I was able to finally make it happen. The coupe will carry his autograph on the glove box!

 

I am on the wrong side of the headlight debate, but I guess I am more of an ass man anyway. Nice work, I really like the stance and how the wheels came out. The spreader bar and horns look a little heavy to me, but I will wait till things get a little further down the line. Nice execution of your skills and tribute to your friend. Billy needs this in a new video.

 

Nice job on the roof man!! That is the hardest part and I think you nailed it.

 

What a Stance. You sure are nailing it.

 

Killer!

 

Mean looking coupe!

 

As many of you know building a car from scratch takes a long time, but The Withers coupe is still coming along. Motor, trans, rearend, and frontend are all done! The Enderle mechanical injection was turned electronic and I may have gone a little overboard on the motor, but who doesn’t like a stroked crazy big horsepower motor in a mean looking little car. I got the opportunity to take a couple pictures of the coupe in progress next to Dale’s personal bare metal 32 5 window also.

 

I was afraid it might be thee Dale !!!! was it sudden? What a loss !!!
Dale Matthews must just be UN-approachble they were so close..
Love the coupe !!! think GIBBS OIL...

So sorry , I share yer grief !!!

 

He passed in his sleep peacefully of cardiac arrest. He was a very very close friend for over 25 years, and the three window was a dream he had started a couple years ago and we had discussed his vision for it quite a bit, so I decided to buy it and see it to completion with a little bit of my race flavor. The world lost one of the most talented guys I’ve ever met that night.

 

A-men ! God needed a master craftsman, He got Dale Withers,!!!


where is yer speed shop located ?

 

♥️ yes he did, as long as I have known Dale, I called him Metal Master. My shop is just west of Portland

 

Great work! The roof, stance are spot on. Love it!

 

Killer Hot Rod you are putting together!

 

The Wither’s Coupe is still making progress, a few more shiny things added, drilled the front bones, steering arm, and lots of chrome. Floors and interior structure is going in now.

 

Love it!
When does the exhaust split into 4 does it come off the header collectors split or?

 

The chrome work came out beautifully.

-Abone.

 

It splits out of the mufflers. 2.50 pipe up to the 1 in 2 out 10” race mufflers

 

Wow, one of kind build for sure. Nice work!