IT'S HERE! New project arrived today- 1933 Ford Pheaton **UPDATED PICS**

WOW, what an exciting and nail biting past month it's been. A lot of you guys know Hamber ContinentalJohn. He had this ol 33 Phaeton for sale off and on for quite a while. The damn car haunted my dreams. I wanted it so bad, it looked decent. Well, after talking to John and he came up with a price minus frame and such, I realized that I could probably afford it if I sold something. So I sold my beat up 33 coupe and mailed John a check. I knew a guy named Rich here in Spokane making a trip to Missouri and offered to pick up my car on his way back. Rich also ended up going to NY (yes, right in the middle of that snow storm) to pick up a 32 body for my good friend Len. Anyways, Rich was gone about 2 1/2 weeks and belive me, all I pretty much thought about was getting that ol tub home. Between flat tires and a lost injector pump, Rich finally got back today. I shot over right after work and picked her up.

Continental John had put all the parts inside and wrapped this sucker with 2,000 feet of ceran wrap! I also ended up buying a frame from him that he graciously welded some alxes to so that it would roll and not be flopping all over the place and falling apart.
JOHN, I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY IN HELPING ME GET THIS CAR HERE IN ONE PIECE!
John is probably tired of hearing from me by now

So anyways, got her home, cut the miles of plastic off and started unloading the goods. I had my 33 frame all ready to go so we transfered the body over. It has a 4" dropped axle, reversed eyes front and rear and longer shackles out back. Sits pretty low.

The body is about what I had pictured, it was getting restored in the 70's, so theres some pop rivets and mud in here, but nothing major and should all be an easy fix. At least all the hard to find Phaeton stuff is there So heres the pics, hope you all enjoy!


Again John, thanks for everything, your a super stand up guy!

 

Great Chris, I'll keep an eye on this build.

 

fucking sweet.

 

Nice garage mate for the Coupe! Is this the body that the former owner was thinking about cutting in half to build a Roadster? Look forward to following the build.

 

everything u have kicks ass.

everything u get kicks ass.

u kick ass.

BTW that last picture makes my pants fit weird.

 

Right on Chris! Onw of my favorite body styles for sure!
And John, you finally, finally parted with it. Glad you didn't cut it up and went to such a good lad too
Like Bobby said, I'll be watching this build too.

-Shiny

 

Wow!!! I love that last photo of it with the fenders mocked up!!!

How pumped are you about it chris?

 

Meh.

I guess it's sort of cool...if you're into that kind of thing.

 

fuckin a chris, can't wait to see it. by my calculations, you'll have it done around feb. 20th?

 

haha

 

Yep, I saw it in that thread and it never would leave my head. I tried getting my Dad to buy it about a year ago.

 

Pretty darn pumped! I had to give most my 33 stuff with my coupe to get the $$$ I needed to buy this thing. So it's kind of like starting over. The good thing is, even though this car needs work, it does no need nearly as much as that poor coupe did. So see, I just saved myself some time and money

 

It looks so tuff with the full fenders! Congrats, Chris!

 

Congrats Chris...can't wait to watch this one as well.

 

I hate you............lol...................I love the car though........

Seriously great car and it couldn't be in better hands other than mine .

 

VERY lucky man!!!

FLIP

 

Congrats Chris! That is a great looking Tourer (Pheaton).

 

Well done Chris, keep us posted with the build. With or without fenders, it'll look great. reminds me of Jakes sedan.

 

Very nice! Looks totally tuff with the fenders on. But where's the pix of Lenny's new car?

 

Looking great. Nice project.Good luck.

 

Great looking tub you've got there.

Where are you going to fit the surfboard rack????

 

chris,congratulations,a 33 and a deluxe to boot.not to many things better in life than going for a cruise on a summers day in an old ford.
keep us up to date with the build,cheers,thommo.

 

That thing is really nice, Get 'er done!

 

Looks great Chris.... glad you got it!!

It haunted me a few times too!

 

Looking good cant wait to see what you got install.

 

Nothin' like a new project...... You really got a keeper there. Keep us informed of it's progress with some pics.....

 

man....
that car was all but mine about 4 months ago. i had a deal going like you where i had to sell everything to get it and then they guy shows up and bails on the deal... i was supposed to pick it up later that day. oh well at least i know it will be built right
wimper wimper sniff sniff
congrats on a cool car
tk

 

So what happens to the roadster project????

 

nice new car but I had the same question

 

You don't happen to need another left nut, do you? 'cause I'd trade mine for that car. Hell, take em both!!!

That is going to be a great ride - congrats