My buddy at the local salvage yard had two hoods to try for a good fit. The hood we used is a one piece (possibly Chevy) and you might be right . Here are some front end shots. about it being a 41'
OMG!! OMFG!! I've been going back and forth in my head, what to do about my newest project. A 28 Chevy, missing most of the body. Got the cowl, rolling frame and some other misc bodyparts but no doors, wood or anything above the waist line. A thought about doing a rough phaton, a self design tudor-thing or a Pick up. But after seing this, I know exately what I wants!! Can you post more pictures? Inside boat tale, interior and floor/sub rails? What Brake set up did you do? Underfloore master, no vacuum booster? What is inside the tale? Did you move your cowl back? Or just sink the engine and tunnel in to the firewall? Did you move the complete sheetmetal front end bacwards? Did you cut the frame down/pinch? What are your wheelbase? I know this is a lot of question, and I might go totaly Columbo on you. ;-) But I got a car cruch!!
The whole body from the radiator shell to the back of the original cowl is relocated 7" rearward. We fabricated the rest. Plus the big 292 six required the firewall to be redone and deepened about another 4 inches. Wheel base is stock, stock frame dimensions, stock 1930 steering box moved back 7 inches, Inside the tail is a metal tubing frame work. Brake pedal assembly (and master cylinder) is from Speedway Motors. Sub rails are 3/4" x 1-1/2" rectangle tubing masterfully bent over the frame rails.
Oops, forgot to say the seat totally reclines into the tail and also folds forward for storage. The tail is able to hold a couple lawn chairs, a small cooler, and a tool box, but it will not hold a sun tent.....I have to re-think my car show priorities. Gary
How high is your frame over the ground? How high is it from to the ground to the lowest of you "door"/ball crushing point? How big is your tires? What about rear brake? Stock nissan? Would AD rear axel fit as good as front axel? Did you change anything in the truck steering geometri? Is most of you steering set up 30 chevy arms, links etc. ?
I'm going to have to get back to you next week on some of the dimensions. Tires are 29.5 inches tall (6.50 x 17) Rear brakes are stock Nissan. A 1954 Chevy pickup rear axle might work fine. I didn't have access to one for checking width. But they are usually 4.11 or deeper geared. Steering geometry is stock with no changes. Pitman arm is stock 30 Chevy with the stock attachment (cups and spring type) , front attachment is a stock 1954 Chevy pickup tie rod end. Custom attachment for the lever action shocks (heim ends and threaded rods) I used the stock running board brackets and added a small metal step to get into the car. So entering and exiting is done from the passenger side with no problem. Even my wife , with a brand new knee can do it.
Here's some inspiration, the rear of a local, rare and genuine 32 Chevy Moonlight speedster. You may want to modify your doors and cowl?
Great example of a few properly placed components, a vision and a lot of intense short term work building a great example of off beat parts producing a fun ride that is about as far from "cookie cutter" as you can get. WELL DONE!!! Frank
Thanks for all the kind words and suggestions......I'm sure the 30 will be modified many times in the future. The 292 and turbo 350 are easy to operate, but a true vintage motor and trans may be in the plans. There is a thread on here called "Auto Racing 1894 to 1944" that was the major inspiration. I posted on that thread but those guys seem to be more interested in history and I received no comments. Still it's a very cool thread. Maybe I'm just a sensitive. Thanks, Gary
I have a question to ask for a friend. Do the Nissan drums have the step in the face needed for the wire wheel clearance or did you have to use wheel spacers? He has a '35 Standard sedan and wants to use the 19" wires he got with the car. Blue
Very nice build. Good transitions between all the parts. Chevy and Pontiac hoods are two pieces while Oldsmobile hoods are one piece. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
What about springs? Removed any leaves? Changed them for something else? Did you bolt it straight to the frame? Om block of wood? Rubber mount It's always one more question Or on this case more then one.
I like how you started with the rotting corpse poses, and then...BAM....here it is! Can you come to Texas please? Need to lock you in my garage round abouts' September or so. That's awesome. 4 months! You definitely make use of your time.
Very cool. This is the first time I saw this thread and looked at those shots of that poor chassis and thought... Well, I'll just say I didn't think I was gonna see what you came up with- in 4 months! Great job- I like it
I love it! You busted this out in shorter time than it takes me to change spark plugs lol. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Well the project kind of stalled the first time (first post date). I hauled the frame out of the junk yard, disassembled it and it just sat in my garage stacked against the wall for a year or so with no plans for future advancement. Then last January (Jan. 2014) I bought another 30 Chevy with a good Nebraska title and the project was back on. So we started actual fabrication on February 1 st. 2014 and finished on June 6 th 2014. So February 1 st. to June 6 th is four months and a couple days of actual fabrication. Then wife had a new knee installed and I had to just let the speedster sit out in the garage and give her the attention she needed, plus I was ready for a break. Now it's back to fixing the little details that make it a driver. Gary
We removed 3 leaf springs from each rear leaf spring (then re-added one more spring). Front springs are all stock. Between the frame and sub rails we used heavy duty woven black felt strips (approx. 1/4 thick x 2" wide) that run the whole length of the main body. Back to the springs we removed the stock centers (in the spring eye) and used street rod poly inserts from Pete and Jakes or Speedway Motors and street rod shackles. Gary
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