Processed that frame like a buffalo! The sucker bit me though now to clean it up a bit more and drop it off at the blaster. I’ll use the pedals, x member, rear axle and the front spindles and hubs for this car.. I’ll save the crossmembers and bones for swap meet fodder and I’ll drop that axle and sell that too-! Chassis building is my favorite part of hot rods, I think it’s all the problem solving combined with creativity- I have a 33 ford drive shaft for this I can shorten when I shorten up the torque tube. I’m going to need different rear bones but the bones on the 33 axle might work if they’re straight.
Very cool project Tuck. I was looking through the 1963 Ram Rods show program and came across this photo. This photo and the similar ones you posted were taken outside the National Guard Armory in Washington, DC. As cars were brought into the show, they were often photographed for magazine features. Anyways, keep us up to date on your progress.
I'd liken it more to a large pair of boobies ... fun to look at, fun to play with but damn glad I don't have an extra ten pounds of "fun bags" hanging off my chest
Holy smoke I am so stoked to see this thing come together as a Tuck hotrod. You working on this has me all jazzed up to work on mine again.
Got some 5.60 15" and 8.20 15 stones and mounted them on the old home made chrome reverse I had with spiders. My fav wheels... the rears are 7" wide, the fronts 6. The one utility that is included with my lease is electric and it got cut off for a couple weeks so I had 4 days over MEA weekend free to work on hot rods and couldn't... todays the first day I've had free to even touch it and I'm sick!!! Stoked I got the tires and got them mounted- they look Bitchen!
Thanks guys-! Question I posted on the main board. Can anyone with a 3 window get me the measurements of where the lower two hinges mount in the door jam from the bottom of the door to the bottom of the hinge? I got some stock hinges and plan to eliminate the hidden hinges and just run the lower two.
I measured my door today and from the bottom of the door skin edge to the bottom of the lower hinge it's exactly 7 inches. From the bottom of the door skin edge to the bottom of the second hinge it's 20 inches. Hope this helps. Ken
Tuck, I always admired your hot rod vision, the very moment that I joined the HAMB and discovered your build threads because you clearly "live" for custom show rods of the 50's and early 60's as I "live" for! Back when I lived most of my life on the east coast, I hardly ever got to see famous hot rods that had exposure in mags like HOT ROD, Rod & Custom and the like. The very first one that I did see in person was Andy Kassa's coupe at a big show in New Jersey by promoter Terry Cook, who named the show, "LEAD EAST". Andy's coupe was bright Red and had the most chrome that I ever saw on a hot rod - hell, even most of the engine if not all of the frame was chrome plated! And the car featured a "Cyclops" custom grille by Barris with only one headlight. Bizarre, but radical and cool as you can get! It's the reason why we have seen the car in other stages, doing whatever he could to win at any show that he entered! I'm very stoked about your 3 window coupe build too!
Good on you Tuck ! At 6'2" Iv always loved chopped and channeled but now at 81 I just don't squeeze like I use to. In the late 90's I had the pleasure of owning the remains of the Bo Knabb 3 window built in 1948 in Portland, Oregon. Many things in life drew my attention away from getting onto that project and age finally became the final decision to give it up. I did a trade with a friend for the running '34 Dodge pickup in my avatar. Told him the reason I wanted the 3 window was the suicide doors and his PU had those... a done deal. Best part was knowing Paul would never change the coupes history. Enough of the BS and onto the project as it sits in Paul's barn: mocked up at my old shop, sold the house and shop in early 2000... build was getting complicated, coupe went into storage...wouldn't have a shop again until 2013 after selling a custom chevy to finance the shop...back to building... but... other projects seem to come up instead of the coupe. Here are some of the pictures of Bo's coupe back then (1948-1952) He sold it in 1952. Met him in late 90's and had a great visit about his roadster racing days and I mentioned to him that I would be running a Hemi instead of the big flathead he had built. Then he told me that the coupe had been destined for a Hemi as he had bought a complete 331 crate engine for it but ended up putting the engine in a ski boat after he sold the coupe. Anyway, Tuck, keep on keeping on' Randy
Thanks Mike! The A symmetry Cyclops grill is wild and I really love every version of this car it's cool how much it changed and evolved over the years. Thanks for sharing this stuff man it's rad to hear how Andy's car has impacted other people too.
I got an old chrome 34 windshield frame from Ken Bentz yesterday. It's not exactly the same as a 32 but close enough I can make it work. I'm just working with what I got! I think it's going to look rad. I'm going to manipulate the opening to match the window frame.
My understanding is that the 3 window was sort of a test bed for the 33 ford, so they were trying things out on the 3 window design wise they were going to put into production in 33... that's why the window frame is so similar... doors opening backward etc and why 3 window stuff doesn't interchange like the dash etc with a five window. 3 window dash is more like a 33 at the top... talking out loud it would be cool to put a 33 dash in it with the crank out window! I just don't have any laying around. Anyone have a 33/4 window crank? I could mold it into the 32 dash. I might have to hunt on eBay.
Could use later 30’s car and pickup with the similar dash crank if it’s getting retro fitted anyhow. I like the idea!
Yeah great idea the windshield is already drilled out for the bracket and I liked that feature in my 34. So the windshield, hinged doors and the firewall are the 3 main things for me to visually correct and we are game on! I got a bunch of cool stuff from Ken last weekend but I was most excited about this old windshield! :-D
Love your work man, I'm hanging to see this come's together. It makes me smile when I see your thread in my watch list
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