Amy, just a word of warning. 1925 was the first year serial numbers were supposed to be stamped on the frame. This is time to make sure the numbers are actually on the frame rails. If not, take this time to stamp the frame while everything is apart.
Also order the Speedway T bucket catalog, just to have a reference for the parts. it may seem like you are just exhaust, steering, driveshaft, cooling and lights/wiring away, but there are lots of little bits to get and fit. I've always wanted to do a bucket, but I'm also 6'4", which is harder to stuff in one of those than a Hemi!
Thank you so much for the warning! I did find the serial number stamped on the frame! And the good news is that it matches the Pink slip!!!
I would do that but theres something about keeping something that has traveled for 86 years with the car, I know it's going to be a lot of work but I want to keep it as original as possible.. But I will have to keep that in mind incase something goes wrong with the frame
Wow! you are very lucky to have the original frame and the numbers are readable - don't you even think about splitting them up. I thought of using a 't' frame on a current project and planned to run chromemoly tubing inside the frame rails and then put the noemal boxing plae on the outside so that the chromemoly tubing would be concealed and teh tubing would be a large conduit for brakelines, electrical and fuel. How to you plan to build it, as a modified? a street roadster? a fad 'tee'? Here is my absolute, alltime, nothing comes close model 't' (i think it's a 26-7, be hard to build similiar with the earlier 'tees' because of teh length of the cowl). I could see a 'y'block in it.
T-buckets are great ol' school hot rods!!!! Besides the H.A.M.B. I've found a lot of answers to questions at http://www.tbucketeers.com/ . Keep us updated on your project.
What a cool project. Congratz to you and your BF, and thumbs up to you for getting in there and getting your hands dirty. Hope all goes well with the project. The Rock
I've got two pairs of T rails out in my "stuff' pile an properly boxed I think they would be ever bit as strong as a 1-1/2x3 tubing T bucket frame. That should end up being a nice little hotrod that won't break the bank and be a lot of fun when it's done.
Way to go Amy! Great to see a young gal getting into building her own car. My wife has a glass '27 turtledeck that is in the beginning stages as well. She is picking out all the stuff she wants on it and I'm the fabricator. Plus our daughter has a '56 Plymouth that I'm working on as well and our son will soon be the new owner of my wife's 63 1/2 Galaxie. Then there's my AV8 that is still in the building stage too! Do you have a colour picked out yet? Best of luck with your build! Regards, Dave.
Wow that is a great line of family cars you all have! Ha I decide on a color one minute and then think of another color the next lol. I don't want to do a popular color because I want this car to be done right and still be different enough so people know that it's the one I built later down the road.. What does your wife have done on her 27?! Any big plans for it?
Hey Amy, what an awesome response from the fellow members. It is neat to know that there is still heaps of T lovers out there that's for sure. Oh, if you really want to impress our friend Don from Florida, just post a picture of a pet cat or two and you will have him licking milk out of the palm of your hand. No , he is and with his two lads, are real gentlemen.
wow this is cool its awesome to hear a woman talk cars and not say stuff like whats that dohicky and whats this thingamig do good luck on your T and keep us up dated
That's a great start Amy....congrats on locating a steel body and title. The only thing that would've made my 23 better in my mind, would've been a steel body.
Amy: We're trying to get a place to start it as we only have a one-car garage which my AV8 is in at present. She bought it as a project car in pieces that was just too good a deal to turn down. A nice fabbed frame, low mileage 302 Ford V8, two rearends (GM 10 bolt and a 9" Ford) three frontends, and a host of other parts. She plans on a four speed, rack and pinion steering, and as it has a chrome set of lakes headers, she wants a step plate below both working doors (to prevent burnt legs on the pipes). She originally wanted to paint it metallic silver with dark blue ghost flames but now is set on metallic mauve with silver pinstriping plus a black interior. After she owned a stock '56 TBird, she wants more modern running gear, etc. (60's or newer) e.g. the rack and pinion steering and, as she's only 5' 2", she wants bucket seats so she can adjust the seat forward. She had a '68 427 Vette with tri-power and also a '68 Firebird convertible back in the day and has more lead in her foot than I do (and I raced oval track for 20 years!). She'll be following your build and says that you TOTALLY ROCK! I'll post some pics of some of her car's parts. Good luck Amy! Steel Rebel: Funny you should mention the colour pink as it is my wife's favourite colour. But when I showed our friends the colour she picked out, they were shocked that it wasn't pink! Like Amy, she wanted something different but my wife also likes her rides to have attitude!
That's so kool! It's kool to see girls building hotrods! My girlfriend (I am only 15) helps me with my truck every chance she gets! She loves it! And I love letting her help! Great job!
My gosh, All of that sounds amazing! Please send pics I would love to see the project! And when you guys start the build please have a build thread! Where did you guys race at?!
Thats what I used too (and still do) with my boyfriend when we first started dating, I loved helping and being a part of his favorite hobby so I wanted my own vintage car!
Amy: Will post the pics soon and yes, we'll definitely do a build thread! I raced back in the day (mid '60's to early '80's) mainly on tracks here on Vancouver Island (Western Speedway - Victoria, Grandview Bowl - Nanaimo, and the Oyster River oval between Courtenay and Campbell River) but did make it Portland, Ore. once to run in an Old Timer's event. Regards, Dave.
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