Projects Project Mattitude: the Beginning

glad to see your making progress , its looking good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks!! Yours looks waaay better though!!

 

Ha! Good comparison. Thanks.

Just fixed the welder a while ago.. Now I can really get cranking.

 

Sucks I bought a Set of WEIAND BLOCK LETTER VC's for a Staggered Bolt a couple weeks ago. Those would look nice on this build!!!!

There is something so damn sexy about a SBC with a early Ford V8 trans behind it. I'll be looking for a '57 Block and heads a little down the road because I want to build another for my '32 one day. So awesome!!!

 

Just know this. I hate you.

I agree! Well, sexy until the guts get blown out all over the asphalt. Plans for this one are gold motor with chrome stamped script covers ("Chevrolet"), some other chrome parts. No finned covers or anything like that.. Just a nice simple "prettied up" early Chevy. Although they're great motors, I'd like for this to be the only hot rod I build with a Chevy motor for a while as I want to venture into the others.

 

Sell out.

Put the engine that you WANT to have in there. This thing is going to take a little time to get together so if you want a HEMI put a damn hemi in there....or whatever you really want in there. And I'll be a good dude and take that '57 283 off your hands.

 

If you've got a rebuilt Hemi or even a Caddy, then I'll do you better and offer a straight swap! Just gotta deliver it over here and I'll treat you to some good local food.

I have somewhat a knowledge and a buttload of books on Chevy motors as my dad was a SBC nut so I've got all the tools I need right here for them as well as parts. I'm making this one easy for me to tweak with. I've got an early '60's 283 that's going in the '48 Chevy truck later as well. It's more of a street rod though..

 

Exactly. Donut Stop and that 72oz steak dinner. Just don't tell him about the one hour rule, he doesn't need to know until after.

 

I have a 331 Hemi I would trade for that 283 but unfortunately it's not rebuilt. What no Old 96er???

 

Hemi? I want to have the stock hood-sides. Don't need no stinking blisters in my hood-sides. Say, don't you already have a hot rod with a 283 that needs your attention first?

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I took the front end out from underneath and lowered the frame to where it should be with a dropped front axle and some suspension tweaking then mocked up the motor to where it should be. I began by adding blocks underneath the motor and transmission to where it looked good to my eye then had my brother come and help me put the body on. Bolted the cowl sides and the top, clamped the hood sides on and grille shell to help visualize it. What I didn't realize was that upsweeping the frame basically "shortens" the engine bay so where the motor sits right now is where it would be in any other Model A but the firewall will have to get recessed some to fit around it. That's something I'll save for later on after I've got most of the body worked over and everything mounted where they should be. So far, it's been uneventful. Since I'm opting to mount the motor a little higher, I'll have to make a tunnel through the entire floor and cut into the center crossmember of the frame as well. Good thing I fixed the welder yesterday.

 

what ever man, lol, this roadster is bad ass , i just have wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much time in my wagon

 

Ah, please! I bet your wagon's gonna get featured in TRJ. My roadster will be in the background of a picture of a rat rod in a 2-page show coverage in Ol' Skool Rodder or Rat Rod Magazine or something.

But, seriously, thanks for the kind words.

 

You guys get your cars in magazines?

 

Nah, we're just pulling each other's legs. But who knows? We might..

Stayed up until 1:30 last night moving stuff around and around until everything seemed to line up just right. Put the motor/trans on jackstands and pulled the cherry picker away. Ordered some rubber biscuits from O'Reilly's last week and they were supposed to come in yesterday but I still haven't heard from them. Next step is figuring out what I can make for mounts with what scrap I have..

 

I used frame offcuts to make my frame mounts, maybe you could do the same?

 

Could do that.. The issue at hand here is I plan to mount my motor/trans higher than normal to fill in that "space" between the top of the carburetor and the "hood-line" as well as give the oil pan and transmission adapter some more room between them and the asphalt. The Hurst mounting ears are a tad high and I think they would look weird with mounts that are several inches tall. Brian Bass made his own front motor mount using the Hurst mount as a template and scratch built one that had mounting ears way lower than where the Hurst ears would be.

Trying to decide whether that's the more practical approach or to just make mounts that reach up to where I have the Hurst ears at right now. The rubber biscuits do take up a little room between the frame and ears but not much..

 

Whatever you do, don't use those rubber biscuits. I had to replace mine before I even got my truck on the road.

 

Where did you get the bad rubber biscuits from? The ones I ordered are for a Y-block and from O'Reilly's -> "Anon 2048". No good?

 

The ones I got were from speedway (surprise) and look like the ones pictured above. They basically started to deteriorate while I was still building the truck.

Just a heads up is all. I am not trying to be a pomp or biscuit elitist!
Ha!

 

Ha! Speedway is a no-no on biscuits for me. Seen too many threads on them.. I don't mind being the test dummy for these ones that I ordered. We'll see how well they hold up. They're pretty cheap too but let's hope that's not reflective of their quality.

Say, where did you get your good biscuits from? Chassis Engineering?

 

Yes CE. I guess they could be shitty though too. They are the type that are covered top and bottom with metal cups so I can't really see them. I heard good things about them though so I'm giving them a shot. So far so good.

 

The c.e. Ones that are holding the pontiac 400 up in my mod are doing good. 2000 miles & no visible ware

 

looking good !!!

 

I agree with the guys above. The Chassis Engineering biscuits are the only ones I use anymore. The ones pictured squash out as soon as any weight is on them and are loose and goosey aafter the first few hundered miles. I like the frame mounts. very similar to the ones I have on mine. Super rescourcful Bro!

Still making the roundup next pring? I'm right behind you.

 

I'll be there, hot rod or no rod, although there are people who are pestering me to try and make it there with a hot rod.. We shall see.

 

Thanks, Flop!

 

yeah i've got CE pucks as well and they seem beefy. guess we will all find out hah