Customs This once WAS a very rough 1937 Zephyr 3 Window Coupe

Wow, That is taking a barely enough there for a pattern and building your own body one section at a time.
I keep eyeballing a 40 Zephyr Contintal convert in a batch of baskets that is for sale a few hours from me thinking that it sure would look nifty as a Rik Hoving rendition I saw a while back. A bit too much work for me and needing an AMBR contender budget to have done the way I would want though.

 

It is a shame that everything will eventually get lost in the paint process. I see lots of excellent work going on here.

 

Saw some of the cars on display at the AMBR show on the internet and there were a whole lot of Zephyrs there. I thought they were rare.























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Sure is we shall see what happens as the build progresses

 

Yes i was there 21 different Zephyrs in one place very cool to see them all. In my opinion they are very rare it took a lot of effort to pull that many together in one place for the weekend.

 

Awesome collection of my top 10 most beautiful cars ever made.

 

Any updates?

 

Moved the car to another shop had to remove a lot of the work i thought was done but progress is being made and we are headed in the right direction now. Ill try to post some pics soon.

 

well-you have our curiosity!!

 

So i know its been a while since i posted anything. The car is coming along and lots of great progress is being made. Unfortunately, so much of the work i thought was done had to be removed and re made. We are on the right tack now and there is almost a full chassis under the car. I will try to post a few pictures a month and get everyone up to speed on where we currently are. This picture below i what the vehicle looked like when it arrive in Alabama at the new shop.

 

Very cool!

 

Looks great! It’s coming together

 

Everyone needs to go back to page one and look at what this project looked like on day one. Thanks for the update.

Bob

 

Is it with Drew?

 

Yes

 

Included in an insurance estimate really means we are not paying for this operation. Which equates to STOLEN LABOR. You are only paid for putting on the part which is already unwrapped and the car is already in your stall thats it. You are not paid for finding the car or going to the parts department to get the part and unbox it and take it to the paint shop for cut in and going back to get it to install it, and going to find the estimator to get a supplements this is all stolen labor. They really need to pay the body man 50% . Every time the door goes up the labor hours allowed for a job goes down. Sorry for the Rant but I’ve been in this business for close to 70 years and the numbers don’t lie.

 

Where at in bama

 

He does nice work. A buddy had him do the chop on his Merc and it looks just as good on the inside as the outside. The painter Paul he works with is a good guy too.

 

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Heflin, AL

 

Above is what the last shop tried to cover up below is what the current shop has properly fixed.

 

That’s a big improvement! Doesn’t speak well for the previous shop.
Sounded like things were going well from previous posts.
Sorry that you had to start over after so much time and money. Bummer!
Keep the updates coming!

 

Nice "restoration" repair, so much for that line I could never stand hearing, "...... nobody is ever going to see it" thank you for the updates, fine looking project.

Bob

 

Damn it, I gave away a '37 V12 and 3 speed. It used to be a mule (generator) for a silver mine out west. Wish I still had it to add to this build.

 

Unfortunately, most of the time these kind of cover ups are structural.

 

Next the new shop has pulled the doors back apart, and sandblasted the inside of them. They have made the repairs on the inner door shell and they are fitting the shell to the car. Check out the form that was made to make a die and stamp the part to the right profile.

 

that puts them right up there w/ 'robert' on here...high praise!

 

Incredible work.

 

Sure glad you got it away from the previous shop, and at a shop who does quality work!

 

Some progress on the quarter panels...