At long last my coupe hits the street

Been working on my 38 Chevy coupe for about 15 years. During this project I got old and slowed down quite a bit and somehow learned to enjoy just having a project to work on in my garage and watch some sports on my tv while doing so. I learned to put things down when things weren't going my way and looking at it another day. Any progress was good and with no time constraints. It's been very Zen like and I can honestly say I enjoyed this project the most from all my others over the years. I don't think I'm going to be building anymore hot rods and my next project will be a restoration type of some sort. I'm not very computerish so pictures will be a challenge, but I will try. Regards, Marv

 

The car looks great Marv!

 

Congrats, It looks as though it was worth all the hard work and patience.

 

awesome car!!

 

Very sweet - looks great from every angle - nice work.

dj

 

Great job - looks perfect to me

 

Nice, you should be proud!!!!

 

It looks great. It also makes me wish I would have kept mine so many years ago.

 

Beautiful car man, well worth the effort. I hope that you're proud of it.

 

That shade of blue (BTW, blue is my favorite color) and the polished 5 spokes REALLY work on that car. Congrats on a successful build.

Frank

 

Nice car-congrats

 

Way to go Marv!

Larry

 

Lookin good, your hard work has paid off!!

 

Very clean-looking .

 

Congrats Marv!

 

beautiful car man! great job!

 

Awesome job Marv. I too am old and trying to finish my 39 Pontiac Coupe. I:
love that hood latching mechanism. Is that an item that can be purchased or did you build it?

 

Marv,I gotta say it looks like you got everything right ,the stance ,the color ,really nice details.Really love the tailpipes!

 

Sweet and I also like that shade of blue.

 

Very nice car Marv, you did a great job. What kind of paint is that ? Do you mind sharing the name - color code of the paint ?

 

Doesn't matter how long it took-you stayed with-Good for you
Car looks great!-Congratulations

 

Guys, thank you and thank you for all the kind words. Much appreciated!

Willy, always good to hear from you! Hope to see you around soon.

39 Pontiaccoupe. My hood set up is hydraulic and is home built. Took me about a year to figure it out.

Blue_One, I searched long a hard for that color blue and I am willing to share the info. The color is not a production color but a color off the Spectmaster blue chip chart from Dupont Paint Co. I used Chroma Supreme paint which is a single stage paint with hardner. It is no longer legal here to buy in Calif. The paint number is BS504. Good luck!

 

Thanks for sharing your dream!

 

Congrats! Now drive the hell out of it

 

cool, nice job, love the color.

 

You da man Marv..... Nice work!!!

 

15 years well-spent

 

Very nice, Congrats!

 

Ya done real good Marv!

 

Its always good to see another Chevy in the mix.Great job.