I've been saving up parts for 50 years for a Stovebolt project. I now have a ported, balanced, Evergreen 3/4-race-cammed 261 Chev engine, Offy dual-single-bbl intake, Fenton manifolds, and Saganaw 4-spd. I've changed my mind over what to do with this stuff several times, but, at THIS point, I've decided to build up a rolling '29 Chev. frame, and use a '30 cowl, just to get started... I would love to see some pics of something similar, for inspiration... Anybody? Fendered or not... Might use an old '53 hood for a start on a "Boattail"... Maybe early Chev disc wheels. I just turned 71, and it might be time for this...
Sounds like fun as long as it ends up looking like an "old race car". I've got a similar Chevy frame that I have been going to put a Ford Flathead six that a fellow member gave me in. Low buck build that hopefully gives the appearance of being an old two seat race car when done. I've got a 29 model A Cowl that I found on the side of the road a couple of miles from the house after it fell off someone's trailer one day and a not good enough to use on a truck 47/53 Chevy hood that I modified to be the boat tail . It's another project that I need to be putting in a couple of hours a day on.
SOoo, got any pics? I've noticed an amazing lack of "parallel sprung" cars here. I'm gonna have to start getting all my stuff into the same pile, so I can post something real... I actually have a couple of extra frame pieces, one with quarter-elliptic front springs, which might be fun to mess with...
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