Projects 1933 dodge coupe "Baleful"

Okay okay okay....now im pretty sure i have my tail lights figured out

 

Sourced a crunched up 36 spare tire ring (i know where theres about 5 more in better shape if anyones looking!) The uncrunched part happened to be exactly what i needed for my front fenders!

I cut off the carnage first then split the difference.

I set it on a 6.00x16 which is a bit larger than im running on the front of of the 33 just to see how itd look...
Im happy! Will make mounts, 2 per side that bolt to the existing backing plate bolts

 

Out of 5 doors (1 is still on the car) I suppose I am lucky that 1 still had a bottom on it! Given how rare these doors are, I think I am going to repair all of them. Might save someone elses project. So I made a template, will cut patches and install em after I fix the inner structures.

 

The doors I gave you are from a truck. They're about an inch taller than coupe doors.

 

Same as sedan I believe. Also a different window profile. I wont change that aspect of the doors I dont end up using. I will of course have to chop the doors I end up using regardless

 

Paused on the doors for a cpl days and started tackling the interior garnish mouldings. I only have one door piece and it is rough! So I decided to make a jack for hammering out patches as well as potentially making replacements. I am relatively happy with the results!
Its not quite perfect but with a skim coat of some seal skin, should look pretty good!

 

Certainly has a "Rolling Bones" flavor...love it!!

 

Thanks!

 

I spose I should update this build thread a little. I started to realize something as I was going on this 33. I was a bit rusty....pun intended. I decided to hone my skills a bit and shake the cobwebs off on my custom roadster. That car for those of you unfamiliar is a significant custom and is about to get its drivetrain. Hopefully by springtime itll be getting paint! When that happens, the 33 will get wheeled into the shop and real daily progress will begin! This car has such a special place for me and I wanted to make sure I do it justice. I am even looking at taking a handful more welding and fab cl***es. May even take a tig cl***. Anyway, not a dead thread and I still have the car. I also started a youtube channel and once thats really going strong this car will be built and do***ented on there
https://youtube.com/@tradrodsandcustoms

 

I have been picking up parts though! Got an original seat, missing the bottom(pictured with model a seat bottom) got a near flawless guage cluster, dash cap, sounds like a rear window mech is in the works as well!

 

Scored a better set of 49 lincoln tail lights at portland swap meet!

 

Hey Oliver, how wide is your original seat? I’d doubt cars and pickups of ge same era were the same width, but I have the back and bottom from my ‘32 Dodge PU. If it matched, shipping cost to you. Just bare frame and springs is all that’s there. Would be the weekend before I have time to measure mine.

 

I will measure the bottom, thats what im missing, thanks!

 

Well this happened....

Few more repairs to do but here is a video on the ones so far!

 

Love the Rodney Roundhouse hat... .
Marcus...

 

Thanks! I get compliments on it all the time. People that know me call it the oliver hat now haha I just think ed roth

 

Doubt it was anything but local, but when I was a young, there was a lunchtime kids'-program called "Lunch w/Casey (Jones)". Theme was trainhouse, Casey the "engineer", etc. Some local TV talent, cheesy set made out of watercolored cardboard, but was amusing & had good cartoons... Anyways, other than the clowning-around Casey, his sidekick was Roundhose Rodney. Tried to get kids excited about health & fitness, but most loved his hat. Which he once showed how to make it. A bowler-type or fedora, wet it w/water, & stuff a football into it, let dry, & presto: one Roundhouse Rodney hat.
The tall dunce-cone hats of BDR always seemed a little too tall to me, to hold their shape, but I never tried either of the two.
Marcus...

 

Very cool!

 

Parts car has entered the chat...

 

Uhh-ohh;
The *rare* factory-experimental many-doored coupe is about to finally surface?
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Marcus...

 

Hahaha will likely weld back doors shut and make a tudor or a sedan delivery with the leftovers. It was too cheap to p*** up!

 

Here is a little inspiration for you if you're going for the Hiboy look, the wedge shape panel from cowl to wheel well really helps the proportions.

 

That's exactly what I did with this '31 Ford Slantwindow 4 door.

 

Love it!

 

Okay, I am dusting this one off, at least for a week or two. Dug her out and hauled her to our house for the 1st time ever. Plan is fitting doors and bracing the body so that down the road I can make floors and have something square to attach them too. Will also be making her roll and steer!

 

awesome! glad to hear it's home at last...

 

Needs a flathead. Hehe.

 

Gettin an olds!

 

In that case you’ll need three 97s , a four speed and a Halibrand QC. Hehe.

 

I have a 36 packard trans for it, should be pretty slick!