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1st off, Gibbon is no more
2nd, N&N gets my vote also.
3rd your showin a pic of a roadster, what do ya want to build?
A coupe or a roadster

Have used over 15 of Duane's bodies in the past few years.
Great product
If I can be of any help call 928-445-7637
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A couple of Duane's roadsters I did.

Don,
I guess that's one of the problems with the internet - the Gibbon name is still out there, and the "press release" says that they have moved to a new state of the art facility in VA but it appears that is more than two years old (sometime in 2007).

I have not seen anything beyond the press release. My guess is the economy has put a damper on any new startup body manufacturer.

Supposedly someone purchased the molds an was going to resume operations. Also, a rumor heard was that new bodies were going to be built again in Nebraska by Kyle Bond.

BUT - if Kyle Bond has anything to do with either company, I would not walk, but RUN as fast as possible, spend the money on almost any other 'glass body (if that's the choice) or one of the steel body manufacturers.

Originally Posted by DA34GUY

1st off, Gibbon is no more
2nd, N&N gets my vote also.
3rd your showin a pic of a roadster, what do ya want to build?
A coupe or a roadster

Have used over 15 of Duane's bodies in the past few years.
Great product
If I can be of any help call 928-445-7637
on

I want a coupe, but similar in the style of the one in the pics, Black, kidney beans, polished fin brakes, stock looking body, exposed gas tank, functioning colw vent, stock style 4pc hood etc.
Wescotts seems to be the only option to get the look I want, but that is getting close to the cost of a Steel body, but the steel body is not chopped.
Has anyone seen any good deals on 32 Brookeville Steel bodies?
With the economic situation, I can't believe they have the waiting list they had when they first came out.
Anyway, I guess the extra outlay for the Steel would pay off when or if it comes time to sell. I guess that is the way any project goes, you try to keep a reasonable budget, and one thing leads to another and you end up spending a small fortune!

Here's a 32 roadster(Steel Brookville) I did, Traditional style, a few years ago.
Had over 44K (@ dealer cost). just in parts & materials.
Add another 15 - 20 for a coupe.
If ya want a chopped 3 window Brookeville, Bobby Walden sells the body chopped for around 28K
Good luck.

That is pretty close to what I am trying to end up with, except of course being a coupe!
And thanks for the info on Waldens Speed Shop.
Geez, how does this happen, I started out with a plan to buy an $8000 body, and basic chev V8, now I am up to just $28k for the perfect body, I don't even want to know how much a flathead is going to add up to!
So now, help me with some tips on finding a flathead and flathead speed parts.
I guess I would rather put of some other projects and build something I feel good about, I don't think I could go wrong with a Steel body and Flathead!
What's next a quick change rear end? It just never seems to end.

Yep, that is pretty close to what I am trying to end up with in a coupe version.
Thanks for the tip on Walden Speed Shop.
I started out planning on using an $8k body and basic Chev V8, but it looks like the only fiberglass option is Wescott's, but that is getting close to the Steel body, which would be worth more in the long run. Now I am leaning to a Flathead since I am buried in the body.
Any good pointers where to locate a Flathead and speed parts? I remember someone found a bunch of blocks in France.
Oh well, I guess some other project can be put on the back burner. I am just trying to get as many toys for my buck as I can, but not end up with junk trying to save money!

Originally Posted by 1960apache

Yep, that is pretty close to what I am trying to end up with in a coupe version.
Thanks for the tip on Walden Speed Shop.
I started out planning on using an $8k body and basic Chev V8, but it looks like the only fiberglass option is Wescott's, but that is getting close to the Steel body, which would be worth more in the long run. Now I am leaning to a Flathead since I am buried in the body.
Any good pointers where to locate a Flathead and speed parts? I remember someone found a bunch of blocks in France.
Oh well, I guess some other project can be put on the back burner. I am just trying to get as many toys for my buck as I can, but not end up with junk trying to save money!

Flathead + 10K * for a good 1
Check out H&H Flatheads
Ya better have 65K + in yer piggy bank just to buy the parts.

If you are looking to buy a '32 body at a reasonable price and still get a quality piece, check out BeeBops. I have seen his bodies, and would have seriously considered one had he been making them when I started by deuce. Yogi's handles BeeBop bodies, and he can usually provide you with a discount if you go through him rather than buy direct.

www.bebops-glassworks.com

www.yogisinc.com

Originally Posted by rumrumm

If you are looking to buy a '32 body at a reasonable price and still get a quality piece, check out BeeBops. I have seen his bodies, and would have seriously considered one had he been making them when I started by deuce. Yogi's handles BeeBop bodies, and he can usually provide you with a discount if you go through him rather than buy direct.

www.bebops-glassworks.com

www.yogisinc.com

Ya ever seen a BE Slops 4 or 5 years later.
You'd change yer opinion real quick!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by DA34GUY

Flathead + 10K * for a good 1
Check out H&H Flatheads
Ya better have 65K + in yer piggy bank just to buy the parts.

I talked to H&H in Pleasanton a few weeks back. Their basic stock flathead was $6500 turnkey, and the polished model with a supercharger and dual carbs was $14,500 so I would think that you might get a nice old school flatty with a cam, a bit more compression and a brace of carbs for Don's $10K. Based on where I am today with a glass N&N body and premium roller I wouldn't argue with his $65K piggy bank for a steel body. Then you get to decide what to farm out, and what you can do yourself.

Originally Posted by rspears

I talked to H&H in Pleasanton a few weeks back. Their basic stock flathead was $6500 turnkey, and the polished model with a supercharger and dual carbs was $14,500 so I would think that you might get a nice old school flatty with a cam, a bit more compression and a brace of carbs for Don's $10K. Based on where I am today with a glass N&N body and premium roller I wouldn't argue with his $65K piggy bank for a steel body. Then you get to decide what to farm out, and what you can do yourself.

Yer right there Rog.
The black roadster above was done for a customer, all done in house less upholstery and chrome.
The final bill on it was right @ 85K
A coupe would run $100k +

Beautiful HiBoys!!
Thanks for the pics, I really needed a new desk top image.

Rec'd my Streetscene for September and here is an ad for Gibbon Fiberglass, Bodies by Bond. Website is gibbonfiberglass.org(????). Looks to be a new site..............