I figured it's about time I started a thread on this old thing. It's my first attempt at a 'traditional hot rod' and has been a dream of mine since a little kid. I brought the car as it looked in the first pic as a running and driving kinda project. It lasted a couple of months before the motor ate itself up at 65mph so.i decided to give it a little freshen up. Pulled the body, made a few small repairs to the frame, a basic mechanical overhaul and some very basic bodywork. The motor was dropped off to our local model engine builder for a total rebuild and some little extras!! It's now finally back together again and I can't wait to get it out and about to as many events as I possibly can - once that border opens fully!! I will keep updating as I go
Brief update, Now I finally have somewhere I can wrench on this over the snowy season I can get on with all the little jobs. Re wired the whole thing with a factory style harness, swapped in a lightweight and Balanced flywheel with a v8 clutch, mounted my "temporary " gas tank and ran new hardlines from to back. Ran into some clearance issue with the stromberg hitting the distributor so I'll be making up some small spacers for my intake.
Cool car. What gearbox and rear are you running? If stock even this new motor is not going to like 65mph for extended periods. They just arent designed to rev that hard.
⁷ At the moment it's all back to stock trans and rear end. Motor was on its last legs, it was it's last cruise night and I decided to open it up and see what she could do...... Apparently 65 was all she had
Managed to spend some hours on this recently. I was never really happy with the way the car had been chopped so I decided to 'tweak' a few things. As usual this spiraled into a waaay bigger job than intended. Ended up chopping the b pillars the tiniest amount to even them back up, lowered the center roofline around 2 inches from how it was, chopped 1/4"from drivers door, made up a wood kit from old offcuts and generally tidied up what I have. It's now square and functional for now until I learn how to make a new canvas top. Also spent a little time fitting an old coupe interior panel kit I had laying around. I also fired up the fresh motor for the first time. Fired up and ran perfect. This things almost ready
Bring on the spring...Love the colour scheme...it just gives it the timewarp look...it's gonna be a fun year for you...
I sure wish I could see the side profile of the car. The slanted canvas top really helps '32 roadsters IMO but those tend to have a rear window area of sorts and, of course, no B pillar. I wonder how it all translates with a door frame in the mix. D
Unfortunately I can't really get a side picture in my workshop (fancy tent). Once the snow melts in the spring I'll be able to let it free and take a step back to look at it
Joe, Looks like you weren't able to drive it much. Wondering about the visibility (over the shoulder). Awaiting Spring to see this thing!
Visibility over the shoulder is no issue. Traffic lights however are sometimes a little challenging but I'm 6ft. I did manage to snap a really terribly proportioned pic of the side after I finally managed to get hold of some fresh tires
That’s a snazzy looking ride that’s sure to have you smiling from ear to ear once the snow stops flying !!!
Looks good. It's unusual to see the tops angled like that on As. Kudos to you. I might do the same. I'm looking for some '35 16" wires for my Sport Coupe project. I have passed on a few sets when it wasn't a priority and now see 17s all over for sale. That's the way it goes I guess. D
It's a Sport Coupbriolet...love the period inspiration you're giving this Hotrod...Top looks very fitting and a big improvement over the prior...
this is the car that the northern hotrodder's girlfriend likes best, windows and a heater ? i am a model A guy so visors are par for the course, but with a little search those dash mounted guide prismz show up on ebay... think speedway may have repops... they work great...
Managed to spend some free time getting this old girl finished up (for now) and put a few heat cycles in the fresh motor and tidied up a few little odds and ends. Its pretty much ready to cruise, just need to swap out some jets and find another generator as mine lasted about 3 mins before letting go...
Now the snow has melted and the weather is warming up nicely I got to spend some time getting the motor set up. A few jet changes and it’s running awesome now. Even managed to take it for a decent test drive to get a good plug reading. Couldn’t be happier with the performance right now!
That is a great-looking ride! The top and chop really gave it a good look. I once had a 28 Roadster pickup that was built in Canada. All of the screws and bolts in the cab were square drive instead of straight slots. Did all Canadian built cars use those types of screws?
Lovely sport coupe! We only got those originally & no 5 windows here in Australia. But you just don't see them about much. You have a very sharp lil car! Will subscribe & follow along
In re: Square screws. Scrulox or Robertson screws, The ONLY "Canadian" cars that should have these are early Fords. After a time Henry refused to pay royalties to the patent holder, Robertson. (much like Bendix brakes were found only on costlier Lincoln models.) and their use was discontinued. Square head screws belong in wood or sheet metal !!! (furnace duct work) When I built my Tudor, I used them only to hold the rear window frame to the wood structure. The rest were replaced with Phillips head or slotted. Today, many cars in Canada, even modern ones, can be seen with Robertson screws holding everything from trim, sheet metal and electrical on cars. This is due to 2 reasons; 1) Laziness or incompetence to employ the correct clips,or find the right screw for the intended purpose. Part of this stems from square drive being the predominant, most available, often only choice. Ask anyone who has restored a brass era car, slotted screws are next to impossible to get here. I recently saw a '58 Olds 98 at car show, upon getting closer square drive screws seemed to be holding every piece of trim to the outside of it When I see this , I want to beat those responsible repeatedly with a blunt yet, sharpened object
That's interesting, the early English cars at work use the Robertson screws, I hadn't seen them up until starting work here a couple of years ago. Now they seem to be more available commercially.
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