Thread: 41 New Yorker Coupe

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looks like a cool car. More pics please. Don Jr.

Originally Posted by Mr Blue

looks like a cool car. More pics please. Don Jr.

More coming after this weekend.
I'll be leaving for a regional Metal Shaping gathering soon.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

That'll work! Going to move the headlight opening out a bit then to bring it to the '37 bucket?

Thanks.
Actually, I'm going to move the fender back to get to the bezel.

Originally Posted by rumrumm

The profile looks like the car is already chopped 2-3 inches. Cool! Sometimes the odd makes of cars become the coolest projects. I am eager to follow your build on this one.

Thanks.

It does have a long wheelbase kind of giving the illusion of a low roof.
I will chop it about 1-1/2'' just to give a bit nicer look.

I did want something different and I think I'll have no problem getting it with this car and mods.

Next thing to do was to bring the metal in and back to meet the bezel. I made a plate the same shape as the headlight to start the process.



Then a slathering of bondo to see how she looks with the 37 headlights.....




It was at this point I started visiting the metalshaping sites and learned how to make a flexible shape pattern.




It was about the exact time I was doing this that one of the guys on MetalMeet invited me and a few other guys down to his place to learn a bit.
I took a flat sheet of metal with me and came back with my first shaped piece.
I tacked it to a new, thicker plate and then it was time to operate....

I cut out the bondo and junk using the pattern to mark the cut.




Then it was time to check out what would happen.
I had previously cut the patch panel using the flexible pattern as a guide.
I then tacked the new piece into the opening.

I too like the 37 Ford look in the front for the headlights . The 37 Lincoln Zephyr have a bit more pronunciation but you are on the right track it seems .

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Thanks.

The next step was to get started on the front nose between the headlights.
I matched the passenger side with the same piece and then made one identical to the driver's side and tacked it to the inboard side of the new passenger side piece.
I got out the chicken wire and screwed it to the front of the car so I could slide some ''Burt'' buck strips thru to create the shape.





I then tacked all the strips together to maintain the shape and added foil tape to accept the bondo for the finished buck.












I did all this to see how she looked before comitting to the shape.
I thought it looked OK so I used this buck to take patterns from to shape the new panels.

123 this is looking good so far , waiting to see the finished product of your build .