Need ideas for a bantam body.

I found a 32 gl*** banatam roadster body looking for ideas or pics of what it may look like in different styles. I was thinking drag car I just want to see what a 60s era one really looks like. Also do you think i could make a street car out of it cause those ugly rear fenders really mess things up. And sorry its not steel but it is what i can afford.

 

There is no need, contrary to what some purists may say on here, to apologize for useing a gl*** body. Use what you have/ can afford/ what you want , and screw the purists. Purist, hot rodder, kind of an oxy*****, isn't it ?

 

Pure Hell

 

Nearly everyone of them is in here.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=306543&highlight=compe***ion+coupes

 

Better look here too http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=284917&highlight=bantam+rods

 

The one piece gl*** bodies are so far from what you need for the street...

and the dragsters with the gl*** style bodies are so neat...

 

the man said a 32 bantam roadster like half of aa/fa used

 

Yeah what he said!


Tim

 

Yea your right, I missed the "roadster" part in the post I Could have sworn it said coupe,
I'll fix it.

 

If you like it and like the price just go for it and figure the rest out as you go

 

Did wescotts ever build any of these?

 

My friends "little" bantam, on 85% nitro!

 

Late '60s

 

Mac... here are some shots of a very high end car... out of my price range for sure... but a different take on the roadster version. Gary

 

I always loved the style and someday wanted to make a street roadster from an Austin Bantam using a older (60s) Jag six cylinder for power.
Don

 

I think this would be the best way to go looks simple and scary fun same with pure hell but that looks **** your pants fun.

 

my moved picture

 

It's a shallow car so semi reclined seat with a cutout behind the ****pit and a short roadster windshield. Would require a funny car cage loop to complete the look. Better than sitting half out of the body. If you measure between the wheel wells you see it would be a single seater so center the wheel and add cowl steering.

 

Phil1934
do you have any pics of yours you can share. I want to see that motor!

 

a friend is building one for the street kind of like the purple one w/ an injested nailhead. sorry no pics yet. dont be sorry cause it's 'gl***. no one cares but maybe you

 

Mine is literally a backyard build, so leaving motor at machine shop for now. I am making a dash like Customcory today with a sonotube capped with a mixing bowl. I'll take pics.

 

Not to steal this thread, but does anyone make a streetable coupe body?

 

usbodysource for crazy money. There is an original in the HAMB cl***ifieds or buy usbodysource's racing body with extra weight. Their stock one has a seat riser 4" high at the rear edge of the door. Mine had 2" of foam on that and I could not raise my chin off my chest so floor got cut out and gl***ed in around a pair of fibergl*** racing buckets. Also is 36" between wheel wells so I cut them out to make it 48".

As to my other task, I did this this afternoon. I have a dune buggy tilt with a 5" radius front panel, so I got a 9" sonotube at Home Depot (no 10's) and a 9-1/2" mixing bowl at the dollar store. The 2x4 nailed to one side is cut to the cowl curve. I will dress the edges tomorrow when I cut the steering area and the center and gl*** in an oblong pad to hold a pair of 5" gauges (Autometer MCX).

 

I like this idea...

 

Oh I don't know. Maybe Karl Wescott could?

 

Phil1934, I was wondering if anyone would use those Poly Performance tilt columns on their hot rod, I've got 2 of 'em on the shelf here waiting for a project to put 'em in. They'll most likely end up in Jeep looking buggies though, maybe one for a rod.

 

This has been posted before, but this is a good looking Bantam roadster.