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Post by JerryG on Jan 8, 2009 11:36:31 GMT -6
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Post by bellyofthewhale on Jan 8, 2009 12:05:17 GMT -6
Whoa, those are awesome photos, Jerry! Thank you for sharing!!
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Post by gwangiboy on Jan 8, 2009 12:25:17 GMT -6
Beautiful doesn't even begin to describe that!  Also makes me want to build another one of these as close to this as possible! Excellent!! |
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Post by RatRod on Jan 8, 2009 12:26:52 GMT -6
Great photo's Jerry!!! Glad to see the Lil Coffin make it back, but it just doesn't look quite right for some reason.....the missing headlights?, wrong wheels? (I know getting the correct 5 spokes wouldn't have been that hard) I don't care for the painted carbs either. In my opinion, if your going to restore a famous showcar like this, do it 100% correct, not 94%. It does have a great stance!!!
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Post by Psychotic Hillbilly on Jan 8, 2009 16:13:55 GMT -6
Great shots Jerry. Love the Coffin. Looks good to. Thanks for the pics.
Ken...
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Post by RodBurNeR on Jan 8, 2009 17:19:04 GMT -6
awesome! It does look really nice, thanks for sharing Jerry!
I won't be able to make Darryl's show, so I look forward to lot's of pics! ;D
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Post by mykturk on Jan 8, 2009 18:11:54 GMT -6
Exact re-crea-restoration or not, you gotta love it!!! Sure looks BEST that way!
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Post by JerryG on Jan 8, 2009 18:17:43 GMT -6
Talked to Darryl To-nite. Looks like it's gonna WOW the circuit again!
Bit of trivia: For us Coffin Corner aficionados....
.....there's a Skull Shift knob made by a gentleman . Kool!
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Post by TheMadModeler on Jan 8, 2009 18:59:53 GMT -6
See I knew you where the Man..  Thanks for the Great pictures.. BiLL.. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2009 19:19:27 GMT -6
Man, that does look Sweet!
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Post by robriley on Jan 8, 2009 20:36:27 GMT -6
Talked to Darryl To-nite. Looks like it's gonna WOW the circuit again!
Bit of trivia: For us Coffin Corner aficionados....
.....there's a Skull Shift knob made by a gentleman . Kool! that would be non other than Norm Grabowski !!!! |
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Post by JerryG on Jan 8, 2009 20:39:30 GMT -6
See I knew you where the Man.. Thanks for the Great pictures.. BiLL.. I won't take credit for the pics,....somebody out there got lucky and snapped them. (Lucky Dog! ;D) I know there hasn't been many, but soon there will be plenty of great(better) pics. |
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Post by JerryG on Jan 8, 2009 20:45:05 GMT -6
Talked to Darryl To-nite. Looks like it's gonna WOW the circuit again!
Bit of trivia: For us Coffin Corner aficionados....
.....there's a Skull Shift knob made by a gentleman . Kool! that would be non other than Norm Grabowski !!!! Ha.. thats exactly what I said to Darryl...He told me no....it's from Canada. (I'll get details later).~Jerry |
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Post by RatRod on Jan 8, 2009 21:33:48 GMT -6
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Post by Paul B. Canney on Jan 8, 2009 22:09:19 GMT -6
the front wide whites are just a wee bit too wide.
Is that El Matador lurking in the back?
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Post by Ryan Carlson on Jan 8, 2009 23:23:21 GMT -6
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Post by detroithammer on Jan 9, 2009 0:30:31 GMT -6
Hey now!
It's great to see the old girl back. It may not be a spitten image of her glory days, but I'll take this look any day. The car was always changing throughout its history . I don't like the front tire. Something about the whitewall. It looks like it was painted on, and the tire is a bit smaller than the old version. The gold carbs are a bit to eye grabbing, and take away from the whole car. I think a red gold, rather than a yellow gold might have worked better. but hey, who am I ? Welcome back baby. Thanks Mr. Starbird. Great work. Hope to see it in California some day.
BOOM
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Post by gfgcollects on Jan 9, 2009 0:40:22 GMT -6
What's the story on the other beauties in these great shots? I recognize some of Elden's creations but what about that purple sculpture behind the Coffin? Awesome  I think maybe the back whitewalls on the Coffin should have been wider to match the front... but trust me I'd be nit picking.  Gerry G |
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Post by colbart/colin on Jan 9, 2009 3:02:31 GMT -6
Looks good, There will always be certain purists who say its not correct. The recent refurbishment of many older showrods. (Monkeemobile,one of the Munster Koaches are good examples) It can always be changed. Look what has been done to poor LiL Coffin over the years. Top chopped off completely, then changed. into another rod/van~thingy It is new paint and parts, give them time to gain that certain patina aged parts get. At least it is out and about and not stuck inside. Better having them used and looked after than rotting away in a museum. or god forbid broken up. Carbs can always be re-painted a different colour, wheels changed. (it is following the new ideas for big and littles low profile tyres on front helps to lower the front) its how modern wheels and tyres are, at least it didn't get Budnic rims fitted, they are pretty good replicas, made of modern materials to latest specs, safety Etc. Give em a break. Don't know if the roof chop can be undone/corrected. Always has had a cantilevered roof. the model seems to be lower/more raked. ---------- It looks like El Matador by its side, love the CCab as well. Nice to see Eldon Titus rods have found a good home. Voodoo Spider and the purple rod behind the coffin is the Vampyre. see here for pics of his other creations, in his memory. www.hotrodhotline.com/pr/2008/08eldentitus/If you look you will see a pic of the Voodoo Spider next to the LiL Coffin Clone, which seems to be built closer to the original. Is this why changes were made perhaps??. www.hotrodhotline.com/pr/2008/08eldentitus/html/08eldentitus_86.html |
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Post by robriley on Jan 9, 2009 6:30:34 GMT -6
i like it, but..i don't care for the front OR the rear tires. the fronts look too small in diameter, and the rears look too big in diameter. the rake is too high in the back, but that may be due to new, tight suspension components. I also don't care for the torque thrust "d" rims...i like the original standard torque thrusts that were on it.
