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We actually called Holly tech to make sure this would work. The tank is shallow so George made a pickup well in the tank and made a new curved pickup. The tank is TIG welded stainless. I'm going to be running Hilborn EFI that looks like the old style Hilborn mechanical injectors. This meant an in-tank pump and a return line. The pic of the engine is a mockup of my engine to test for accessory fitment but you get an idea of the fuel injection look.

Thanks. I started this crazy project in July of 2018 after buying the car in May. Covid slowed things down but every month a little bit has happened. I am also guilty of "mission creep" and adding bells and whistles. It's been fun and frustrating at the same time. lol. I ended up contracting out the metal work because frankly I'm not skilled enough for something this nice. My builder is a picky craftsman who had issues with staff and Covid as well. We're still friends but we have a had a few testy moments over duration. I bite my lip and keep going.

The external door hinges are being eliminated to smooth out the body. Any body mods are very subtle as I love this body style. Power windows are being added.

A set of headers were hand made because of the lack of room under the hood with the nailhead. It will have a full stainless dual exhaust with cut-outs. If you look at the body mounts they are handcrafted using modified '55 Chevy units from Energy Suspension for the bushings.

I haven't updated this thread in forever. Work is progressing but the changes are less visible. The floor is done and all body mounts done. The body is actually bolted to the frame. A tool was made so the PullMax could replicate the original Buick pattern on the floor pan and trunk pan. The Firewall has been completely filled and every thing from the toe boards to tool tray is new. The wheel tubs were also widened.

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He used to post on HAMB as well. I will look over there, we sent a few messages back and forth as we both have '37s. I am on year #5 of my '37 maybe he is suffering the same project "fatigue"

Firewall filled in. 47 holes filled. 90 inches of seam welded and bottom 9 1/2 inches is all new. TIG welded.

I checked their website and their Buick mats only go up to 1935?

I sent you cell # and email address Leif. I'd like a measurement of them closed and extended to share with my fabricator.

Good shot of the other side showing the clearance with the crossmember and exhaust cutout

I got my fenders home and they were an improvement over what I had, so that problem is solved. The latest work has been modifying the frame to fit the pedal box because I am putting a 6 speed in the car. It seems sacrilegious to cut up a $20,000+ frame but Art Morrison's engineers gave us the go ahead for the mod. First pic is the "fish" plates and second is the top to fill the cut.

No worries. I have only had the car in the shop for three years....

Can you post pics and measurements please?

My hope is to find a set of the '38 supports and use them in my car. It's resto-mod so I want to be era correct but not 100 point correct.

My '37 coupe came with no trunk support. My understanding is that the '37 has one support and the '38 has two. I have looked online at pictures and it looks like the '38 style continued into the early '40's. Is this correct?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165298749789?hash=item267c92c15d%3Ag%3AgxQAAOSwzNdh7shb&fbclid=IwAR2uFwEi94kymxnXRUv71utMxlUxmNxNCh1GfVzZqf_KpGhd_jcGkIgS1ns You don't see these every day. Not my car just posted for general interest.

A mini 2022 update. I finally found better front fenders on the east coast. I contacted the guy in July. We finally found reasonable shipping to Seattle on Greyhound in December. My fenders arrived on Tuesday in Seattle. I am going to get them Friday. To satisfy the idiots running Canada I have to find somewhere to get me PCR test in the USA and deliver a negative result then I have to come back across the border. Given Omicron I may spend two days in a hotel waiting for a result. Fenders $650, shipping $320, PCR test $200, two nights hotel in Seattle $500, gas $75 my time 0, and getting my car done in 2022 priceless.

I think it will look pretty cool. I am doing every thing I can to keep the body/interior as stock looking as possible. I am going with a 1939 color "Sequoia Cream" as I don't believe yellow was an available color in '37. Under the hood will be more 1960's looking. I copied the picture from Holley's site.

We finally figured out exhaust routing. The cardboard tube was used to make sure we had clearance for the coil-overs in the 4-link suspension

If you look at the pedals you can see they are all hydraulic. Brake booster will be between the passenger compartment and the trunk along with an electric vacuum pump and tank. No room under the hood for any of that. It's also a hydraulic clutch for the T-56.

Some updates. Floor pan is mostly welded to the transmission tunnel. Floors are done. I found better front fenders in New Jersey and they are on the bus to Seattle. Hopefully, they're better. We have pedals! The cardboard thing at the back of the frame is a mockup for a custom tank.

Well the whole adventure was a waste of time. It was a '37 with a bunch of '38 parts bolted on. The interior was full of old, wet and rusted parts. Basically scrap. I did offer to buy the McLaughlin badge No word on that yet.

Interesting points. It's a "frankencar" made up of 37/38 parts or someone swapped a data plate. Not unheard of. Will '38 fenders fit a '37 front end?