1936 Ford 3-window coupe

1936 Ford 3-window coupe: Top chopped 1.5", lowered headlights, shaved deck, frenched license plate, '41 Hudson taillights, '37 Ford bumpers. Bodywork by Dan Pardini and Donn Lowe. 292 cu. in. flathead (French block) with GMC 371 blower, 2 Stromberg 48's. Engine built by Dave Tatom. 39 Ford transmission, '46 rear end, hydraulic brakes & tubular dampers. Dropped axle & reversed spring eyes at both ends, 16 x 5 and 16 x 7 Ford Commercial wheels with 600-16 and 700-16 WWW tires. This car has been a hot rod for 40+ years.

Body mods chopped windshield posts & top irons, ’39 Lincoln Zephyr-style skirts, ’40 Chevrolet headlight buckets grafted to front fenders, modified horn bezel buckets, fenders grafted to front aprons & aprons unitized under grille
Hood stock top; sides vented w/ expanded-steel mesh; five stock stainless hood spears
Grille fabricated flat panels trimmed for ’39 LaSalle grille insert
Paint type / Color acrylic lacquer / metallic maroon
Painter Dave Baham
Headlights / Taillights H4 headlights in ’40 Chevrolet buckets / custom-made in ’40 Oldsmobile bumpers
Bumpers ’40 Oldsmobile; front pie-cut to conform to car, rear modified for acrylic lenses & light-emitting diodes

Dashboard '36 Ford roadster
Gauges stock, restored w/ faces re-screened white
Wiring Painless Performance (Fort Worth, TX)
Steering wheel 1939 Ford banjo w/ adapter for '40 Ford standard horn button by LimeWorks Speedshop (Whittier, CA)
Upholsterer Jim Griffin (Bend, OR)
Seats '39 or '40 Chevrolet sedan split back; backs trimmed to fit in cockpit
Material / Color leather / white & maroon
Carpet white Wilton wool

Donn Lowe worked his usual magic on this one; he completely restored the body before beginning the customizing process. He chopped the top 3-½ inches before filling it. He also filled the rumble lid and molded the rear fenders to the body and installed flush-fit skirts. While installing the ’38 Cadillac grille and shell, Lowe molded the front fenders to the shell, installed ’39 Chevy headlights and made louvered hood sides. Shaved handles, ribbed ’37 DeSoto bumpers and a flush fuel door round out the body mods. The entire body is metal-finished with minimal use of lead and absolutely zero plastic filler.

Done Lowe build 40 Mercury for John Babcock. Harry Bradley designed this georgious custom. More photo's can be seen in the Harry Bradley albums.

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