Looks good Sam. Nice combination of color and aluminum, both shiny and satin. Is it my imagination or just my Ford leaning tendencies . . . izzat a Ford M/C?
Nope, we sure don't because in our peer group the males go "wow" anyway just because we have a cool car and are enjoying the hobby. Doesn't matter what that car is or how it's dressed out, males just go "wow" when they see you in it. Trust me the last thing on a guys mind when they see a chick driving a hot rod is whether it has a generator or alternator, or a SBF or SBC, makes no difference to them, ....BUT....when they find out it's got a big block in it they go "double WOW" No guy has ever made me feel inadequate regarding my choices......I would have kicked his teeth in
Sam, I shortened it in the interest of saving space here. This is an excellent adaptation of using Bloom's to fit the HAMB and our hobby. Bloom's has been hammered into our heads throughout the education I have received in preparation of becoming a school teacher. I think processing styles also come into play as well, and after talking to some people, Global and Analytical processing styles can become quite evident as well. Me? I'm so global in my processing style that I drove several of my instructors crazy, and took great pleasure in doing so. Every time you learn, and/or solve problems you come across, you are growing. Think of it like this: Take someone who has never changed a thermostat on their car - say a SBC for arguments sake. The person sees the symptoms as have been pointed out, and is ready to do the task. He (or she) removes the bolts, any bracketry in the way, and pulls the housing off. He cleans the gasket material away as he was told to do, and accidentally installs the thermostat upside down. The housing is put back on, everything buttoned back up, water added, but the overheating isn't solved. If he asks any of us for advice, what would be one of the things we'd ask him - especially knowing this was his first time changing a thermostat? Okay, so we've ID'd the problem, and he goes back in, finds his error, corrects it, and the overheating problem goes away. Do you think he'll ever have that problem with installing a thermostat incorrectly again? He learned, and so do we all. Not having learned anything, he'd have this same problem again the next time he attempts to change a thermostat. This is why I love to look at other people's cars, and enjoy and appreciate what they have created, yet never bring some ideas into my own vehicles. I think Brucie says it probably the best here. I'm building my projects for me, and I'm sure that there will be people who will look at what I'm doing and say WTF? I'm building my Dubble A as a driver, a daily driver at that. The only time I want to leave this truck at home is when the entire family won't fit into it, or the weather is too nasty to risk driving it. My 9" rear is set up differently than most would have done, but so what? My choice of powerplants and transmissions are going to be way different, but again, it's my truck, and I'm going to be the one driving it. For now, I've got a straight axle planned for up front, but depending on how it all goes, I may wind up with a MII setup when I put full fenders back on the front. For me, a big part of it all is the fact that I don't want to be stuck on the side of the road for hours needing a certain part because the local stores don't have it in stock. I grew up in BFE Oklahoma, and the local stores always had to wait 2-3 days to get the oddball parts. I remember waiting a week to get a carb kit to rebuild the 1 bbl on my '65 boat with a GM 4 cylinder in it, and I think there was only 17 pieces in the entire kit! Either way, to each his own.
I like to see something so damn simple - And then say I can do that! Then wonder why didn't I think of that?
I sometimes work with people who simply just want to get the job done.... They have a good vision but the specific plans are not complete in their mind. They become anxious and impatient... wanting to finish so they can play. I am sure we all sometimes go into that mode. But my frustration with some is they dont really enjoy the build. Its just a necessary evil to accomplish the goal. Most of my fun is the build. My frustration comes when I dont have the needed funds to achieve my ideas of completeness. Sam.... you did make my head hurt too. Thats way too deep for this feeble mind.
i'd mount the generator, / alternator under the car, and run a pully off the driveshaft yoke at the rearend. hide the alt under the car, and run a single belt on the engine to turn the waterpump. want to be different ???? this will raise alot of questions as to why there's no alternator on the engine. if you did all that machine work to mount the generator...surly you could do the same to run it off the driveshaft. the only down side to this would be that the alternator won't be charging while sitting still. i think an alternator would be a better choice than a generator if mounted under the car.
Builders build gold chainers buy ,Thats why most 32 ford roadsters all look the same..................
Whether you know it or not you are talking about the difference between the artist and the workman. A mechanic would have taken the model, make, and year and bought a rebuilt alternator to fit. By going to a generator you were making an aesthetic decision. The fact that it is based on an aesthetic that not one person out of a thousand would recognize is irrelevant. Tom Wolfe was the first mainstream critic to recognize the custom car as an art form. Look up Kandy Kolor Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby if you want to see how it looked to an outsider. He compares Barris to Picasso, and Roth to Salvador Dali, not bad.
I'm just sayin'....some guys like to go Amish. Do everything the hard way. Why plug it in when you can build a horse powered generator that takes 10X the effort and cost? If you lack either the spiritual convictions of the afore mentioned people group, but suffer from what the "Traditionalists" think...you become a slave to your fears. It's your car Dude...what does it matter if it belongs to you? In about 50 years, you'll be dead and no one will care....Build it, Drive it..It's a CAR!!!!
Recently a buddy of mine told me a story. He was at a show standing near his SANO 33 willys gasser. A guy was looking it over and asked him "is this your car ?" Yup it is. "I really like it. Do you ?" Yeah, of course I do, why ? "It's a good thing YOU like it because no one else's opinion matters ." And the guy just walked away. And that's the bottom line...build it the way YOU want, to your own vision !!!
Hm... old ass thread, but what the hell. One thing I've noticed is that a lot of people put waaay to much thought in this shit. Build your freaking car and enjoy it! Now I'm going to look for a "What's it worth?" thread. Gotta be 5 or 6 of those.
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