Projects 27 T project

A front rails Z'd 3" at the front, 390 FE engine with a T5 trans. Got the front end from Riley's awsome customer service and awsome parts!

Everything is just in for mock up right now even the X member. It will be smoothed and filled with lightning holes.

 

Man youve got a fine start there. Nice frame mods. 390 and 5 gears will go like hell. You going to chop it?

 

Welcome to the T Coupe club!

 

Not sure on the chop yet going to see what it looks like on the ground first. Got a Franklin Q/C for the rear also.

 

I love FE motors. How hard was it to hook up the T5 to the 390? I would love to run that combo.

 

Welcome to the T owners group...it looks good

 

are you running that camaro t-5 tilted?or you going to correct that?? mines sets up like ur s is now

 

Nice work and keep those model T coupes comin.
Post more pic's when you have them.

 

Shifter looks straight up. Chevy Camaro bellhousing has the 15' tilt. Fords are straight up.

 

I'm leaning toward a 27 roadster. Pardon my TOTAL ignorance, but is that a 27 frame ? I am considering a 32 frame, and strength is one of the reasons. However, a channeled 27 roadster is a CLASSIC, and was my "since-I-was-a-kid" all time favorite. Mistakes are expensive, and I don't want to make any...

 

This is a modified A frame. A 27 roadster on top of deuce rails is one of the all time classic combinations, there is a recent thread of a HAMBER who just got one from the 60's on the road again. My 2 bits, if you are going to channel the roadster, use an A frame, or a custom frame, like Riley Auto, a HAMB vendor. Deuce frames are very pretty exposed and more expensive.

 

I will also say that if you decide to channel your roadster over deuce rails, you will have a stronger frame, and you will have the great sweep, wheelbase help. Roadster channeled over deuce rails, pretty fine.

 

I found a reference for you. May 1962 Rod & Custom, Rod Test on Gary Heliker's 26 roadster channeled over deuce rails. Car is 100% perfect even today.

 

The front rails are Model A. The rest is 2x3 box tubing the X member is 2x3 cut in half then notched to get the bends. I didn't want to do the traditional cross style crossmembers just to be difrent I guess. The T5 is a Ford unit the shifter is titled in that pick because the engine is still hanging from the hoist. Building the front cover into mounts for the engine. They sell a conversion bellhousing for FE to T-5 and Rileys even has an adapter plate from FE bellhousing to T5.
Josh

 

COOL..have all the parts for my 27 cp. A front rails 2x3 tube fr/wall back,chpd. chan.streched ,21 stud eng, 39 linc gear box, columbia od w/4.11 gr. body is cherry, almost to good to channel, need more time.....

 

This body has 0 rot at the bottom the sub rails were mint. But as cool as they are unchanneled I wanted a channeled T so out came the grinder.