Thanks and i have tried to get my friends into it they just dont want to put forth the effort or money to have an old car i do how ever have a buddy or two that will come over and give me a hand with something when i need it.... i sure hope its a start
Lookin good. Guys who tell ya your car isn't **** cuz it's gl***, just tell them to show you thier steel one and if they do happen to have a steel one, compare dollar for dollar in them....you can't loose either way and guess what, you will have as much fun in yours as he will in his. Don't let them idiots bug ya....it looks awesome and will be awesome. I also agree it is sweet to see young guys buildin hot rods and not tuner cars....GOOD JOB!!
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gl*** is good dont worry about the haters keep doin what your doin people will either like it or not cause its gl*** but your the one driving it and it only matters what you think of it
Dude! The car is going to be *****in'! Nobody in this group cares if it's gl***, so don't apologize to anyone! I will throw in my 2 cents worth as far as making a change on the car. I'd cut the ends of the exhaust off behinds the mufflers and turn them out at least a little. I say this, 'cuz the car's going to be all pretty and shiny and you're going to be blowing dust ALL over it! I say this from experience, so do it now before it's done. The car is too cool, just take your time, do it right and don't rush to get it done for a car show. There will ALWAYS be car shows!
****... When you're done with it you'll be able to sell it for enough to buy a steel body and frame at least... keep it up!
yeah im having the exhaust redone when i get the money saved up the old exhaust just aint going to cut it for me.. but your very right it needs turned out a little
heres some pics after i got the motor set down in the frame and started mocking it up again. i also posted a few pics of what it would look like with the the insert back in the roof maybe i can get some more progress done with this next week or something my game plan is to get the ****** tunnel all figuered out and get that all ready and get the dash where i want it and fab up some new mounting hardware and get that figuered out then pull the body off and start plumming for the gas tank and get that hooked up to gots lots ahead of me
thanks it was something that i have been kicking around and once i mocked a fake one up last night i know that now i need to atleast make it look like it has one!
tonight i got the ****** tunnel all figered out tonight and finished installing the motor and got the drive shaft put in. really started to get rolling on this project again ill post some more pics this weekend
thanks i will try to get some more pics of what all i have got done but plan on putting some more hours in on this puppy after i get off of work this weekend
thanks for the comment your coupe is kick *** i love the color combo that you have goin on its just awesome!!
Not sure if anyone answered your question but yes the lip is there on a steel car. The rear apron that covers the gas tank bolts on right there. I was originally going to build a fibergl*** car and talked myself out of it. Found a rough body and 20yrs later and several thousand hours it is still not on the road. I also say build what you want. Plenty of years left for you to build a car for other people.
thanks for the info i thought that a steel car did too but wasnt for sure i want to try to give this one a steel feel if that makes any sense but maybe one day ill be able to buy me that steel coupe but this has been a learning experience sure is alot different from when i built my 34 pickup
Looooooooking good!!! Gl*** or steel, a cool car is a cool car. Keep at it and let us know how things are going. Frank
Had a gl*** 34 coupe myself.. They're good looking cars. I remember a couple of restorer types looking at it and saying it was a shame what I'd done to it. They thought it was a stipped down stocker not something that had come from a vat at Dow Corning. Good luck with the build.
a quick update i have been working on this thing like crazy and feel like i have got nothing done!!! I had the guy thats going to do the exhaust work come out and look at the frame and see what he thought about how he would get it all tucked up in the frame and he said he could do it i just needed to revamp my ****** mount. I feel that I am a decent welder but with something that is as important as the ****** mount i needed some one that has more experiece do that so i made it fit and and got it where i wanted and let my neighbor finish weld it up. He's a welder by trade so i felt more comfortable with him doing. I than set the gas tank in and marked where its going to go and removed the body so i could finish up the frame, mount and paint the tank, and send it to the exhaust shop to have that done. When i get the money for the exhaust work the frame will be done for the most part. i took the body off again to work on the firewall and get it ready for paint and clean the underside of the body and paint it black. I wont be able to afford to paint the whole body at once so im just going to paint the wheel openings and the firewall, I decided to paint the coupe Washington blue/Dearborn blue, a color that to me looks just as good as any. here are some pics the I am about done with the body work on the firewall, I'm going this afternoon to get the blocking primer. I also got the ****** tunnel put in and seam sealed the seams and fixed a small crack that was starting in the door jamb area that I caused trying to get the body to fit as well as one around the ****** tunnel
well today after i bought the blocking primer and came home and thought to myself that if i really wanted i could knock out the body work on the cowl and firewall and get some primer on it, well it took a little longer than i had first thought cause i kept finding little imperfections that i needed to fix first. Glad i did cause i when i did get the Slick Sand layed down on the car it came out nice, first time i have sprayed the slick sand and im sold its a real nice blocking primer IMO and sands good to boot little to no effort!
Thanks man! your coupe is lookin killer, all the work and time you put into yours and how it was coming along really pushed me to get back on this one
Any idea whose body that is? Never saw a gl*** car with a slanted chop like that. You're having fun and that is the name of the game.
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