Pictures from Amelia Island Concours

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Jack Walter
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Pictures from Amelia Island Concours

#1 Post by Jack Walter »

I'm still going through the more than 750 photos I shot this weekend at the Amelia Island Concours but I thought I'd post a few up of my eight year restoration project.
I started the restoration in 2007 and was able to drive it on the field Saturday afternoon using the 4-cam engine for its maiden voyage.
In typical last minute fashion we first cranked the engine on Thursday evening just before loading it in the trailer for the trip to Florida.

I must extend heartfelt thanks to some members of this forum for going above and beyond in helping me achieve the goal of getting the Carrera on the show field this year.

Jacques LeFriant, Rainer Cooney, Ray Morgan, John Wilhoit, and very especially Tim Herman and Ernie Cabrera all provided essential support in getting the car finished just in time to make the show.
Thanks to all of you for your help in making one of my dreams come true.
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#2 Post by ChristopherBrous »

Thank you so much for bringing it. My wife and I saw you offloading around the corner on Saturday and I nearly jumped out of our car while we were moving. I couldn't believe I was seeing the car in person.

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#3 Post by Mark Pribanic »

There was a great selection of 356's this year! Several I hadn't seen in years. I have four albums from this weekend.

Thursday from Gooding(209 fotos):

https://www.facebook.com/mark.pribanic/ ... 873&type=3

Friday Jax B59Outlaw meet up with Magnus Walker & Harris Snodgrass(46 foto's)

https://www.facebook.com/mark.pribanic/ ... 873&type=3

Saturday - Cars & Coffee & The Hanger Party(142 foto's)

https://www.facebook.com/mark.pribanic/ ... 873&type=3

Sunday - Amelia Concours(147 fotos):

https://www.facebook.com/mark.pribanic/ ... 873&type=3
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#4 Post by Dan Kalinski »

Thanks for posting the links! Great content.

Thanks again.

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#5 Post by Scott McAdams »

Jack. Wow -- beautiful job on the car. Congratulations. Have fun driving it this summer.
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#6 Post by Mervyn Hyde »

Car looks nice. What inspired the front end work?
Loving the green Continental behind it too.
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Mervyn Hyde wrote:Car looks nice. What inspired the front end work?
Loving the green Continental behind it too.
The car was customized by Dean Jeffries in George Barris' shop in California in 1957. He was a well known painter and pinstriper at the time he decided to build this car to showcase his metalworking skills.The car launched his career. He was wanting to clean up the lines of the car and make a statement. Everywhere you look on this car you find something that he changed or modified. It's pretty slick. The green Continental was nice but a little over-accessorized. The black 51 coupe was spectacular.

This is a picture of Dean Jeffries taken just after he completed the car in 1957.
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#8 Post by James Davies »

Fantastic work Jack. Congratulations! The car is stunning.

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#9 Post by Tim Herman »

Congratulations Jack! Appreciate your dedication!
Great work and a great story!
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I loaded up the pictures I took at Amelia Island on my smugmug photo hosting site here:

https://solaros1.smugmug.com/Car-shows/ ... 16-Sunday/

The black 51 coupe was incredible - just spectacular

https://solaros1.smugmug.com/Car-shows/ ... -7R9gwDH/A

The shots from the Cars & Coffee event on Saturday are here:

https://solaros1.smugmug.com/Car-shows/ ... -Saturday/

Apparently a couple of the other guys in the class didn't appreciate the history of my car - I got a little negative feedback from the its not stock crowd.
That's OK - I've been on the receiving end of that whine for 45 years.

On a sad note - I just learned last week that Bill Hines - the 94 year old "Lead Slinger" and famous customizer passed away this month.
Bill did a bunch of the lead work on my car and there is a great photo of him sitting in the rear window opening applying lead to the roof vents in an issue of Rodders Journal in an article about the early days of Barris' shop. Bill Hines was probably responsible for more chopped 49 Mercurys than any other individual on the planet - just an incredibly talented craftsman.

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#11 Post by Trevor Gates »

Do you know what issue (approximately) of Rodders Journal has the picture? Yes sad indeed about Bill passing.

I wouldn't give one extra thought to the guys who don't "get" the Dean Jeffries Carrera car. That car is the exact intersection of where Porsche 356 and old school SoCal hot rodder meet.

Out of curiosity, when you restored the car did you keep the engine turning in the engine compartment?
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Rodders Journal # 56 - page 43

https://solaros1.smugmug.com/Dean-Jeffr ... -ZNWgwdB/A

The engine turned panels in the door jambs and engine compartment are the original ones built by Dean Jeffries. I carefully cleaned them and reinstalled them.
They show some scuffs and wear but I wanted to preserve these parts in particular since he hand fabricated them. On the back of one of the doorjamb panels you can see where he was trying out different turning patterns before deciding which technique to use. The car also has the original hex shaped knobs he made for the headlight switch and hand throttle cable.

https://solaros1.smugmug.com/Car-shows/ ... -zr4X23t/A

You can see some of Bill Hines lead work in these picture

https://solaros1.smugmug.com/Dean-Jeffr ... -GhBX32n/A

https://solaros1.smugmug.com/Dean-Jeffr ... -vkZSGDD/A

https://solaros1.smugmug.com/Dean-Jeffr ... -mVhDRXr/A

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#13 Post by Bill Sargent »

Jack,

Rainer Cooney (on the list) has reproduced the Carrera fuel filter/pressure regulator that is correct for your car. You appear to have the smaller version of the current production Italian "Filter King" unit.
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#14 Post by Trevor Gates »

Killer! Thanks for sharing the pics and congratulations on a job well done!
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Jack Walter wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2016 11:24 pm
Mervyn Hyde wrote:Car looks nice. What inspired the front end work?
Loving the green Continental behind it too.
The car was customized by Dean Jeffries in George Barris' shop in California in 1957. He was a well known painter and pinstriper at the time he decided to build this car to showcase his metalworking skills.The car launched his career. He was wanting to clean up the lines of the car and make a statement. Everywhere you look on this car you find something that he changed or modified. It's pretty slick. The green Continental was nice but a little over-accessorized. The black 51 coupe was spectacular.

This is a picture of Dean Jeffries taken just after he completed the car in 1957.
Saw this cool shot today.
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