I wish it was going faster. Had a blast at the LSR X would like to make it in this thing. The brake pedal is from a White truck. The gas pedal from a REO attached to 60ish pontiac linkage.
I would reconsider your lowering blocks. There should not be anything below the edge of the rim in case a tire completely goes flat. Also the shock mounted to the plate is not a good idea as it will constantly jerk on the plate and shackles. What kind of rear suspension ( ladder bars, etc) do you have? I can't really see what's going on. I hope the rear axle is not just bolted to the springs? Else a very nice build. It's a good looking car. [/QUOTE]
Got any pics with the rear fenders? unchopped fully fendered is the way to go...or that's my plan. Lookin good
Swissmike, Yes if it was on the front Axel I would be worried about the scrub line. The shocks are bolted to the plate, just like the S-10. Just leaves. and not much power. The blocks are welded to the axel. It is kind of glaring in the pic I'm putting it together and driving it . If it needs changes I will, if not I might take it apart and clean it up. Then again Who knows where life goes? I just want to drive it while I have some left! PBR I'll look for some pics with them on. I like it unchopped too. There is a lot of room in there. I took the package tray out so the narrowed mini van seat can slide back. Didn't need to but one of my bigger friends might want to borrow it.
The sheet metal was in great shape. I made the floor out of Baltic birch plywood and I broke up some stainless to join the pieces. It's similar to my 27 which has held up well with marine spar varnish.
awesome. Could you post up a few pics of how the dash meets up with the cowl. My coupe has the wood missing and i'm not 100% sure how the dash should line up. I have the brackets to mount it, but he metal reaplacement is smaller that the wood so nothing is really where it's supposed to be
PBR, Here's a pic of the dash attach points. The black primer makes it hard to see. I tried to use enough light but let me know if you need something else.
Beautiful work! The wood issues can be enough to drive on to distraction. The finished product will be a real eye catcher. There aren't too many of these coupes around now. Normbc9
I like the ford and Pontiac taillights that you see an allot of coupes. They look good. I'm not a person to put a vinyl bow tie on the back window of my pickup. but I am trying to let it be known that this isn't a ford. I had 2 drivers side taillights with the license plate mount. they are angled to match the contour of the fender so I took a little pie cut out and re welded. to make a pass side mount. They do stick out quite a ways but the bumper should keep me from catching my leg on them. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=33727&pictureid=416612
Nice...This isn't the only 32 chevy coupe in the area..Bob Chalec's [Malvern] 32 is now in his son's body/ paint shop in Omaha....runs a 261 chev/5 speed if I remember right.
Yep, He started with 2 cars. these are his leftover parts. His stuff is top notch. I'm on a whole different budget. It came a title with it that was issued in 1948. At the DMV the lady said " This is a really old title" to which I replied. You should have seen the guy I bought it from. I would like to put some miles on Bobs when it's done. It does have a 261 with 2 1s and a factory chrome split exhaust manifold!
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