I won't be complaining about fitting joints any time soon . . .

[Jessica Pierce-LaRose]

Was listening to "The Story" (http://thestory.org/) on NPR today while doing the dishes, and there was a neat piece (http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_061112.mp3/view) about a fellow tracing the history of and restoring a Delage Aerosport Coupe. There's some pictures on the companies website, Cooper Technica (http://coopertechnica.com/1937-Delage-D8-120-Aerosport-Coupe.php) If you click on the main photo of the Paris Salon de La Automobile, there's a slideshow of photos. They were pretty neat, but some of the photos of the coach-built body and veneer work on the inside blow me away. All those bent pieces and compound curves kind of amaze me.

[David Weaver]

Nice car, but bizarre styling on the rear passenger (or equivalent) window.

I'd hate to be the person who tried to put one of those back to original.

[Jim Ritter]

I can identify with that project. It sure is a beautiful car. I am currently working on one of these. This is a photo of the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car.

http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m628/boatman53/What%20a%20chitty%20folder/e71510d4.jpg

This is where I am so far on the build. Got sidetracked a bit with my regular boat customers but will be back on the car in a week or so.

http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m628/boatman53/What%20a%20chitty%20folder/edf5f6e9.jpg

Thanks for posting I would not have guessed there was so much wood under thar metal body.