Hi All - Want to introduce myself so I can get more involved. My name is Tim, 33 yrs old, have 2 girls (4 & 2), and an understanding wife. We live in Folsom, CA, right near the prison, as in the Folsom Prison Blues (no blues here though). A friend recommended the HAMB to me and Ive been watching for a bit. My interests are in the traditional hot rods and cl***ics. I have never built one completely before, but Im learning. For the past ten years I have been very fortunate to have a father-in-law who is both very knowledgeable and quite connected. In the last four years he has helped me put together a 53 chevy 1ton flatbed and we started putting together an early Falcon for my dad. Neither project was fully completed. Last year my father-in-law called up and said he had a new project for me, a 23 Dodge roadster. So the truck was sold to help fund the new project. As usual money is always the issue (I have none) and the No Bux Special was born. The car consists of a Dodge ch***is and body, small block Chevy 350 w/powerglide trans, a Ford F-1 rear end and a knock-off 32 grill. The parts have come from my father-in-laws collections and trading with friends. Many favors have been called in from my father-in-law to get parts and pieces; I owe a lot of people great thanks. I could go on and on about the people helping on the project, but will save it for a better time. The car is nearly street worthy; the finishing touches will be in my hands. What I like most about the car is that to me it is a true traditional hot rod; you know, the kid who doesnt have much s****s together something to go tear it up every once in a while. I owe all the thanks to my father-in-law and his house guest (a fellow HAMBer ThirtyTwo) as they have put in a majority of the work for me. ThirtyTwo did the entire ***embly of the ch***is and I owe him big. They have taught me a lot in building these cars and Im feeling a bit dangerous, however, the one lesson I learn every time is, I DONT KNOW JACK. I hope to learn more from the HAMB and maybe contribute as things go along. Sorry so long.
Nice intro Tim. Those roadsters are a cool body style. Exhaust seem a little over the top.Do you have good hearing? You won't after ten miles with those ringing in you ears. Just a freindly thought. Looks good. Keep it up.
The pipes are off my father-in-laws hardtop. They were on for initial firing of the motor. I'm having similar headers put together but they point down. They look something like this...
welcome, and nice to see another local person. i live in roseville. hopefully i will see you around, or if you are interested, we are having a little BBQ get together locally on saturday. it is going to be at a park in the area. PM me if you are interested, i will give you my number so you can call and get directions. should be some cool cars there
that 3 two manifold was and is still a consideration for this car. Problem with it is I don't think I can keep the HEI distributor if I use it. It too is a part of my father-in-laws collection of goodies.
You can't keep the large-body HEI with most tripowers but I wouldn't worry to hard. Points work good and so do the many external-coil electronic conversions. I'm running an Ignitor on my 327 and it works just grand - soon I'll be adding tripower.
Nuthin to appologize for, if you don't know jack you know about as much as the rest of us. I only know stuff because I've screwed alot of stuff up. Now onto the project. '23 Dodge Bros, I got a coupe waiting in the wings. Won't be using the original ch***is but it is complete so if ya need somethin' drop me a note. Welcome to the HAMB. The PknBner
Thanks for the welcome. I apreciate the heads up on the ch***is. I'll keep that in mind if I hit any snags.
Good intro, nice car, never saw one like it before, good to see something different. I'm an old guy, the older I get the more I realize how little I know. Learn something here every day. Dump the HEI so you can use the 3x2 setup, they look cool.
Looks good!! Welcome to the rest of your life. I have learned alot from HAMBers all over the world. So get ready, it's gonna be a long and comfortable ride. Pete
Some would call me....Tim? Oh Great Tim, what manner of man are you that you can make fire without the aid of flint or tinder? Look at him, he has great gnashing teeth! If you don't know jack, you fake it really well. Welcome.
tim is being a little modest, hes going to have a lot of work ahead of him!!!, all i have done is the basic ch***is setup (the shiney black stuff)and welded the floor in...him and his father-in-law are doing the rest ,the **** i hate brake lines and all the piddley stuff.... what he lacks in knowledge he makes up for in smarts and ambition, we threw him in the deep end first.... hes going to learn to swim one way or another
I like the proprtions of your car. I think you will have a winner when done. Welcome and good luck. Neal
Thanks. We took about four inches out of the doorway to shorten the body up a bit. The cab is huge in those things.
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