Projects Chassis Research style dragster/Comp Coupe build flathead powered

Man this Swirl finish is spreading on the car,, Wanted to redo the side panels under the motor so I swirled the finish on them also, also mounted the chute on the fiat body, A buddy of mine laughed when I told him I was putting a chute on the car, He says why do you need a chute ? are you planning to toss this thing out of a plane,, Told him I might need some shade in the pits someday Besides this is my go out and have a good time car, all it has to do is look good and be fun to drive, (for now), I'll worry about going fast with the other motor I'm building for it,,, Tim Jones

 

Looks like you appreciate the fun factor that is really what building this kind of car is all about. Looking great Tim!

 

Thanks Tom , Yeah I'm in this for the fun factor, People ask me how fast will it go, I nomally answer, I have no idea but even if it only runs 60 mph I'll still be having a blast BTW I hope it runs faster than 60 Tim Jones

 

Yea Tim I know what ya mean, I mean mine has a chute only because of the chute pack tail and ya need to fill it with something don'tcha........ hell I will probably never ever use it but it does look kool and the little guys love when they see it...........

 

Damn Tim-This thing gets more cool everytime I open the thread!

Nice job!

 

Thanks buddy,, But as far as cool goes,, It's hard to beat the Flatcad Tim Jones

 

Decided to swirl finish the entire sides of the dragster body, left the top of the cowl brushed finish for some lettering that will go there,also taking the body off to get it ready to paint, Plus ordered the parts for the rearend I still needed to get , Got them from ROOMAN on here , he's a dealer for strange eng, Gave me a good price, plus it was good to BS about the old days working on the fuel cars, even tho we'd only met a couple times back then We still remembered the same stories from the 80's and 90's,, Here's a few pics,, plus my new shop helpers,, then back out to the shop, Tim Jones

 

Bitchin!!

 

I buildt a roll around frame for the body to sit on, then started to take the body off the car, When you live by yourself you quickly learn your favorite tool in the shop ( aside from a hammer of course) is the ele winch mounted in the ceiling, Hooked onto the fire wall unhooked the back, pushed the dragster ahead , lowered it onto the cart ,and After I make four body stands so it's mounted on the cart securely it will be ready to prep for paint, Tim Jones

 

Looking really good Tim They say that I'm crazy that has to polish everything!!! And You.......?

Kjell

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Taildragger&fenderless

 

Thanks Kjell , Me? I'm just plain CRAZY, , But I enjoy life,, We made the stands for the body today, I got it all mounted up tonite ,,,,all ready for me to start sanding, Tim Jones

 

This was waiting for me when I got home from work Monday, Thanks to ROOMAN , that was fast shipping, I forgot just how light these Alum carriers are, now just have to figure up what Gear ratio I want to go with, Also the guy that was machineing the blower crank hub, got too busy so Garrett Day our welder is finishing it up, and have the nozzle bodys for the port nozzles on the manifold coming,,,Things are rolling along again,, Tim Jones

 

Been busy sanding away on the body, Note to self DON'T drag the body across the yard because your to lazy to carry it, You might want to paint it someday , now that I've repaired all the extra work I made for myself on the roof , I can work on the wheel opening, Tim Jones

 

looking good tim, keep after it. mines coming along, steerings done. working on rearend next.

 

Thanks Rich , Send over some pics and I'll post them on your build for you, Tim Jones

 

Kool Tim, lookin real good, keep on keep'in on!

 

Today my buddy Brian Chollett lettered the cowl for the Comp Coupe, Guy makes it look easy,( He started doing this in the 70's) here's a link to more pics from today, http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=794166 , then after work another friend I work with Henry Morris drilled the holes for the port lines on the blower intake,, not sure if I'll need to use them ,but they are there if I'm having trouble with fuel getting to all the right places,,, Tim Jones

 

Dang, Tim...That thing is really looking great. Looking forward to seeing the body painted, lettered and the car all together.

 

Thanks Tom That makes two of us Tim Jones

 

We got some time today at noon to do some machineing on the crank hub for the blower setup, Garret is a man of many talents!! Over my weekend I'll try to get the body wrapped up and ready to paint,,, Tim Jones

 

Man I love that lathe Tim, sure do miss my old Hendy 14x40............

 

Getting close to painting it, did the last of my glass work on the wheelwells where I enlarged them, resanded a few places ,got the tinwork taped off and shot the last coat of primer, we are hopeing to get the color shot later this week when the weather warms up and it stops raining, also got the last bit of welding done on the blower intake,,,, Tim Jones

 

That thing is rockin Tim!!!

 

If you like that one I'll shoot some pics at our train shop it has alot of the machines from the old U P shop,,, Tim Jones

 

Thanks Justin ,, I was hopeing to get it altogether for the Vintage Tourqefest but that's not gonna workout, If i could only hit that lottery this would be alot easier ,,, Tim Jones

 

You still have a week!!!

 

Tim, I love that body!

 

Thanks Buddy, My friend Jim Coleman (Art on Wheels) is coming out sunday afternoon to paint the body , then Brian Chollett is going to try to get it lettered next week, Jim Painted all my old race cars (thirty years ago) Seems fitting both these guys were painting and lettering back in the 70's and the 60's for Jim, and both have been away from this stuff for quite awhile ,,,,, Tim Jones

 

Seems fitting both these guys were painting and lettering back in the 70's and the 60's for Jim, and both have been away from this stuff for quite awhile ,,,,,

Now thats whats cool Tim getting some guys back into it!!!!

 

Here's a couple pics of Jim's cheeta funny Car ,The guy can lay down some wild paint jobs!! Most pics of my cars were lost during one of the yearly floods when I lived along the platte river,,,,Tim Jones