Bergquist Special A V8 Roadster! Pics.

I started this post over a year ago..http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1165036#post1165036
And sometimes life gets in the way, but we have been thrashing the last 2 weekends. Here are some good progress pics. Painted the ch***is on Sunday and today we started the ***embly. Hope to have it up and running soon!

 

More pics......

 

I would like to thank Marshall, for the main parts, Feder, for the boxing job, VAPhead for the grill shell hook-up, RedMeat for his great nut and bolt sorting, Dave the helper, and anyone else that helped out on this project and most importantly, my Dad, Old Beet for all his help and smarts. This has been a fun build.
O yeah, NO NAME, for stoping by this morning, good to see you again.

 

Had a great day workin with my son! And the rest of my kids, as they all call me dad. We will have that A runnin for HOT-ROD-ARAMA..We will all be there. We got a lot done today. On Tues we will install the Ford engine in K-MEMBERS M-1 Truck, and be runnin before dark. Wish all of you had yer kids to work with...So much fun..........OLDBEET

 

We didn't mention but the A belongs to HAMBr "MOSES". He also takes care of everyones dailey drivers. He IS a WRENCH!!!! Ford wanted $550 to put a new alternator on my wifes Exploder, he saved me $400. Ya, I love workin on his stuff! This is real Hotroddin when we all work together.....OLDBEET

 

Here's a pic of the reversed firewall minus the heater bubble and another side veiw.

 

Lookin very nice!!! I'm A triying to get my 40 going for Hot Rodarama as well!!!......Roach.

 

Hmmmm,another #5!!!LOL Good looking project,thanks for the update.

 

Ford engine in a Ford......Who wud a thunk!!......OLDBEET

 

Lookin' good guys........back to WORK!!!!

 

That thing looks TOUGH. There's nothing like a roadster man....

 

Wow Finally Got Logged On First Of All I Want To Thank All
Who Has Helped On This Project It Is A Dream Come True Cant
Wait To Go For That First Ride

 

so this is what i've been missin....

 

Hey Beet, my wife's been on a "Move to Washington" kick for a while. You make it sound pretty good.

 

thanks for opening the gate to a real cool shop. wish I could have spent more time. next trip I'll add a day
Jim

 

Damn ! You Guys have been KICKIN *** !! Looks KILLER. Jeffry Youre a Lucky MFR to have K MEMBER and BEET. Good job Fellas. See ya all at the Friday night Drags. FEDER

 

Looking good fellas. Keith, I'd have come on down the other day when you called if I wasn't chasing my own gremlins....

 

It's almost ready! Good to see some progress with the roadster, you guys are doing great work there! --mika

 

Since the Friday BBQ thrash is over, I am going back to progress pics on this thread...and what we got done on Friday & Satuday of 7-20/1-07.http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=195557&page=2

 

A little OT, but. Dave our helper guy, is not a hotroder! He is a SCUBA diver INSTRUCTER. None of us have the balls to go under water, anyway. K-MEMBER says somthin about rollin his "A" coming back from B'Vill and Dave the Diver says, "Ya I dive there once in a while". I neve knew, check it out Ya learn somthing every day!! Whood a thunk?...........OLDBEET

 

Yeah, that was weird! Bonneville SeaBase? WTF? Google it, it will blow yer mind, scuba diving in B-ville. So here's Sundays progress report...most of the floor is done, just a little bit left. And I got a little hammer happy today and beat a skull into the shifter cover plate, don't know if he will use it or not but it was fun beating on some sheet metal.

 

Few more pics.....

 

Looks like the body comes off Monday, another coat of primer....OLDBEET

 

wow what a work out we all put in a lot of hours this weekend
i want to thank every one who has helped were doing some serious
*** kicking to get this ready for tacoma just tracked speedway parts
wont be here till tuesday jeffrey

 

I'll be over Monday AM for more fun!!...........OLDBEET

 

You guys are shmokkin'!!!!!!!!!! and Kmember, you are an artist, had a girl friend do simpler stuff in copper, but that's aluminum?

 

Aluminum NO!..Same metal as the rest of the floor..........OLDBEET

 

Thanks, it's 18ga. cold rolled steel. Did it in about 35 minutes with a ballpeen hammer and a chisle for the teeth. That's the first hammer formed thing I ever did, I may try it again sometime. It was pretty fun.

 

Right on guys! The floor looks good, I dig the skull.

 

Today it steers. The radiator came in today so Friday will thrash again. Hot-Rod-O-Rama here we come.