Termites and Bowties- Early Chevy Group

It’s all GM, from memory it’s a big gmc engine 32 chevy frame with AD truck axles and brakes. Pretty straight forward I’ll see what I can dig up. It’s been an on again off again project for a few years but the idea was to keep it all gm. Twins??? I Found the black and white photo after the build

 

^^^^ man, is that a cool hot rod!

 

Few I found while in progress and at the roc. Lots and lots of cool details. I love how the drilled backing plates turned out.

 

Understood - thinking outside the box! Have you decided which gauges you're going with - going to be an eye grabber for sure!

 

Going to use these repop SW gauges I have.

 

Looks great

 

Tim, your buddies '32 Chevy 5 window coupe is the best of its kind yet... Meaning, I haven't seen another '32 Chevy as a nostalgia hot rod! The photo of his rod showing the rear view put a smile on my face because that rear lid is EXACTLY what I need to do on my '31 (reversing my rumble lid to a trunk lid). I've been scoping out those rear trunk hinges for a while now (Chevy's of the Fourties has a nice set), it's the bottom trunk handle and the latch mechanism that is tough to find. May I ask what he used? Possibly a close and detailed photo of his latch mechanism on the inside of his trunk would be ideal to help with this search...

Perfect choice! Those are the Stewart Warner "Wings" gauges, right?

 

Yeah he knows what a hot rod is supposed to look like that’s for dang sure. I don’t know what the latch is but I’ll take a look next time I see it

 

Thank you! Giving me hope since seeing it done on a Bowtie similar to mine.

 

Yes sir, I agree on that 32 as well. It makes me jealous lol. I wanted all gm parts on mine and had to cave

 

It is really getting tough to find GMC six stuff. 302 a are better than 270s. It seems 270 pistons just dried up. I know 3 guys that have quit 270 builds because they couldn't find pistons they could afford. You have to be patient.

 

You buy it when you see it that’s for sure

 

Just like Studebakers! But when do you sell it?

 

Believe me and countless others, what matters most is that we strive to achieve the Traditional look that we pride ourselves with!

 

Sell? What’s that?

 

Got a cowl vent back in the car.. could only find a 34 Chevy truck.. but it’ll do.

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1920s-30s-chevy-body-parts.1307865/

Knowing how hard chevy stuff can be to find some times I thought I’d share this from the classifieds here on the hamb

 

There also a 33 chassis in there, gotta take a browse now and then. Never know what you’ll find

 

There’s stuff out there for sure, I bought a hood for my car.. like an idiot, I didn’t measure the frame made and it’s too short lol

 

Finally did my panel

 

Very nice!

 

Shit that looks
Good!

 

It would be nice if you would select full size images when you post them on here instead of the thumbnails

 

Click on them they open right up.

 

Some of us don't have a fast internet provider so it takes awhile to open up the thumbnails while it is simple for you to post them as full size images! All I'm asking for is simple coutesy on your part.

 

My 34 Chevy Master needs a chop and maybe channeling but this is my first hot rod. How will the sheet metal in front of the firewall need to be changed if I channel the body?

 

The majority of the rods I've seen use the silver engine turned sheets - they both show great detail either way! Great job!

 

Easy Mr. Stevens, you're coming across a bit harsh in your statement...

 

Yes sir that’s why I wanted to do something a bit different. I’m happy with the difference. I just got a push start for it

 

I don't think that was the least bit 'harsh' just a simple statement of fact.