You know how sometimes you find that weird part that you need even though you didn’t know it before you found it? Well, I have several of those things kicking around, and one day a year or so ago, they gelled in my brain as parts of the same car. I had a really cool Model A frame that I got years ago from my buddy @Preacher (RIP Eric, miss you, buddy) that has a Tardel style step, and filled frame horns. I also had a spare rough 34 x-member. One day at a swap meet I got a pair of cool 7.50x19 Lincoln tires from my buddy @adam401. And, I had the B motor out of the Sachem Model T TROG racer and a super nice B trans. There’s a lot more, but I am sure you can see where this is headed. I’d been working on putting the 34 X in the A frame for a while this summer when my buddy @Pete decided to let go of a collection of 28 roadster parts that he’d collected a long time ago. I wasn’t planning to have to build a body this time around. I had foolishly convinced myself that I’d just wait for a nice complete body to come around. Of course, those things never really materialize until you’ve blown all your money on a pile of parts. So, I blew all my money on a pile of parts. And I’ve been plugging away at making that pile into a proper hot rod. Initial photo dump of the process so far follows. More to come as progress is made. 6CCEC364-BC2C-49DD-8119-9FD18CF4D7A2 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:05 PM AA467B9B-222B-42DC-8F3A-16085871979F by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:05 PM 82F5B96E-2FD9-45C7-9CE3-0524CBDBA887 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:05 PM 83E32068-FADF-4F44-8CEE-9E223C5BAE76 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:05 PM 2EBFE255-CE17-4A7A-8429-6E2CA377C9C0 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:05 PM CE24EB5C-078A-49AF-98C4-05A3BEFED899 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:05 PM 3DF88EF8-E4B8-4B1F-89A0-691C71735CDF by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:05 PM 07A974E7-F624-4272-9A1C-AF750612CD05 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:05 PM 31CF05F2-E673-4C17-9CAA-CB2B9C7B8D75 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM DC927E23-1E09-4D9C-9CA1-77EAD026F1B6 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM A7334CBA-3F72-49F4-B8C5-E80109976C5A by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM 9697B40A-FFEB-4C8E-99B2-F69600FDA31B by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM B86D9D6F-2A84-4D4C-A329-CC6E6245BBFD by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM
I see some really nice speed equipment for that A! You will get up some serious speed-awesome!!! keep us posted. Mike
the body parts as when Pete dropped them off: D9336423-2EA6-40FB-8F34-2039166C98B2 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM working on the heavy rear crossmember i got from my buddy Mike. it was for a sedan, so i had to reshape it a little bit: F9525CB1-35E0-480B-AC1E-344984B5969C by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM 5D8D5760-A3C8-42CB-87C4-A0080344D541 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM cleaning up the cowl feet, and straightening the A pillars: 93D54324-6AB0-4CBE-B7BA-E4EE690A888B by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:00 PM 90465E2D-70C7-4E38-86F5-7419DDFD80F1 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 11:59 AM 5BAB567A-329E-4274-AD3F-0CA98061E112 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 11:59 AM cowl coming together. i am using 1x3 rectangular tubing for the main subrails: 61FC0396-CA6D-41C0-B2E0-D0AB79893043 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 11:59 AM A54AAC90-8151-4691-A04C-304DDD6C0B9C by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 11:59 AM mocking up the rear half, and picked up a decent decklid. it revealed to me that i have a coupe panel below the decklid. so i need to get one for a roadster. they are about 1 1/2 inches taller: 3E26A5DE-9014-4163-95A5-2E440E9E9A3A by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 11:59 AM 8A39747E-E0B9-40AD-A0BC-CC329B0B6A2B by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 11:59 AM 337B4452-2B6D-4B15-BDD9-09AB59A793B5 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 11:59 AM 98FDF884-39D5-4F22-82E7-744F77C3201C by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 11:59 AM cleaning up windshield posts: EEFA52D9-E4C2-4F00-8B7E-E8E71C645E77 by general gow posted Oct 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM i might try my hand at nickel plating with the posts. i just need to find a bath big enough for the windshield frame. no pics of that yet, but it's pretty nice. one thing i do need is a nice driver side inner door. or a nice pair of inner doors. or a nice pair of doors. or new brookville doors. i'm not picky. i just want to work with nice stuff. i think i'll turn my attention to chassis assembly while i work out how to handle my door problems and track down parts.
Nice Mark!!! That's a good start. I was drooling at Pete's stash of roadster stuff when I was building mine, he sold me a pair of quarters.
Man I really let this thread go. I also kinda let the project go for a while too. But I am back on it with a fierce vengeance. Been collecting parts and doing some work. Ready to do another deep dive so I can be driving it next summer. Got some new doors and other small parts on order with @cball at Millworks. Got a nice hood and radiator in NH from my new buddy Tebo Barn. Got a new pair of front tires from him too. Some fiddly small parts finally showed up for the chassis, and I think I have everything I need to make it a roller, and then I can swing the engine and trans in and finish up the engine mount arrangment. So watch here for some more progress in the near future.
Watching this thread - I have almost completed my house build but in the meantime collected a few more parts for my 4 Banger Coupe ,Thomas head, Equaliser manifold,cast Y exhaust manifolds a rebuilt 32 engine and a 32 gearbox with 39 internals .It might not fly like a V8 ,but it will certainly sound good.
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