Help in South Florida!

[MiamiBeat]

Hi Everyone,

Before his untimely passing my father was building a Type 65 Coupe and was not THAT far from completion. The car ran, drove, and was more or less done structurally and mechanically (or so he said), and the body had a coat of paint on it, but the trim work, final assembly, paint, and whatever other finishing touches needed to complete the car are still needed.

Unfortunately I am not as mechanically inclined as he was so I need to outsource the completion and I thought what better place to turn than the forum for some advice on how best to accomplish this as well as reasonable cost expectations.

In closing the estate the car spent a little bit of time outside partially covered, and then I’ve had it garaged for the balance of the previous two years. I think I have all the parts that he didn’t install, and as I said the car ran prior to sitting all this time. It needs to be brought back to running condition, assembly completion, trim work, paint, perhaps treated for exposure to the elements, and final assembly. So I guess what I’m looking for is to be pointed in the direction of somebody or perhaps a garage that specializes in this sort of thing that I could hire to complete this job, and if anybody could provide a ball park on what I’ll need to spend to finish it then that would be helpful as well.

I’m in the Miami area so the closer the better. Thanks everyone for your time.

James Cunningham
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[65 Cobra Dude]

James,

I am in Port Charlotte, just north of Naples. Can you send me some pictures and I can take a look? I just finished a Roadster for another forum member from Jax that was in similar condition. My phone number is five 0 eight, 8 zero 1, five 7 five 4.

I have a trailer and can pick up and drop off.

Henry

[John Dol]

Talk to Mark Dougherty the traveling builder. He can come to your house.

John

[CJBergquist]

Times two on Mark. Send a PM to MARK DOUGHERTY

[Bob-STL]

Three times Mark

[Gordon Levy]

I have a shop in North Carolina that is well equiped and experienced to finish you car. Please feel free to call me at 520-494-2745

[Mark Dougherty]

Hi Guys
I would love to help James out.
( BTW Thanks guys for the recommendation it really means alot to me)
but to meet his criteria he asked for the closest and that would be Henry
Henry can build a wicked car and in a timely fashion.
now if Henry for some reason cant do it I am in.

[Jeff Kleiner]

You would be in good hands with either Henry or Mark.

Jeff

[65 Cobra Dude]

Thanks Mark and Jeff, - your endorsements mean a lot to me. James contacted me via email and should send some pictures so I have a better idea on what needs to be done. If it's over my head, I have no issue letting him know. I just finished a Roadster for a guy in Jax with the same issue and he loves the car. Before that, I finished a 33 for a guy close by and he just brought it back yesterday to show me the paint job and it came out great if you like yellow!

Henry

[MiamiBeat]

Thanks so much to everybody that commented. Based on location/experience I think Henry is probably a solid fit so I'm going to try and work with him as our schedules permit. Definitely looking forward to finally getting my Dad's project complete.

Again, a sincere thank you.

James