About the Car

This 1937 Deluxe six cylinder coupe is in excellent condition. The previous owner, and obviously the owner before him kept the car in a garage all the time. There is virtually no rust on the undercarriage or body panels and just a tiny bit of surface rust on a couple of pieces of chrome that will buff out. It is an original 40,000 original mile vehicle and is completely stock except for the interior. The previous owner had the original seats reupholstered, along withe the headliner and door panels in a high quality maroon velour type fabric which really enhances the interior view. I engaged Redline Finishes, one of my clients who specializes in high-end paint and restoration, to paint the dash and trim to match the upholstery rather than trying to restore the fake woodgrain which was as ugly as my best friends first wife. It is a radio and clock delete car, but I acquired an original clock and the whole humongous radio system which includes the in-dash unit that's wired to a radio box with all the tubes and tuner and a large speaker box. If you install the complete system there will be no place to put your feet so I just installed the in-dash knobs for looks along with the cool looking clock. The windshield had a small crack and some discoloration so I bought new glass for it all around though it has yet to be installed. I was able to acquire an original OEM carb rebuild kit that was dated 1937 and installed it and was able to get the car running. It is not driveable at this point because the original brake lines are toast. I plan to have new lines custom made and will rebuild the wheel and master brake cylinders. I was able to carefully drive it slowly on my long driveway after I got it running and the engine and transmission appear to be solid. I'm not planning to do anything else with the car after replacing the glass and rebuilding the brakes. I want to leave it in as original condition as possible. This car is in such great stock condition I can't imagine anyone would want to cut it up into a hot rod as much as I love street rods. As a matter of fact I will probably eventually trade or sell it to obtain a nice street rod. In an interesting side note, it has a front bumper cage that looks original, but I have never seen one on any of the vintage photos of 1937 Pontiacs.