don't get me wrong it looks killer, and i understand how the car has evolved over time...i just think that everyone is used to the way it looked when it was first done as the lil coffin, and these "new" things that are on it kind of change the look a little bit.
not that change is a bad thing, but i just think that everyone was expecting it to look like it did way back when.
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Post by skulldude on Jan 9, 2009 9:39:28 GMT -6
I personally like to see this kustom in any of its incarnations, it shows Mr Starbird still is doin his thang!!
His eye and designs continue to update. Maybe someday He will "backdate" a coffin for the purists, but for now I take this one!
These days a real kool kustom is still a real kool kustom!
Just my opinion, sorry
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Post by bronzegiant on Jan 9, 2009 10:13:39 GMT -6
I AM a die-hard purist and this is close enough for me. I can't understand how or why ANYONE would have subjected the L'il Coffin to what they did and I am THRILLED that it's back to this incarnation, I mean look at it the design couldn't be any better.....there is STILL one thing very wrong with it though......my name isn't on the title. ;D
Steve
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Post by gfgcollects on Jan 9, 2009 10:16:00 GMT -6
Hey Colin, thanks for posting those links. Great stuff. Gerry G |
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Post by donculley on Jan 9, 2009 10:53:09 GMT -6
I thought the carb color was a bit funky too, but considering what this poor car has gone through in its lifetime ,I could live with that. Darrryl is no kid anymore , to me, what he has done is incredible . Maybe the roof slant is as close as he could get, or as he remembered it. I'm just glad its back !
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Post by Tim Nolan on Jan 9, 2009 15:11:45 GMT -6
I'll take it anytime if he wants to throw it away! LOL. Hell, are you kidding me? It looks great considering what it's been through. LOT's of those early showcars got "recycled" into something else back in the 70's after they had run they're course on the showcar circuits. Many fell into total disrepair and destruction, so it's good to see many of these cars making a comeback today. I think your seeing so many of them surface because lot's of the kids who loved them 40 yrs. ago have grown up, made a shitpot full of money, and are buying up the things they love from they're childhood! Fortunately, some of them have done extremely well for themselves, and have saved more than they're share! (Moriarity and Shulton for example-thanks guys!) What a triumph for showrodders like us! Raise your brewskies high and thank the Chrome God! The other thing you need to remember, is not everything is still available 50 yrs. later. Take a look at these shots of the car, even in the early years, it had different tires and rims on it several times. I love the early unchopped version too!    Comparing these shots from the side, I think it looks remarkably well.   Or do some of you still like this version better?  If so, you need thrashed a bit yourself...... ;D  |
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Post by bronzegiant on Jan 9, 2009 17:51:50 GMT -6
That Monkey Ward version scares me.............and I'm fearless.
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Post by rmerdcars on Jan 10, 2009 10:21:48 GMT -6
i agree the front whites might be a little wide and that "yellow"gold on the carbs a little bright,but if you check some of the early photos it did have gold carbs at one point and it did have the gray cast wheels !! either way ,like alot of you guys have mentioned,its been through alot of changes in its life and i have to say it still looks way cool im in springfield missouri and we have a local fabricator named ron englert who did a real nice version for a local gentleman named the lil coffin 2, ive got some pics somewhere, ill try to dig them out and post them for you guys... |
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Post by sakke on Jan 10, 2009 14:35:43 GMT -6
I`m glad that Darryl did this version of Lil Coffin although it isn`t exact copy of that old one. I think this is a great kustomrod!!!
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Post by Honest Charlie on Jan 10, 2009 14:47:24 GMT -6
I think it looks damn fine from here. Probably looks much better in person though. 
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Post by rivierarich on Jan 11, 2009 13:36:59 GMT -6
You know what is throwing alot of it off?? Look at the white insert in the roof. the padding is to thick. this may settle in time. At least it is back to as close to the Monogram version as it can be. Cannot wait to see it next week!!!
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I think maybe the back whitewalls on the Coffin should have been wider to match the front... but trust me I'd be nit picking. 
