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The fuse panels... Delco Remy Corvette relay... the massive Sun transmitter for the single year Chevy SS tach... and an afternoon of Tetris before Taulbert was content with where stuff should go... not that anyone will e...

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As if the Taulbert chassis jig wasn't trick enough... this setup he drew up and tabbed from the ground up is what the coupe's going to live on for the next stretch. Custom. Trick. She'll be right at home on this setup.

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As Cory was plugging some of the dash panel's no-longer-needed holes, his torch did more than heat up some of the long buried lacquer... it made it possible for Cory to strip the layers of paint from the dash... The Whee...

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What made the Wheel-to-Wheel resto special was that Mike Alexander was kind enough to keep an eye on the progress by swinging by the shop. While there were things that we had to do that gave him reason to quietly shake h...

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It's a thousand elements that come together to deliver something within a millimeter of the coordinates: Every chassis component, pickup point, driveline mod that Cory delivered during the restoration was designed to do ...

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Measured, heated, bent and welded to plates... Cory's coerced the F100 mounts back to the proper angles. Shocker.

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There's no doubt that building a hot rod in 1958 meant that you were doing the craftwork by hand... in some dark bay... probably with a lone bulb swinging overhead like a Russian interrogation. That's why the laser level...

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It's not just the new crossmember or the tasty proportions of the Cad LaSalle trans and Olds short shaft... It's not even the way the headers are tied into the pipes that feed the Smitty's before breaking back out into f...

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After an era with a Weiand 6-71; the proper Cragar is back in its place. She just sits different on the '56 Olds powerplant... complete with the insanely hard to find Cragar pulleys... fluted and notched... found thanks ...

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As if routing six into two Smitty's and back out to four flutes wasn't challenge enough... Chili's system had plugs versus a standard lakes style diverter... because when it comes to going custom... why the Hell not? Cor...

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Chili kept the '32 3W's cigar lighter in the dash (the first year, according to Cory)... hit with pearl white at Junior's hand. Sometimes, it's the little things that get you lit up... like a stogie from the Coupe's dash...

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What was going on under the Coupe has been an age old question mark... Teddy Z. remembered some sheetmetal work... There were plenty of shots of the pipes... You could see the crossover to the exhaust system on some of R...

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As we were hatching a plan with Mike Alexander to recreate the headlamp surrounds, we had to ask... What if these are the originals? While it seemed insane that two plastic panels with plastic details and banding from '5...

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Fresh from their run to Oklahoma for a chilly hot rod get together; Cory and Ashley got together with Mike Alexander Jr. to go over details on Chili's coupe (see what we did, there?).

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During the sixth time around--the Wheel to Wheel restoration--the sector housing on the '32 Ford box was narrowed to clear the starter. That wasn't wrong but it wasn't right: and not quite right doesn't cut it at the Tau...

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Cory's dialed in the flutes! After studying the Rickman photos, I flared the ends of some 1 7/8” steel tubing. Once I was happy with the shape, I made a fixture that would locate the ends correctly along side the car.......

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Cory reshaped the vintage Food F1 truck pedals so they'll clear the coupe's flat floor. Although customized, they've still cot proper mechanical leverage (her original pedals were probably like working out on a Nautilus ...

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This frame and this three window body were married to each other sometime in 1932 along a sweltering line that was running full tilt in Dearborn, Michigan... and they were pretty much inseparable for 88 years. Cory's wor...

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/reunited-its-the-longest-these-two-have-been-apart-in-88-years","title":"REUNITED: IT'S THE LONGEST THESE TWO HAVE BEEN APART IN 88 YEARS!","date_modified":"2020-10-21T01:52:31Z"},{"id":"off-the-jig-this-chassis-is-period-correct-period","html_content":"

She's a roller (on the wheels and tires from the Wheel to Wheel restoration) now! Chili's original rails excavated, sleeved and restored to absolute perfection.

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/off-the-jig-this-chassis-is-period-correct-period","title":"OFF THE JIG: THIS CHASSIS IS PERIOD CORRECT. PERIOD.","date_modified":"2020-10-20T01:52:16Z"},{"id":"weekend-at-corys-ii-mid-motor-mounts-rear-end-plus-pedals","html_content":"

A Webb. A Bergler. A Taulbert. Shot by A. Webb-Taulbert. There's a lot of know-how in this garage... and the Coupe benefited from it this weekend.

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/weekend-at-corys-ii-mid-motor-mounts-rear-end-plus-pedals","title":"WEEKEND AT CORY'S II! MID MOTOR MOUNTS... REAR END... PLUS PEDALS","date_modified":"2020-10-19T01:37:27Z"},{"id":"taulbert-cross-a-50-olds-short-shaft-has-never-had-it-so-good","html_content":"

Knowing that the stock crossmember was ditched back in '56 for the Hydramatic... and not knowing what was beneath the aluminum sheeting on the undercarriage... Cory crafted an honest I-beam channel that lives in the spac...

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Cory bent 1/2 thick plate that runs across the front of the engine... exactly as the Alexander Brothers did it... Now drilled for the CT mounts and just waiting for some beefier stock for the spacers' tubing.

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Engine and trans blocked back into sleeved frame. Using photos and feature landmarks on the chassis, Cory's thinking the Olds needs to move back towards the firewall by another inch... once the new panel has been cut to ...

