Mike Phillips
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Episode 4 - Kingsport, Tennessee
It was a genuine pleasure meeting Fred Datson at his body shop which is also his garage for his daily driver, a 1938 Lincoln Zephyr and the cool thing besides being incredibly rare is that he stuffed a 396 Big Block Chevy engine into this fine streetrod and it's his daily driver.
The Lincoln Zephyr is known as having one of the most beautifully designed, aerodynamic looking body styles...
Not a lot of engine compartment room to work with but Fred managed to slip the big block in and then mate an automatic transmission to send power to the rearend...
Originally, these cars came with a V-12
This ain't no new car tail light...
Also very unique was the dual glove boxes, one on each side and the gauges all clustered in the center of the dash.
Fred also has another Lincoln Zephyr in the works...
Here's something else that's very unique about the Lincoln Zephyr, the bodies are welded to the frame, not bolted on like most cars. So if you want to remove the body to do a "Frame-Off Restoration", you have to cut and grind the welds first. This one aspect will dramatically make restoring a Lincoln Zephyr more costly as well as time-consuming.
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Season 1 - Episode - 4 - Autogeek's What's In The Garage
[video=youtube_share;u5v8CRz3vPQ"]Season 1 - Episode 4 - Autogeek's What's In The Garage - YouTube[/video] It was a genuine pleasure meeting Fred Datson at his body shop which is also his garage for his daily driver, a 1938 Lincoln Zephyr and the cool thing besides being incredibly rare is that he stuffed a 396 Big Block Chevy engine into this fine streetrod and it's his daily driver.
The Lincoln Zephyr is known as having one of the most beautifully designed, aerodynamic looking body styles...
Not a lot of engine compartment room to work with but Fred managed to slip the big block in and then mate an automatic transmission to send power to the rearend...
Originally, these cars came with a V-12
This ain't no new car tail light...
Also very unique was the dual glove boxes, one on each side and the gauges all clustered in the center of the dash.
Fred also has another Lincoln Zephyr in the works...
Here's something else that's very unique about the Lincoln Zephyr, the bodies are welded to the frame, not bolted on like most cars. So if you want to remove the body to do a "Frame-Off Restoration", you have to cut and grind the welds first. This one aspect will dramatically make restoring a Lincoln Zephyr more costly as well as time-consuming.
:xyxthumbs:
