Thread: Project American Graffiti Coupe

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Hey Guys,

Sorry for not posting in awhile but I figured I better let you all know that the Graffiti Coupe's Headers are now being built! Here are the first photos of them as they are being built.


























These headers are being built by New Age Motorsports (203-268-1999).

Hi Rick, I was up at Ed's shop with my father and brother a month ago, and when I first found this site and read your thread, I was saying to myself, "so this is the guy Ed was talking about". I think it's great that you took the time to document everything you have done, as it's very time consuming in itself. My Dad and I sold all of our stuff (63 Falcon, 66 Fairlane, 97 F250) to buy a New Age 5/W Hiboy/Chassis. We are going to put the 521/C6 from my Fairlane in it, and I'm sure glad we found Ed. I won't take up your thread, but it was nice to see more pictures of Ed and Chris' handwork. They are too great guys, and I can tell they take a lot of pride in talking about your project. We were there over 3 hours to put our deposit down to get the name on his board. Our car will start in January. If you see "Pat" on his board; that's us. Thanks again for posting so much information!

Hey Pat,

Yip, it's me (LOL). Glad to see you are investing your money in a GREAT PROJECT! Ed & Chris make the BEST 32 bodies out there (and their chassises are top of the line as well) and I just know you are going to love EVERYTHING you get from them. GREAT PEOPLE who do FANTASTIC WORK!

I'm glad to hear you like following this thread! Here pretty soon you are going to see everything come together (Finally). It takes a lot of work to build this car just like old John's but I just know it's going to be worth thte wait!

Can't wait to see your project!
Rick

Yes Rick, we are all waiting patiently for the next update on the Project THX138 thanks.

Thanks Whiplash23T, It shouldn't be to long now before you guys start seeing the coupe come together.

Ed at New Age can build you a turn key car.

Thanks Weasel, I have spoken to Ed and unfortunately, my budget is a bit less than that. I have decided to order a chassis and body from timeless rods out of Lula Georgia. They use some of Ed's parts such as fenders, rear bumper and radiator shell for their version of the Graffiti tribute. The body is by Downs. Not as nice as Ed's but within my budget. I'm looking forward to starting my build and will utilize this forum for any questions I may have.

Thanks again, Bill

Nice coupe for sure. Hear yah about money being tight and projects on hold, same here, but I still have lots of low budget body work, wiring, etc... that I need to do! Just don't like to do!

Beautiful looking coupe!!

I noticed at the beginning of this thread the 4 carb Offy intake and then I ran across this: Offenhauser 4 carb manifold with carbs for SBC someone posted on another forum that the real "Graffiti Coupe" had a Man-A-Fre 4 carb setup and this ad for the Offy is untrue referring to what was on the real coupe,so what is the real truth?

The original Graffiti coupe has a Man-A-Fre set up on it. The add posted on the other site states that it is the "same style of set up" as the Graffiti coupe. It should state that it is a "similar" style but not the exact same....Hope this helps.

A Ford in a Ford!!!!!! Way to go Pat!!!! Good thing you found a deal on tires, it never really seems to take too long to burn the first set down to the cords for some reason!

Thanks Dave! LOL I wouldn't have it any other way; Ford in a Ford! I was looking for a little taller and wider tires, but I couldn't pass up that deal to get me going. I can't wait to get my Coupe!

OK BOYS, I FINALLY HAVE THE GRAFFITI COUPE PAINT CODE IN PPG! Yes, after a long wait I finally have the code as I had a long talk with my paint guy today so here it is:

PPG 83849

My painter said there may be a few variations to this color but he told me that he used "PRIME" on the coupe I am building as he said this is the TURE COLOR of the paint.

Hope this helps you all out and sorry for the LONG WAIT. But like I say better late than never.....LOL

There are a lot of things that dictate color ,Temp. humidity. air presure and others