This is the 22 Gallon Stainless Fuel Tank built to wrap around the rear inboard brakes and fit up into the trunk area.
All Rear Components assembled looking from below rear.
Mid 1999. All metal abrasive blasted and etching primed
Black paint added & final assembly begun mid 1999
“The Nicest Cars come out of the darkest barns.”
These are finished pictures in the Fall of 1999. The interior is light brown leather and wool carpet. Steering column is from a Fiero. The wood grained dash has 10 Stewart Warner gauges. The wood strips on the running boards is African Mahogany.
This comparison with a fairly stock 1932 Coupe shows what all the fuss was about.
Some of the special alterations done over the years are: 1932 stainless steel bumpers & shortened brackets extended aluminum hood and hand formed hood sides ZZ4 Small block 345 hp Chevy engine T350 Automatic transmission and floor shifter Chevy front rotors and brake calipers 4 fenders widened 3” Hand formed running boards w/African Mahogany wood 1954 Studebaker Hawk side cowl air vents VW gas filler lid Stainless Home made dual exhaust system Stainleess hand formed gas tank Cooper wide whitewall tires Full wheel disks like 1958 vintagge 1967 Mustang seats and all leather upholstery Crystal glass bud vases Filled roof panel Original style headliner safety glass in all windows / windshield sealed shut Wood grain dash and garnish moldings Overhead radio console Old Style Stewart Warner Gauges Body channeled 7” over frame Frame “Z’d” front and rear Grill shortened 2” Pontiac Fiero tilt steering column Antique third brake light Split front axle made from 1948 Lincoln Rear diff. from ‘49 Ford with 3.33:1 gears /homemade suspension Original rear roll down window shade Air Conditioning 1948 Chevy taillights with LED brite lenses Driver side peep mirror Carpeted Trunk interior w/ insulation
In October 2006 this great old car is featured on a Calendar photographed by Thomas McGinnity. You can see more of his work at www.newyorkboys.org
This is one of the neatest stories we’ve had so far.... we don’t often see cases where details of the complete history of a car have been kept. We all have our memories and stories of cars we’ve had and some of the things we’ve done to them but most have not been documented like this so they are just fond memories.... We thank Skip Rapp for sharing his story... it brings lots of those “good old days” feelings back to us !
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