Hot Rods :::Another model a build by HILTON:::

Lookin Good!

 

We've been rolling hard at it... wet sanded my fingers off today,,,Brandon came by and cut and buffed the majority of the body, looks great

Lets back track a little,

Paint booth




Mike Daddy Whitney fabbed up this cool little aluminum water resevoir tank for the Desoto mill because of the log intake







Finished tonight, got the doors, decklid and cowl top color sanded down ready to buff. Steering is mounted as well as the dash, pittman arm for steering is fabbed next. Upholstery by The Rain Man showed up tonight later on...Will get pictures of his work tomorow..

...Just getting warmed up for second round


TH

 

Tyler give the inflatable love doll back to Randy and KEEP sanding!
Looks awsome. Particuarly love the 36 dash and the waterfall looks
killer. Nice work by Whitney on the thermostat tank. Thats cool.
Tick Tock Tick Tock

 

I dont need no love dolls,,,, i dont get enough sleep as it is.... Just off work, lets roll to the shop and see what the kids have been up to all day..


TH

 

a quick up date....stitches is on a delay plan. bob's having a bit of quality cardio

 

Very nice! Paint looks great.

 

thanks...love that centari.....but needed another week (month would have been better) but you cant add time to a schedule

 

Very nice.

 

keep going.....

 

Very nice work....

 

Man, the coupe is looking great!!! Cant wait to see it in Detroit!!!

 

pic before loading it up to head north.....

 

That is one bad lookin mo fo.
Damn. Bob you work paid off.

 

a couple more tyler Hilton shots

 

That bitch is so tight I wanna throw up!

 

I'm not usually a fan of A's but you've nailed it! I've changed my mind......

 

I know what I'm going to dream about tonight.. Thanks.

 

Car turned out killer and Good meeting you

 

That is an iconic success!

 

Awesome coupe! Those sedan doors and anti-section are a killer combo. I always wondered what the Green Grenade would look like if was finished…now I know. Your quarter window tweaking is spot on with the heavy chop.

I noticed that you were using ribbed Stones on the front for rollers during chassis assembly…they didn’t make the final cut. Just curious what you didn’t like about them. I thought they would be great for that car.
Also, what size did you put up front?

 

think they are 4.50/4.75's....definently a less bulky tire

 

They are 450 475 x 16. The ribbed tires were just for rolling the chassis around while waiting for the wheels to get painted. I do know Bob considered using ribbed fronts but I think might have changed his mind or simply ran out of time. There is an amazing amount of work that went into this car and it is done in a very methodical manner, always with the end goal of a strictly traditional, era specific product in mind. Lots of heating and bending old Ford pieces and using original parts to achieve a wicked cool non gimmicky old style hot rod.

 

Brandon: Can you tell me the paint used on the Coupe? BB/CC, or single stage? Thinking already about my build and paint....

 

basic old DuPont centari....circa 1987ish

 

Sweet looking Car! Just right.

 

showtimes over....now on to the real fun. heard its on its way back to VA

 

Hey all,,, sorry it took a minute to get back in town and somewhat recovered from another great Detroit Autorama weekend. Was good seeing everybody, and meeting new people. Recieved the Street Rodder pick award from editor Brian Brennan saturday night, was a great honor! Let us back track a little...to the finishing of the assembly process..

Here is Brandon doing some cut and buff on the body-


All good..


Me color sanding a door so fast that the camera could not capture it.


The RainMan doing some fitting of upholstery


Here is some finished interior-
Some striping on the glove box door i did, its got a few accents in some other hard to find spots i ended up doing, look hard for them next time car is out on the town..


Nothing better than a 17 inch Schroeder sprint car wheel..


The interior ended up being a pretty bare bones almost 1940s esque.



Loading up in the box, with Daddy Whitney's SPE fuel car..

 

Unloading in the lovely downtown Detroit sulfur smell


Although its blurry, I like this shot because it puts into context how small of a car this actually is. With my 6 foot frame next to it, its hard to imagine that with that hard of a chop it would be driveable.


And set up on the floor... If you tripped over the Coors Banquet long neck bottles while at the show this past weekend, I apologize.




Top Eliminator



And thats about it. Currently car has headed back to old mans shop in VA, for some wiring and finish up work. The Lonestar Roundup is in a few weeks, and I am shooting to drive it down from Cincinnati. Nothing like a 3000 mile round trip on an unproven with only 20 miles on the odometer to shake the bugs out!

Thanks to all involved, everyone who helped with their own areas of craft during thebuild process- we cant do it without you all. Hellbound to Austin in a few, see some of you there


TH

 

Bitchin' coupe!!!