Vehicle Description
1938 Chevrolet Coupe
Chevrolet advertised that its 1938 models had new modern body
styling. In truth, the body shell, fenders and running boards were
the same as in 1937. A new grille was composed of horizontally
arranged chromium bars, alternating one wide and four narrow. It
was in two pieces, right and left. A center molding divided them.
New bumper had a full width indentation, about one half inch wide,
that was painted black. Headlights and tail lamps were of a
carryover design. The hood had ventilators highlighted by three
chrome horizontal moldings. The bullet shaped headlights were
mounted closely to the radiator grille. Inside the seats were two
inches wider. Improved worm and roller sector steering was
used.
For consignment, a 1938 Chevrolet Sport Coupe dipped in a two-tone
of white and maroon, fully restored, with a nice interior
customized, and a 327ci V8 mill under the hood. With many modern
convenience add-ons, think Vintage AC & Heat, power steering and
power front disc brakes this car is meant to be driven, but our
consignor has only logged a mere 1,200 miles since the build was
completed so it's up to you to log those miles and create your own
smiles.
Exterior
1938 brought a nice designer's pen to the drawing table and created
this 4 interior seat and full trunk Rubenesque styled sport coupe.
Receiving a full stripping and sanding, then bathed in the clean
crisp white paint down low, its minding its gaps very nicely. At
mid beltline, a checkered flag motif wraps the body and creates
adelineationline before deep rich maroon takes over covering the
entire roof, hood, and sweeps down thetrunk lid making for a
visually appealing posterior view. This procedure was performed
2006 and is still looking great today. The front of the car starts
out narrow for the grille and flanking bullet headlights, and
widens as it goes to the front glass. Free flowing fenders on front
and rear are connected by a running board with stainless trimmings
around the black rubber ribbed inserts. On the back are small
chrome trimmed tail lights perched upon stalks and below this is a
nice curved chrome bumper with twin guards nicely polished. 15-inch
chrome directional Cragar wheels are all around and are wrapped in
wide white radials.
Interior
A swing of the door and a nice wide swatch of gray and white
striped broadcloth flanked above by white cloth and below by deep
pile maroon carpeting. It sports the original levers and cranks and
on the top is maroon metal and a white armrest/pull is also seen.
Moving inside, the late model overstuffed low back bucket seats
with smooth white bolsters and clean gray inserts are noted and
looking just great. Nice maroon carpet floods the floors, and
upfront is a beautifully restored and slightly modified dash made
up of maroon painted metal with plenty of art deco inspired
stainless and chromed accenting. Gauge cluster is original and
houses a Sun tachometer in the center, the center panel is custom
fabricated with a machine turned housing for dual gauges, a highly
polished center insert and down low are a few knobs, switches and
the electric wiper controls. Another highly polished stainless
panel is reserved for the glovebox door and an add-on maroon panel
mounted below the dash houses the Vintage AC & Heat slides as well
as a modern AM/FM/CD player from a later model Chevrolet. A huge
highlight is the white console that splits the bucket seats and
includes a partial console from an Impala for the Hurst shifter
Drivetrain
Under the twin cowled hood, we could not be more impressed where
here we see maroon painted bay, and then an orange drenched 327ci
V8 has been slipped in, and it just gleams. This mill was rebuilt
by Napa and has had a mild performance camshaft installed. On top
is an orange intake manifold with a 4-barrel carb providing the air
and fossils. On the back is a Muncie M20 4-speed manual
transmission, and way back is a Ford 9" rear axle equipped with
Positraction and with 3.73 gears.
Undercarriage
Underneath is very clean with miles of black steel and just a few
dabbles of surface rust on the usual suspects. Power front disc
brakes work in conjunction with power rear drums to bring this rod
to a safe halt and Flowmaster mufflers and dual exhaust are on to
let the crowd know you'vearrived. A Mustang II style suspension is
on the front and in the rear we see traditional leaf springs. All
buttoned up and ready to rock!
Drive-Ability
An easy in and out, plenty of room and adjustments to make it just
right baby bear. She fired right up and ran like the local fire
brigade rushing to a nearby conflagration. Great handling, smooth
shifting and all functions working properly. A nice cruiser
too!
This is a nicely built foundation from which our consigner
proceeded to bling it out with some new parts, and make it over the
top. Enjoying it just enough to work the kinks out, this rod is now
ready to be fully enjoyed and make you stand out at the local
shows. Visit our overstuffed Hallowed Halls, and view this stand
out Chevy for yourself...but don't dally, rods like this don't last
long.
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 600 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.
