Thread: 41 New Yorker Coupe

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I got the front pieces all tacked in place.
This was in February of last year.




A few months later I pushed it outside for a little look....





After getting to this point I realized I needed a chassis to hold up the new front clip....

Some really first rate metal work, and a way big improvement in the look of the front end!!!! Very well planned and executed, congrats!

Really nice to see some metal forming on this site! You are doing an outstanding job.
Keep it up.

The metalmeet site is a wonderful forum. I used to hangout there as well. Great group of guys.

Wow, what a difference! I'm envious of your metal skills - you're doing some fantastic pieces there. For us who are not experienced in that area, what were the tools of the process? Sandbag & rubber shaping hammer? English Wheel?

Way to make some very impressive improvements. You have some mad metalworking skills.

Originally Posted by 123pugsy

Thanks.

Shaping the metal is pretty tough at first but gets alot easier as you do more.

After getting the buck completed I made up a large flexible pattern to help make up the new metal panels for the front and fender tops.







Scary part tipping the bottom adge of the front panel....



And then it was time to start cutting off all the buck and start tacking in the new panels....that's Mark lifting off the first piece.





Thanks for looking,
Pugsy

Some great sheet metal work as said . You are doing some great reforming and the look is outstanding making such a big change in the front view . What have you got for the plans in the back ?? So its year 4 of 10 don't look like you be that long getting it completed at all .

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Some really first rate metal work, and a way big improvement in the look of the front end!!!! Very well planned and executed, congrats!

Thanks Dave.

Originally Posted by ScooterCO

Really nice to see some metal forming on this site! You are doing an outstanding job.
Keep it up.

The metalmeet site is a wonderful forum. I used to hangout there as well. Great group of guys.

Thanks Scott.

The metalshaping guys on the various forums are great.
They have no problem with sharing their knowledge.

Originally Posted by rspears

Wow, what a difference! I'm envious of your metal skills - you're doing some fantastic pieces there. For us who are not experienced in that area, what were the tools of the process? Sandbag & rubber shaping hammer? English Wheel?

Thanks Roger.

Maybe I'll do a little write up on it in a new thread.
Is there a particular forum a thread like that should go into?

Originally Posted by Rickomatic

Way to make some very impressive improvements. You have some mad metalworking skills.

Thanks Rick.

The skills are not 100%. I've got all kinds of lumps and bumps you can't see from my selective camera angles.

They say the first 90% takes 10% of the time.
The last 10% is gonna be killer to get everything smoothed out and metal finished.

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Some great sheet metal work as said . You are doing some great reforming and the look is outstanding making such a big change in the front view . What have you got for the plans in the back ?? So its year 4 of 10 don't look like you be that long getting it completed at all .

Thanks Bobby.

The back end will get fenders welded to the body which will also be extended outwards about 1'' - 1-1/2''.

A roll pan will be formed and welded in also.

Tail lights will be 1939 teardrop Ford LED's.
I may still change these if they appear ''lost'' on the back as they are quite small.

Played around with some tape and a spray bomb of black paint last night.

I just love the 40 Willys grill and thought I would mock it up on the front.

EDIT. SEPTEMBER 23, 2016:

FOR ANYONE CONTEMPLATING USING STAINLESS FOR A CHASSIS, PLEASE ONLY DO SO ON A NON DRIVING SHOW CAR AS IT WILL WORK HARDEN WHEN DRIVING AND BECOME BRITTLE. THE STAINLESS ITSELF MAY CRACK, NOT JUST THE WELDS.
THIS CHASSIS WILL BE SCRAPPED WHEN I GET BACK TO THE BUILD LATER.


I started looking around for parts as I was working on the metal.
I came across an 04 Cobra IRS setup and had to have it.
3.55 posi.




There was a couple of spare pieces of 4x4x .100 wall stainless tubing laying around a friend's shop so I started with those.
The back rail is 2x4x.120 wall.

Originally Posted by 123pugsy

Played around with some tape and a spray bomb of black paint last night.

I just love the 40 Willys grill and thought I would mock it up on the front.

You do have a sight for something working together like the 40's Willy's grille and the shape you have placed in the front . . You know I can patch and some ,but this metal shaping you guys do is outstanding . keep up the pics 123 .

Thanks Bobby.

The next step on the chassis were the the rear kickups.







Then it was time to make up control arm mounting brackets which allowed me to cut away all of the original stock IRS carrier frame.








I drilled out the trunk floor to make space for the rear frame rails.
Things get out of control quickly when you decide to go custom, don't they.
A new trunk floor will need to be made up.

But it's not my fault, the car told me to do it!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

But it's not my fault, the car told me to do it!!!!!!!!!

I see we're experiencing the same problems..lol..

A few more pics of the back half of the chassis.