Projects Building My First Roadster in San Francisco

If you look at the trash can lids in the painted frame picture, it looks like he's trying out different ways to paint it exactly the same!

 

Looking at the spring leaves and your painting them on the sawhorse. I would have had to put a screw in each leaf to keep it on the sawhorse.

 

I believe the plan, if i am remembering correctly from our many discussions, that Joey will be painting the body.

 

Milestone!
Congrats, Joey. It's what I'd like to do but wanted to keep it together so it didn't end up a big pile. You have pushed through and built your vision, one part at a time. Twice!

 

Painted with a roller.....is how I read this at first

 

@winduptoy look at the overhead shot. Notice what's bottom left?

 

@RodStRace
That would be painted with a broom from where I’m sitting!
(Whisk broom in lower left. Roller is top right)

 

Naw, that was the prep! No paint on it, paint's in the tray and on the roller.

I typed that, then decided to copy and crop the big pic. This was the lower left of the big one.

 

“Sand it with a rake and paint it with a broom!”
Sorry Joey it’s an old joke. That chassis looks great!

 

I believe I have related the story of making wise crack about painting with a broom. It was to a well known painter and his brother as they were assembling a well known car after their first metal flake paint job. I got chased down the block by a pissed off artist with a torque wrench! What is funny to some isn't funny to all.

 

I unliked this this morning, so i could like it again.

 

Are the headlights an indication of body color??

 

Hey @J.Ukrop
So your rediscovering the vintage old Rolling Stones tune's, Bravo!
As ever, the pictures you post, at least to me are an interesting collage, of things that you have collected, both tool wise and material wise as you continue to make progress on this kick ass roadster!

Today's choice of mystery pieces, is the vintage "DUNLAP" vise.

Ahhh another rabbit hole to fall down and learn something!
I could not resist, as I was not familiar with that brand of vise.
To others that might want to explore that rabbit hole, here is the link to follow and learn somethings that might be of interest, purely if you want to win at trivial pursuit in style!

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=222

Totally fascinating, I had no idea that "DUNLAP" was a vintage Sears Brand.

I myself, am into the older "WILTON" vises.
I did a piece of artwork of one that was restored by a friend, that is into restoring old tools. She even went as far as to have the proper vintage "WILTON" decals reproduced as well, to really make the vise look like brand new. I made a laminated place mat of the artwork and gave it to her.

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If you want one of these laminated place mats, to go with the "LOYOLA TERRACE" place mat, I can drop one into the mail, if not, no big deal.

Keep up with the amazing progress kid, your tenacity and focus is very inspirational to a lot of others that are enjoying this build.
Thanks from Dennis.

 

Joeys playing the body color cards, pretty close to the vest.
I would bet that because of the way he did the very cool dash, its a safe bet that he will go with some near white, cream color with subtle pin striping or two tone panels. So far he hasn't really indicated what the final body color will be.

 

Joey likes to tease upcoming changes.
Not to mention the plethora of posts where a lot of people labor to select a color.
The unveiled Black and White chassis palette will go with anything.
The amount of effort to go Black might push it to the far reaches, but the whole car has been painted ala a young guy in the late 40s, so that might just work for the theme.
While post war got brighter, it still wasn't as wild as even 3-5 years later.

I'd guess an era correct color, while White pinstriping is a possibility if Joey can find a local talent.
The story is a young vet who has a pretty good job and a few bucks to put into his ride.
He's able to buy some nice stuff, but this isn't a top dollar serious fab job from one of the aircraft plant workers, with aluminum and rivets. More like a club member who can modify original Ford parts and rely on a few other friends who have complementary skills. The A V8 is a performance and financial choice, compared to a complete Deuce.
He builds it from an artistic selection of the typical parts of the day, taking the time to hand detail each part. He is probably sick of Battleship Gray, Army Green and Air Force Blue, although those color paints are probably available for the taking.

 

I’ve used a lot of Eastwood chassis painting products and have always been happy with them, looks good from here!

love how much it looks like a hotrod even with just the headlights mounted.

 

Me Neither...I thought of tires...

I went to that tool link you shared...it looks to be between 1950-58...image below is 50




http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=269&tab=6


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Joey, my old buddy painted his '55 Buick with a roller and house paint. It looked great! No lie..

 

Dunlap was the trade name for Sears second tier tool line. Noted the "Low priced" heading and the fact that it was available via mail order.

 

I saw the movie too. Maybe not historically correct but the "feel" was right on. In college (CCAC in Oakland) I had a poetry class taught by Michael McClure. He brought Bob Dylan to class one day. Fewer than 20 people in the class. It was in the fall of '66. Pretty cool day and surprisingly laid back.