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.
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?
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!
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