Although the colors are correct I've never really been a fan of the color scheme. I decided to go with Puritan Grey over Silver French Grey. The funny thing is as I've been dismantling the car I discovered the car was originally Silver French Grey. More on the body later. I already knew who I was going to have do the interior. He had done work for me in the past and I was very pleased. I contacted as many vendors as possible to get samples of fabric. The problem was that none of the samples had a similar pattern or color scheme that would work. Although leather was an option I didn't think that would be a good look. What I decided to do was put a Rivera style interior in. It was available on senior cars and although I've never seen it on a Clipper I think it would look really nice. I ordered two different shades of grey. The material is here but probably won't be made until this coming summer.I'll post some pictures when it is, going to be awhile before it goes into the car. Next posts with pictures will be of the chasis.

I didn't have a source for woodgraining but did see some pictures of work being done by Lyman Woodgraining in CA and really liked what I saw. After talking to them I shipped my dash, window frames, ashtray .... thirteen pieces in all. I couldn't be more pleased. He correctly got both the straight and burned grain applied. The pieces are as good as anything I've seen. Unfortunately after checking the pieces I wrapped them up until I'm ready for them without taking any pictures. If you are interested to see them he posted a video of the dash and window surround on his website. Just go to videos and look for the July 2nd 2021 entry. While I was waiting for the pieces to come back I cleaned, painted and polished all the dash trim pieces. Check the condition of the plastic and ordered any replacements needed. Also cleaned and polished the center control panel.

I've never have known Fred to be wrong. Unfortunately not a lot of 1941 Clippers seem to have survived. I would think it has lot to do with the fact that new cars were not available again until after the war and they were used heavily until then. Then again after 4+ years of no new cars who would want a 5 year old car when new ones were available. Probably a lot got scrapped.

Ross always does a great job

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I decide there were 5 items that I wanted to farm out because of lack of expertise and/or correct equipment to do the job. They were chrome, engine, body/paint, interior and woodgraining. I wanted to contact my shops of choice because like a lot of us they are getting older and most have a fairly long backlog. I started by pulling everything forward of the cowl, pulled the engine and transmission and brought it to Ross Miller. He confirmed that I had spun a bearing and also damaged two rods. He did a complete rebuild including the vibration damper. Also went through the starter, generator, carburetor and installed a new clutch ... Ross also test ran it when he was done. I restored the horns, installed new wiring and a nos relay ( always like to use nos when I can ). The car never had an oil filter so I did install one. One of the previous owners removed the fuel pump and just used an inline electrical one. I also put a mechanical pump back on and plumbed it in. While Ross was working on the engine the engine splash pans, stabilizer bar, radiator surround and struts were sandblasted and powdered coated. Radiator boiled out and painted too. Engine now sits under cover waiting to be reinstalled.

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I can trace the history back to the late eighties. It was at that time the car switched hands at Hershey. It came from NJ and sold to a gentleman from Virginia. It had been lightly restored but not well as I would find out. I'm the third owner since that gentleman from VA.

I purchased my Clipper in 1995. Drove it for a couple of years until I spun a bearing in the engine and then parked it for a dozen plus years while I enjoyed my other cars. I retired a couple of years ago and decided it was time to get it back on the road. I've done quite a bit if work the last two years and thought the group might enjoy my progress. Wat is not the only one who enjoys the first series of Clippers. I'll update my posts every few days to get up to date. First picture is when the car was on the road.

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I just got one from Lindi also