1927 Buick Opera Coupe - Gearhead

We check out Bob Spilos' 1927 Buick Opera coupe hot rodThis one all started when Bob Spilos purchased a '27 Buick Opera coupe as a 75 percent-completed restoration. He was hoping to flip the car for a buck or two, but it ended up in his possession for three years because no one wanted it, so he cut it up and made this wild hot rod. Bob built the entire car in a year, with only the radiator being outsourced. A '64 Buick Electra donor car gave up its 425 nailhead, TH400 transmission (with a switch-pitch converter), and gauge cluster. Bob chopped the top 8 inches and filled it with a mid-'80s van top turned backward, channeled the body 8 inches over the 8-inch-thick frame, and Z'd the frame 18 inches in the rear. To get the car to sit even lower, a 7-inch dropped Ford front axle with traditional '40 Ford spindles makes up the front-end. Those dimensions sound crazy for a reason; with a 130-inch wheelbase and at 7 feet wide in the rear, the car is huge. After the bodywork was complete, Bob hosed it with SEM Hot Rod Black.


Photo Gallery: 1927 Buick Opera Coupe - Wild 425 Nailhead-Powered Buick Hot Rod - Hot Rod Magazine

Photo Gallery: 1927 Buick Opera Coupe - Wild 425 Nailhead-Powered Buick Hot Rod - Hot Rod Magazine


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