Features T A I L D R A G G E R S..... again...

Love this thread, let's keep it rolling low and slow!



Can't forget the rob ida merc next to dads 35




Bello's customs built zephyr (I believe)



Voodoo Larrys 36 in progress


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A little new for a taildragger....but here's my '50. First as bought, then after some changes and roadtrip from Texas to Bonneville, then at my house in Bergen, Norway. Its sitting high in. The second pic as it has air shocks pumped up in the rear for three guys and packed trunk for the trip

 

Tail dragger = nose up, tail down.
Not forward rake. Not sitting on belly on broken suspension. Some of the pictures are straying from the thread title.

 

Well the hard work part is done. I'm going to try and get some in the car, and outside the car video's.

 

These may have been previously posted.....

 

the 41 used to belong to my buddy paul garland now owned by another buddy roger O'Malley
here are some more recent pics of it.




and pauls 41 convertible in progress.

 

Heres my rolling project. What d'ya think

 

EPY.. I,ll BE FIRST TO SAY I LOVE IT!except the fender mounted turn signals? Johnny

 

my 48

 

Yeah the are definitely a bone of contention here in the UK but the reason I have them on is, the car is uk built not usa .........just gets people talking

 

"Heres my rolling project. What d'ya think"
Love it Epy, like the split bumper. The turn signals... yeah I think they are pretty neat.
Look forward to seeing the car progress.
Gordon.

 

We are suppose to run them here too in Australia Epy.Ive taken them off my 46 ford,41 lincoln and i can't stand the ones my my 53 ford ,they have gotta go too! lol. Ive just realised i personal really don't like them. lol
Thats a beautiful car you have anyway.

 

Thanks for the comments, its nice to know I'm on the right track. Just one big problem..........can't come up with a colour for it, it was gonna be the purple that is on the cowl,bit we are not so sure now...............suggestions

 

Nope,its your car,you'll have to decide,but it deserves a classy dark paint job in my eyes. Johnny

 

I like the purple. What's made you change your mind?

 

Love the maroon!

 

It's just the last three 30's cars that I have had have been purple so I think its about time for a change.

Yeah I was thinking that..........but what?

And that's the trouble, someone once said to me, "the longer it stays in that colour the more you will like it", and I think he was right

 

That makes sense. One of the reasons I liked the purple is it seems like green or maroon are the only two colours anyone seems to put on that era custom these days and the purple was different but I guess not so different for you.

 

I wonder what the Maroon would buff up like? Johnny

 

Hi Epy. Great looking sled convertible you have there! I'm sure all of us wanting a post-war style custom and wanting to get a suitable colour for the era have struggled with the options. I agree with K13 in thinking some of the colours are getting pretty common, and I can see you not wanting to go down a purple road after having done that before, so I tried some paints to see what they might look like. Here's what I did:

p.s. I chose a deep brown/bronze for my own car that Geo. Barris might have mixed up back in the day and have recently seen a similar shade on the new Toyota (sorry!) s.u.v..

Green is seen often, but here's a jade shade:


A blue shade similar to Ford's stock colour:


Then I thought - perhaps a purply maroon I call "blackberry":


And this one is right "off the cuff" (and perhaps not so traditional) which I thought of as a deep "ember" shade:


There they are. Pretty sure your convert will look great no matter what colour you choose!

Dave

 

My 41 convertible project






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Thanks for them Dave That's given some food for thought

 

Hi Epy. I reckon that blackberry looks nice, but I also love your car just the way it was at Whitby goth weekend last year.
Bob

 

Cheers Bob

 

Hope in progress cars are allowed. Here's my 46 Ford.
Hopefully driving it this summer

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The blue `41 Ford conv. looks like they did when I was a kid, neighbor had one then left the war. I wanted it bad.

 

Ran across this thread discussing the difference s between tail dragger and lead sled. Here is my candidate. Is it a taildragger? Has no bags just air shocks. Is it a lead sled? I did a majority of the bodywork in lead. Whatever it is this is the way I remember the cars from the day. I'm 75 now so I can remember the 50s and 60s. Had this Chevy since 66 and finally got it the way l wanted. Dave Jenkins 57 was an influence. Sorry to hear of his passing.

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love my ride lol

 

Hey Von Brush, love the ragtop--I'm sure Dave would be flattered as you did a great job on your car. It would have been really cool to do a feature of your car with Dave's together for a magazine like Kustoms Illustrated. Two of the nicest '57 Chevy customs in the country.
I just read about your car in the Kustom Kemps of America 1980-1992 book. Neat that it was featured in there. E