'39 Chevy Coupe Kustom

Started as a glue bomb which I built as a kid,

With a bit of work, I got it to look like this,



Body- Everything smoothed, pie chopped, replaced the roof and chopped, widened and extended the rear fenders, boxed the number plate area, opend up the cowl vent, replaced all the body trim and chopped down the grille. The headlights have been sunken, peaked and frenched. Custom side skirts with an open bar feature. Number plate box, turn siginals, tailights and exhuast openings have been flared. Mahogeny veener side floor boards. Made all the windows from clear packaging, styrene rod, bmf and window tint. One side window half open and the other is all the way up.





Paint job- Light gun metal on the body and a silver/grey marble effect on the front fenders and roof. The fenders and roof are a base coat of silver leaf then I burnt spure which left marks on the silver. After that, I covered the whole body with tamyia smoke and a coat of clear pearl.


Interior- Although it's very hard to see inside the car, there's a completely scratch built interior in there. Complete with RHD and a driver dude, who also recevied some mods. Can't forget about his sunnies





Chassis- Scratch built a three link rear suspension, rebuilt half of the floor and front end is from a '69 Camaro. The rims are from the '67 Chevelle and the wheels are aftermarket Pirellis.


Engine- is the kits 427. made the air scoop, added dual carbs, plug wirs, fuel lines and throttle linkages/cable.



I think that's everything!!!
Big thanks to Carps for giving me the idea for the side windows. Huge big thanks to Zenrat for making the number plate. With the smoke effect I thought "Smokin" was the way to go.
Plus, thanks to all who gave advice and support, as I always take it on board.
Cheers guys, hope it was an interesting build.

Joe.

That's beautiful Joe.

Thanks Rob!

It's a remarkable makeover Joe. I like everything about it. That marble effect colour scheme is great, and the extra details are skillfully done. A real showpiece this one. Whatever happened to the wheels on the original gluebomb? I think they look sharp.




Tezza

Cool custom chevy

I like it, very cool look

Very cool dude, you sure do like testing yourself don't you. Can't wait to see it in person.

Great looking custom, heaps of work and detailing , love the rear end treatment.

peter.

Amazing work there Joe , it would be amazing if you'd started with a brand new kit let alone starting with a glue bomb ...

MAGNIFICO!! This is what i really love, so many modifications you can hardly remember them all, paint is different AND awsome, the detail is excellent, this is spot on, i absolutely love this build, a credit mate!

Looks like its going out to stir up some trouble.Great mods on the body .Well done

Smokin! Great mods, lots of cool little details and an awesome paintjob. The timber running boards are a great touch.
Thanks for posting all the progress along the way, I enjoyed watching this build come together.

That's grouse !

Super smooth. All that work on the roof has really paid off.
Top shelf old school custom.

Don't know if much can be added that hasn't being said Joe, If only real 39's looked this good.......
Great work bud

I love it

And awsome build great job. cheer's john.

Thanks for your comments guys, glad you like it.
I did push myself with this build, I tried to create my own look with plenty of detail. The '39 isn't one of the nicest lookin coupes, so that was a challenge on it's own. My favourite mods are the half open window and the fat rear end. I like the paint job but I keep wondering if a candy red would've suited it better. Anyways, it is what it is.
Thanks again guys!