Hot Rods Homogenized ‘28 roadster build

I have entirely too much going on right now, and the roadster is suffering for it…but she sure is purty.

 

OUTSTANDING!!

 

Just a little bit of progress…

I blasted my now matching set of wheels…a couple had black paint remnants, there were a few areas of grunge, and none of the oxidation matched. After reading up on how to age them quickly, I decided to just spray them down with vinegar to get the process going and to let them age naturally from here on out.

When I got wheel #3 from Cory, he was a peach a sent me a complete set of vintage American Racing lug nuts to use. They were 7/16 thread and even though this car is Chevy pattern, all the lugs are 1/2”. So I redrilled and tapped the nuts to 1/2”-20 and Bob’s your uncle. I didn’t think too much about my lug nuts until Cory sent me these and I saw the light. They’re perfect for the car.



I also made my attempt to dye the carb bodies. Per an experienced friends advice, I blasted them to remove any oxidation and other stuff, then got them soaking in “Alodine” asap. The stuff they sell now is “Bondene” and probably a little different. I left them in there for over 3 hours all in, and this is what I got. It’s something at least…

 

I found with the alodine it helped to do a couple dipping sessions. Those are looking good though!

 

One day I’ll take pictures of this car outside of my garage and driveway. Been a little under the weather but found some time to get the rest of the wheels swapped out. I’m pretty happy this set came together, it really completed the early ‘60’s package.

 

Sweet. Pure Hot Rod.

 

Man I love this roadster!

 

No major progress. I did collect another pair of matching center caps, so now I have original cast ones all around, no more plastic here.

Sometime last year I spotted this ad in an old magazine for a Covico Golden Mustang steering wheel. I had never seen or heard of it before but I really liked the thought of having one on the car. Well a couple weeks ago I happened to come across one for sale here in the classifieds and had to snag it! Now that I have it I’m not sure if I like it better than my octo-spoked wheel, but they’re easy enough to swap out.

 

well that's pretty cool! did'ja have to pay the full $18?

 

It was a little bit more than that

 

That’s pretty neat, can’t say I’ve seen one before.

 

Thought I would start wiring today…didn’t work out.

Was going to start with the gauge panel. Remembered that the pick guard material I had used was delaminating and I’d need to cut a new one…but it was such a pain in the ass last time. Then remembered I had this vinyl material I had bought for the O/T project and didn’t use. It’s like a black anodized brushed steel, but with a little metallic in it? Anyway…I made sticker inserts! I think it looks ok. Also final installed the textured stainless with some double sided tape.

 

I dig it.

 

Yeah that’s pretty rad