When life gives you 4doors, build a 3window coupe

[Straight8's&Aces]

Damaged Goods Customs converting a 1939 Chevy Master Deluxe 4 door into a 3 window coupe

 

[Straight8's&Aces]

1940 buick 4 door donor car. We are using the back half of the buick and working it into the front half of the chevy

 

[skull]

cool

good idea[cl will follow this one.

plans for chassis, motor & tranny, rearend, etc, etc...

are ya shorting the body?

what will the wheelbase be?

l turned a 4 door sedan into a two door sedan and never regretted it.

l also plan on taking a 1948 4 door Chrysler cutting down to a two door and put it on a circle track chassis to make a street legal race car.

Later

 

[Straight8's&Aces]

Some in progress of combining the Chevy and the Buick plus picked up some doors off a 1940's Ford

 

[Straight8's&Aces]

getting the roof together

 

[Straight8's&Aces]

good idea[cl will follow this one.

plans for chassis, motor & tranny, rearend, etc, etc...

l turned a 4 door sedan into a two door and never regretted it.

Later

Well the 39 Chevy came on an S10 frame so I plan on using that. Engine might be a 4.3L V6 because I already have it and gas prices suck so it should help a little.

 

[ratrodney]

Wow! Nice work. RR

 

[42chevy]

Great idea! I think you have a winner there.

 

[CORPO]

This is going to be a cool build!

 

[Flipper_1938]

Very neat project! ...looks like something I would try.

Please take/post lots of photos!

 

[Straight8's&Aces]

Threw the front on just to see how she'll look

 

[ANNAMEL]

Holy Crap now thats some sheet metal work. Wanna do mine. [cl

 

[CORPO]

wow.. that looks really nice... this sorta thing may be in my future as I want to build a tail dragger but most of the projects that make nice ones are out of the budget!

I will be watching with great interest to see it all come together

 

[klink]

Looking good! I like the direction you're headed.

 

[Straight8's&Aces]

wow.. that looks really nice... this sorta thing may be in my future as I want to build a tail dragger but most of the projects that make nice ones are out of the budget!

I will be watching with great interest to see it all come together

Thanks! Yeah same here I really wanted a cool 40's style 3window taildragger custom, but they are all way out of my budget. So I went after the cheap rusted out 4 doors and with a little imagination and a lot of welding I'm building me my coupe.

 

[Sam_Fear]

I liked the look of the 5 window top better, but the 3 window fits the dragger style better. Way cool and I applaud you for reaching outside the box. [cl This is one of those builds I wish I was there to help.

 

[Straight8's&Aces]

I liked the look of the 5 window top better, but the 3 window fits the dragger style better. Way cool and I applaud you for reaching outside the box. [cl This is one of those builds I wish I was there to help.

I like the 5 window look too, but being that Chevy never made a 3 window coupe in 39 I thought it would be cooler to build the one that never existed instead of copying the one that does.

 

[Sam_Fear]

I was just thinkin'. Are you gonna have this ready to drive to the Torque Fest in May?

 

[sgtpontiac]

This is a cool build....

Looks good and sure makes the list for out of the box stuff.....[cl NICE!

 

[bob w]

There's only two reasons why you are building this very unique coupe and I'm not: Skill & Imagination.