50s Survivor coming to my shop!

An ol'guy I'm friends with just sold his 40 ford coupe.
He was looking at a few cars to possibly buy.
Nothing was going his way,hes was totally bummed out.
Then he shows up at my shop and says"Guess what I just bought?"
I ask him what?
He says,"the Bloody Mary!"
I'm freakin out at this point.
Holy shit you bought it?!
This car is a 50s survivor boys.
Its a 39 Ford Coupe,chopped in the 50s.
Was one of the first cars painted Gold Base with candy Apple Red Topcoat.
This car was featured in a few Magazines.
I know for sure it was in a 1963 magazine,Hot rod maybe.
He is bringing it to my shop for a few safety updates.
Were gonna get this thing on the road with the least amount of updates for sure.
I'm doing a few "cleanups"on it.
The chop is damn nice,very nice metalwork.
SpeedyPete and I went over to take a look.
Speedy brought his camera.
Heres a few pics.
I'm doing some background/research on the car.
If anyone knows anything lemme know please.....Shiny



When I get it in my shop i'll get some updated pics for you guys.
The paint is so old its gold on the decklid.

 

Shiny, an old friend of mine in Burnaby used to own the coupe at one time. His name was Ian Hawkins. I think he still has his model A 2-door. Either that or there was a couple of candy apple red chopped coupes around BC at that time. I think the car was featured in 1001 Custom and Rod Ideas in the mid sixties. I will try and dig up the magazine in my collection, Pat.

 

Wow! Nothing like a car with a history.....

 

That is so cool. I love the chop. Can't wait to see pix from your shop once it's cleaned up.I remember the car from magazines,but I can't remember which ones.1963 seems about right if my memory is any good.

 

I'll fish through my little pages man, Rodding and Re-styling seemed to have alot of Vacouver cars.

 

I may have pictures of that I'll see what i can find.

 

did you get the NSRA folks to athorize the use of the word survivor? oohhhhh

just kidding - chopped 39 and 40 coupes rule - make sure you keep those velour seats. they are tits

 

Nuttz,small world eh.
Hope some of you guys can find me some pics/info.
Tudor,the upholstery is mint!Its all there too,even the headliner.
I can't wait to get it in my shop,I'll get some really good pics of it.
It came with 4 sets of mint spare fenders too.Krazy eh....Shiny

 

I got some kewl pics of the car today,old pics.
I found out its in the 1963 Popular Hotrodding Oct/Nov magazine.
Anyone have a copy they can check out and maybe scan?
I'm searchin more about past owners etc.....Shiny

 

I lliketo see chopped 39/40s with a full correct lookindg drip rail.

 

Sean, you have the mag? i have a scanner here. I can scan it for you.
And yeah. Damn cool car.Cant wait to see it drive out of the shop!