Technical 1931 Pontiac build - 25 years and counting

I had a pair of MG Midget bucket seats I had planned to use but I could not move them back far enough or low enough for leg and head room. After searching for an alternative, I found a pair of 1966 Austin-Healey buckets and using 1975 Corvette seat tracks I was able to gain almost 2 inches in each direction.

 

Slick project, thanks for sharing. Neat to see a GM get hot rodded on here.

 

I bought a Flaming River tilt column for the car and after looking at what column drops were available, I decided to build my own, again with some help from my brother.

 

This project is awesome.

 

Aw yeah that's the way to do it. I'm trying to go 50's traditional on mine. Can't wait to see the end result

 

Wow , can't wait to see this rod finished !

 

Beautiful Build .....

 

How the hell did I miss this Pontiac thread???? Very nice work! Love the coupe's lines.

 

Lots of neat details

 

Good stuff!

 

A real "Woodie" .

 

Just stumbled into this thread, and read it all.
Total admiration for the cool different choice of car!
Total amazement of dogged determination to spend the years!
Total awesome build talents, in really uncharted waters!
Great switch to Pontiac in Pontiac!
I offer all I can.... ENCOURAGEMENT to git-er-dun!
Go Man Go!

 

The radiator and AC condenser were made by Custom Auto Radiator in New Jersey to fit the Pontiac grille shell. We made aluminum baffles to fill the spaces above and below the radiator to hopefully force the air to go through the radiator not around it. They got painted black later.

 

Wow! What a cool build. I am a Pontiac guy at heart and this is going to be one sweet little hot rod! Just found this thread, but will be following along for the rest.

 

We made a new front floor of metal instead of wood as was original and were able to push the toeboard forward about 1/2” and dropped the floor 1 1/2” to gain a little more precious legroom.
Once the floor was installed my brother used a chrome exhaust tip to fashion a lower steering column mount (which also conveniently hides the column manufacturer’s name).
Mounting the ECI power brake components was next. Not liking the look of the combination of the 9”
booster and master cylinder hanging on the firewall, I fabricated a bracket to sandwich the firewall between the booster and the MC and hiding the booster behind the dash. The brake pedal is from a 1955 Cadillac.
The MC was not level with the air cleaners so we created a little inset in the firewall to tip the MC up slightly to correct the situation.

 

Outstanding craftsmanship, good luck ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

 

Great Job...

 

Very nice and elegant!

 

A very nice job of building a TIN INDIAN you and your brother are doing a incredible job. Frank

 

After designing the shifter and parking brake consoles out of cardboard, we built them using rods and sheet metal.

 

Great sheet metal skills!!

 

Nothing like "custom made" how YOU like it.

 

Constructed a stone guard for the exposed steering universal from a section of exhaust pipe and sheet metal.

 

The dashboard wasn’t big enough to accommodate all of the gauges and switches so I made 2 underdash “accessory “ panels and then added 1955 DeSoto gauges and a 1961 Pontiac ignition switch.

 

Nice work n the dash.

 

31 B'ville,

I just found your thread and want to compliment you on your build. What a great looking car with an amazing amount of detail. I really appreciate your metal work - the column drop , consoles, and the dash are works of art. I cannot wait to see the finished product.

Steve

 

We fabricated a fan shroud from some old metal shelves my brother had. I used a Derale 17” clutch fan and made the shroud in 3 pieces to make it easy to remove for service.

 

Just WOW!
Great sheet metal skillz...Nice (and woodworking skillz)
6sally6

 

Amazing craftsmanship.....

 

Great idea on making the shroud 3 piece! Too bad the commercial shrouds don't do the same!