Hot Rods BENNETTS ‘Pacific-Indian Special’ ‘29 Roadster on ‘32 rails

The first video on the Tudor was awesome. You've already chopped it, awesome! It looks great so far.

 

Thank you sir! Yup she’s chopped just working out profiles now

 

Looks good, but I was expecting it to be a bit more radical based on your comments in the video.

 

Yup it was the plan, that was quickly turned down due to legalities for licensing in Aus.

 

Oh!

 

Rear end assembly and QC installed with the knowledgeable and humble @cully33 showing me the ways!

 

Thanks for your continued updates here, even though you have many other irons in the fire

 

Simply magnificent, and very ultra cool indeed!

 

Thank you sir!

 

So, lots on the cards- roadster related not a ton.
However I did get the read end finished and installed- but I need to play around with the rear spring setup to get the ride height roughly where it will sit. Once done I’ll get it installed for the final time!
In other projects I played around with some acetate from a sunglass company I collaborate with and made a cool dash insert for the 32 Tudor.
Lots of trail and errors with sand casting- this is
something I’ll be spending a ton of time doing in the future.
Oh and had another baby boy! Week old today!

 

Kool beans

 

"Oh and had another baby boy" way to slide that in... Saw the birth announcement on IG, but Congratulations here as well.

What's the deal with the copper bucket headlights?

 

Haha! Those aren’t copper but more trying to match the patina on my head lights- wanting to create some signal lenses

 

Hello fellow Jordan, Awesome work! I'm also building a 29 on 32 rails. I'm ultra curious what kind of creative solutions you will use to permanently mount the body to the chassis. Happy building!

 

I like those scoops. Lot’s of neat details on this project

 

Well, where too start. First off I certainly wish that this build was a daily upload and progress was faster- but we all know life doesn’t always play that way. It’s been full on. New born son, a three year old and lots happening at the shop. But still managing to squeeze some evening when the house is asleep to create a few pieces, make progress on the roadster and fine tune the sand casting venture.


Firstly: The Radial Flyer- is almost finished. And I drove it yesterday to the paint shop for the first time. It’s hairy, fast and needs attention with brakes and shifting, all things considered it’s turning out pretty cool. (For a 1960 Loaf and bread.)


Secondly: SandCasting- I’m obsessed, literally obsessed. Ive made my own green sand and starting designing all sorts of fun stuff! Trails and errors and literally enjoying every part of the process. Made a Throttle pedal, signal lights and a licence plate topper for the van. And many other ideas.




And lastly: The roadster. Today I removed the T spring as it was too low and the ‘36 radious rods were hard on the bottom of the frame. So a swapped out a cleaned up stock model a spring.
I’ll check ride height and rear wheel placement tomorrow. Still need to finish welding quarters and dash, I want to drive this thing.
also I scored a Isky 404a roller cam which I’m excited to get installed. Lots more to come on this, I want to drive it.

 

Yeah I love that stuff. I regret never giving casting try. Infinite room for creativity there. Your stuff looks great.

 

I’ve loved seeing the cast stuff! The lettered pedals are fantastic!