Thread: new hobby, new project hopefully new friends for help

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My name is Jonathan, i'm 25 from a small place in southwest Virginia. Always been into nice cars and car shows but just recently decided to dive into the hobby myslef. Which means i've just purchesed a 1947 Chevy Fleetmaster Coupe. It has a 350 4 bolt main, supposedly bored .30 over with a mild cam. Not 100% sure yet if it's a th350 or 400 automatic. So any help or suggestions would be appreciated

very beautiful ride. I am here in West Point, Va. near Williamsburg. I get into muscle cars but I really love the older rides. Lots of great people here that can answer any questions you may have.

Originally Posted by gohokies82

Not 100% sure yet if it's a th350 or 400 automatic. So any help or suggestions would be appreciated

Welcome Jonathan... When you get time, crawl under there and look at the shape of the transmission pan. If it looks like a square with one rear corner cut off at an angle, it's a Turbo 350. If it's a rectangle, it's a 400.

The driveline is already in place and the body looks pretty good. If it was mine, I would lower it a few inches, put some nice looking wheel / tire combination on it, and just drive the daylights out of it for a while. That will give you a good idea of what you want to change while getting into the fun of the hotrod hobby. It's all about the fun...

Jonathan welcome and nice car looks like a very clean one . One of my favorites since i had a 48 fleet back in the 80's. Keep all of posted and don't be shy of pic's.

thanks for the compliments, the car is solid to be 61 yrs old and so far i've only found a small part of bondo that wasn't just to protect the metal. Floorboards are solid as is the firewall, inner fender wells, trunk pan...it's all solid. do have some plans right now...first off is a mustang ifs to help change brakes and steering. here are some other pics i have of it.

interior pics

Neat old chebbie!!!! Is the suspension stock now, or did someone put a different subframe on the car???? Got a side shot of it, might just be the camera angle, but it doesn't really look like the wheels are centered in the wheel openings just right?????????

Welcome to the forum. I like your car!!! Solid looking and I really like the interior.........kinda old timey.

I agree that it just needs a little lowering and some cool wheels and tires and it will be usable for awhile until you make your mind up on what all to do.

Don

All it needs now is a sign in the back window.....
"DON'T LAUGH LADY, YOUR DAUGHTER MIGHT BE IN HERE"

the front suspension is stock...it's not been subframed but someone did weld in a bar and put newer shocks in the rear. i wish the rims in this picture woulda came with it instead of whats on it now lol

Welcome to CHR!

Those fat fender cars make great rods. Plenty of room and good drivers. Looks like you got a good one too!

Mike

very nice car! what a find! it has nice interior

Hey Johnathan,
Cool ride with lots of great potential!! Here's a link to a butt load of 47 Chevy pics if you wanna get some more ideas of what people do to them....
http://www.carnut.com/photo/list/chev/chev47.html

All the best! Have fun with it!
Randy

Johnatthan, I agree with J Robinson work on lowering it and put on some wheels and tires you like. I like to see the 40's cars with the steelie wheels like Hot rod 46. I like that original grill. Don't paint the grill! And don't worry about the paint. Get some oldies music and cruise.

Welcome to the forums. Nice looking ride, have fun with it