In brief, after the great depression, Rudy Stroessel left Darrin, and with a couple other coach builders, started a company in Hollywood. One of, or maybe their first customer, ws a 17 yr old, with $1500, an Essex framerails, Ford flathead, and 40 Ford front frame section, Columbia 2 spd rear end, and Ford side shift trans.
The frame was boxed, then welded to the body, and thus it became a unit body construction... and hte footwells were below the frames, predating the Hudson trend, Read about the car, it's history as a magazine cover car, it's trophys and car show awards at http://www.1940coachcraft.com
full gallery at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/1940-coachcraft-roadster-hollywood.html
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