Projects Traditional Banger Build

Thanks Outback, ZerroHalfcup and AmishMike. The car will only be driven occasionally locally early in the mornings. I am primarily building it to use at TROG, RPM Nationals and other vintage drag events. Have been sick the past couple of weeks and traveling a lot for business pre-holidays so progress has been / will be a bit slow.

 

Very nice car !

 

Stunning build. Truly enjoyable to watch!

-rick

 

Great, I just read it, it's very inspiring, great.
Greetings Harald

 

Thanks V8-m, Rick and Harald - really appreciate the support and encouraging words.

Picked up the new windshield from the glass shop today. Fitting the glass tape and getting everything back together was a bit of a task but eventually it all came together. 2” total chop.

 

Little more progress - managed to get the headlight mounts bent and pretty close to where I want them - will need some fine tuning but I am missing some hardware for the headlight bolts so need to pick that up to figure out how far off I am on making the two sides reasonably symmetrical.

 

Looks great! Are you going to chop the top frame, too? I did the same 2” chop to mine. Now I’m scratching my head about how to chop the top.

 

Jeff34 - Thanks. I am probably going to leave it as a pure roadster and just run it without a top - the car won't get driven on long trips and I don't really like the look of the top in the down position.

 

@reffiesj I get that. I don't like that look either, but I'm old and the sun beating down on me gets tiring at times. Thanks for the reply! Great looking project. I love the striping. Is that beige?

 

Lookin good!

 

Jeff34 - the striping is actually white.

Thanks 51 mercules - appreciate the support.

 

Am I seeing this correctly, the grille shell is Nickle plated? That's a special touch that it seems most 28-29 rods overlook. It gives the rod a warm, vintage appearance. The wire wheels just nail the look. My favorite roadsters are yours and FlyinBrian's DeSoto hemi. You guys GET IT!

 

Osage orange - I can’t take credit for the grill shell - the car was an older restoration when I got it - at some point it was done to a very high level. Close up it has a bunch of patina now. Truthfully, it looks a bit better in the pics than in real life. Appreciate the kind words on the project!

 

Got the lights dialed in today. Need to replace the bulbs with 12V but am happy with the way they turned out.