Janis Dow - Carmel

Year: 1939
Make: Chevy Coupe
Engine: 1948 GMC 228 cubic inch in-line six
Class: Early Stock/Bomber

This 1939 Chevy Coupe will become the newest #50/50 race car, a replica of Frank's second Exeter race car.

The coupe, as found in November of 2004














The GMC chassis, to make it GO ! 

The half ton pickup chassis just arriving at its new home & still a bit nervous.


Sure enough, another (running) 1948 GMC 6 cylinder in-line for the "Early Stock" class. 


New friends getting acquainted for the first time.


Can this really happen ?




Janis says YES !  Frank got to drive the first one; something that Janis never got to do. 
This time Janis is going RACIN", with Frank filling the role of crew chief !


rebuilding a door...


lookin good !


Frank havin' fun


Note the homemade fuel cell - yup, Frank did that piece of work !


The chassis is DONE....


Now, back to the body...Hmmm, that roof needs some real work


Frank's solution - get rid of it.  NICE on a summer's day !


Thank's to Billy Boyle - who would have guessed that a friend would know
where there was a nice roof  just laying in the grass.


Then winter gets in the way.  But this baby is racin' in 2008 !!!


Frank's model of his original '39 Chevy Exeter coupe.