Projects 33 Ford 5 window coupe build - 50's style

the 33 is now completely apart. I have the body on a special dolly I made years ago for 33-34 Ford coupes, and the plan is to continue with the metalwork on it until the primer stage. Will post more pics when progress is made. I took the chassis apart as well, so won't be able to get any pics until it starts to go back together. Thanks guys for the interest.

 

I have the body flipped upside down now, and am doing all the welding on the underside. With a chanelled body, there is a lot of welding to do. You can see the metal I added to the subrails to get the body over the frame. At the rear of the floor, I put in a four inch step. This keeps all the stock points of contact intact between the floor and body shell.

 

Your 33 will look killer when finished. I love unchopped, channeled 33/34's with a deuce grill! If you have anymore pics of the chassis with the Caddy in it, I would like to see them. As I'm in the middle of putting a early Rocket Olds in my 33 5 window coupe.

 

Lookin' good..........

 

Looking good,, Makes me want to work all night on my 32 / old race car. Hope mine turns out half as good as yours.

 

With two projects on the go, work seems to progress slowly. Another factor is that I have three cars in a two car garage. With a 12 foot ceiling, the solution seemed to be to install a four-post hoist. Found one locally for a decent price, so can now put the coupe up on the hoist. Makes it feasible to work on more than one project at a time. So I threw the 33 chassis together, put the body on it and put it up in the air. Let the work begin....make that resume!

The chassis has a 40 Ford rearend on a 40 spring with a modified 33 rear crossmember. Am using a chromed dropped axle that I got for $50 about 15 years ago. Ever glad I got that lucky!

 

here it is on the hoist.

 

Lookin REAL good! Nice work.

 

33-34 coupes are grat looking hot rods, keep posting pics as you build it.

 

The deuce shell makes it perfect. I really dig the way the frame flows up from the body too. nice eye, man! Keep up the quality work!

 

I have been working on this project a lot this summer, and the car is a roller now. The doors open and shut, and so does the trunk lid, so that is good! Would have made more progress except for the fact that I am also rebuilding a 53 ford convertible. Hope to have paint on the 33 coupe soon, and yes, it will be primer.

 

Here's a shot showing the firewall modification to allow a 1953 Cadillac 331 to fit, and the 56 F100 steering setup.

 

I love your car. I hope your going to run taller rear tires!?!? If so I hope to see them on there soon, W/big n' littles that car is going to look that much sweeter!!!

FLIP

 

Awesome Job! Look forward to following your build.

 

Great build and save on the racer body. Keep us posted!

 

looks great man, i love channeled 33/34 coupes!!

 

yep, the tires on now are all 600-16, and are just on for the build stage. I will run bigger ones on the rear for sure.

 

Great, good job!

 

Perfect! excellent job!

 

Its great to see the progress, Steve. Nice Job!

Dave

 

Looks good Steve, I hope to get started on mine this winter.

 

Here's a picture of my 34 Coupe from the '50"s with the 32 grill shell.

 

Grate job it's alot of work.I have a 39 coupe to build it was a old 60s short track car.

 

I've always been partial to 33's, since my dad used to have a full-fendered sedan. I really wish more people would do the coupes fenderless, especially the 5-windows like yours, they just look killer.

 

Thanks Dave. Getting those 5 window B pillars from you made all the difference in pulling this project together I can't thank you enough.

Let me tell you that Dave is a true HAMBer. He sent me the parts before I sent him the money. Thanks again, Dave, and I hope the 34 dash I sent you will find good use.

 

Dustin, I look forward to seeing your car come together. You have accumulated a lot of good parts to work from. Get some pics out when the project gets going.

 

Aviator, what's the story on your great lookin' coupe?

 

Here's a better shot of the F100 steering set up. Took a lot of work on the steering box and some re-drilling of the frame to get it to fit. Still have to deal with shortening the shaft about 4 inches, but want to see how the setup works first.

 

Here's another shot showing the channel - it is basically the width of the frame, so more at the front of the body than the back. I could not find any articles on channeling a 33-34 Ford coupe in the hundreds of 50's car magazines I have collected, so I had to figure it out as I went along.

 

Another shot showing the firewall modification for the 53 Cad 331 motor - have some NOS Hurst motor mounts for the swap.