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/block-party-at-taulberts-dan-webb-swung-by-on-sunday-to-eyeball","title":"BLOCK PARTY AT TAULBERT'S: DAN WEBB SWUNG BY ON SUNDAY TO EYEBALL","date_modified":"2020-10-12T19:55:29Z"},{"id":"behold-the-firewall-yall","html_content":"

The banding gets some beef: 16 gauge steel panel cut for the firewall and welded in place. Cory can now block the engine and CadLaSalle trans in place.... Work never stops in the Taulbert shop!!!

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Here's Cory's approach to the firewall fix... his recipe in his words:

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/taulbert-know-how-tackles-the-coupes-firewall","title":"TAULBERT KNOW-HOW TACKLES THE COUPE'S FIREWALL","date_modified":"2020-10-10T16:14:50Z"},{"id":"we-had-to-deal-with-some-hackers-before-this-firewall-went-live","html_content":"

At some point in her life, the coupe's firewall was 'fabbed' with some angle iron and the boxes on the side of the cowl were amputated... It was far too recessed and was essentially a piece of steel cut into shape at som...

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/we-had-to-deal-with-some-hackers-before-this-firewall-went-live","title":"WE HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME HACKERS BEFORE THIS FIREWALL WENT LIVE","date_modified":"2020-10-08T16:00:00Z"},{"id":"these-wishbones-were-pulled-before-thanksgiving","html_content":"

Cory redid the wishbone ends... ditched the modern jamb nuts and machined a threaded insert that features a Ford tie rod end. #proper.

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/these-wishbones-were-pulled-before-thanksgiving","title":"THESE WISHBONES WERE PULLED BEFORE THANKSGIVING","date_modified":"2020-10-08T01:14:10Z"},{"id":"this-is-how-the-a-bros-beautified-a-crossmember-done-right","html_content":"

From Cory: The A-Bros didn't want the ugly front spring and u-bolts and crossmember to show, so they make a cover for it... and chromed it!

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/this-is-how-the-a-bros-beautified-a-crossmember-done-right","title":"THIS IS HOW THE A-BROS CLEANED UP A FRONT END... DONE AGAIN!","date_modified":"2020-10-05T22:07:13Z"},{"id":"corys-garage-crossfit-the-rear-crossmember-installed","html_content":"

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/corys-garage-crossfit-the-rear-crossmember-installed","title":"CORY'S GARAGE CROSSFIT: THE REAR CROSSMEMBER INSTALLED","date_modified":"2020-10-05T21:49:13Z"},{"id":"mounts-identified-now-mounting-a-serious-search-for-the-mounts","html_content":"

Cory used the intel network to determine that the motor mounts were made by CT... beefier than the run of the mill mounts by Hurst, etc...

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/mounts-identified-now-mounting-a-serious-search-for-the-mounts","title":"MOUNTS IDENTIFIED... NOW MOUNTING A SERIOUS SEARCH FOR THE MOUNTS","date_modified":"2020-09-30T02:58:52Z"},{"id":"sleave-it-to-taulbert-engineering","html_content":"

The original frame is now sleeved and ready for selected boxing for even more beefiness.

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Cory threw the frame in his '32 jig expecting the worse... for good reason... but she came in 1.5-inches from proper. #henrysteel. That being said, the frame had been boxed and butchered so much over the last 80-some yea...

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/unboxing-cory-goes-to-town-on-henrys-rails","title":"UNBOXING: CORY GOES TO TOWN ON HENRY'S RAILS!","date_modified":"2020-09-23T01:36:57Z"},{"id":"finding-this-was-key","html_content":"

GM resto used simple key switch...

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/finding-this-was-key","title":"FINDING THIS WAS KEY!","date_modified":"2020-09-20T14:32:38Z"},{"id":"chili-tricked-his-brakelines-with-a-trip-to-adray-back-in-the-day","html_content":"

Cory was puzzled by what the striped wrap around the front brakelines was... And then the bell rang. My dad wrapped them with a striped phone cable. We're hunting for either blue or black striped cable--flat as such. I d...

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This one will require some engineering that falls somewhere between National hinges from the hardware store and the repurposed tailgate mechanisms from the Deora! According to our reference, the detent mechanism is the B...

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After wire wheeling the paint away to reveal the screwheads, Cory pulled the dash. It still had the Ford anti-squeak tabs from the '32 assembly intact: even in the 1950s, it would've been so brittle that it would've turn...

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Yahtzee! Cory identified handle set as 1949 Ford pieces! Baxter did some digging and came through once again...

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This one always drove me nuts.

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Cory has sourced an original 1940 Ford pedal setup. Olds Hydramatic swapped with '37 Cad LaSalle setup... Offy adapter plate and '40 Olds short shaft!

","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/taulbert-fix-cad-lasalle-trans","title":"TAULBERT FIX: CAD LASALLE TRANS","date_modified":"2020-09-18T14:33:02Z"},{"id":"taulbert-fix-air-cleaners","html_content":"

Cory sourced correct filters! In garage. Couldn't find these back in 1999... even with Honesty Charlie's help...

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We have a period Jabsco electric pump... but they are still being manufactured as new today. Used old for placement... sourcing new for install.

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Cory located correct upper blower pulley (one hole needs to be addressed. \"These things are unobtainable.\"

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","url":"https://welcome.thecoupe.com/f/load-out-september-11th-2020","title":"LOAD OUT: SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2020","date_modified":"2020-09-18T13:52:22Z"}]}