A few pics of my T

Thought I would post a few pics of the T I have been working on for a few months. This is the last time it will be together until it's painted.

There are a few things on it that aren't exactly HAMB friendly, but I did build pretty much everything myself.

It will be black on black when it's done. Yes, the red wheels are going away!

Mike

 

Let me see...
NO front disk brakes
vintage front axle
NO Dakota digital gauges
32 grill
three carbs
cool headlights

What's there not to like? I think it's an affordable,fun car! Not everybody can build a car out of original parts. Hope you are gonna put spokes on it. Even chrome steelies with WWW's would look great.

 

I like it

 

i third it , the car looks *****in man! are you in vidalia?

 

i like it was just thinking about a gl*** body last night....what make is your body?

 

Thanks guys.

4speed, yeah I'm in the thriving metropolis of Vidalia!

kwmpa, the body is from RussNoMore Streetrods in Chatham, LA. They just came out with a pretty cool 27 coupe too.

 

Damn That sits right.

 

That's a really nice T Bucket. What setup are you using on the front? Axle, spindles, drums, etc.

 

Car looks great man, I would do the rear wheel gray like the fronts just my 2 cts..........

 

looks great! looking forward to seeing it finished.

 

Looking damn good. That rear nerf is sweeet!-MIKE

 

looks friendly to me, down right inviting even. I like the way you hid all the wires too.

 

very cool !

 

Old School Cool!

 

I like the way you did the pipes.....lookin real special!

 

that's a nice looking piece

 

Looks great! some bias plys would finish it just right. But it also looks great as is too. Congrats on building a great looking bucket.

 

Looks nice! More pics would be great and how about some details????

 

I like it,,,and I like the red wheels too! HRP

 

Thanks again everybody. This is the first chance I've had to check in since I posted this last night. I really appreciate the comments.

I was trying to do something a little different than most buckets.

Here are a few details.

The front end is a Ford I beam(37?) with 47 spindles. I'm going to drill the axle when I tear it down for paint.

The front brakes are Lincoln repros. I had discs on it, but they really looked out of place.

The front suspension is quarter elliptic.

The steering is a Vega box laid over on it's side. The pitman arm bolts on like most cowl steer setups.

The rear suspension is air. I wanted to get the ride as good as possible. I did manage to keep the bags pretty much hidden.

The trans is a 700R4 and the rearend is a S10 with 3.73 gears.

 

Where did you get the body? and the ch***is? I like the sum total of all your parts! You've got a nice stance too! Good Luck!!!!!!

 

KooL Ride daddyo...

 

sweet ride , enjoy cadillac dave

 

Well, it took a lot longer than I thought it would to get the car back together , but i finally got it.

I still have a couple of minor things to do, but it's pretty much finished.

It's definitely not period correct, but I wanted a car with a late 50's look. I took a lot of inspiriation from Norm Grabowski's Lightnin' Bug and Von Franco's excellent recreation. Royalshifter's T lent some styling cues, too.

 

THE WINDSHEILD POSTS! Am I the only guy to notice how nice they look? What are they from?

 

Very nice, I'd drive the wheels off it.

Frank

 

37Kid

I built the posts, bases and windshield frame. The posts were built up from 3 pieces of steel and ground by hand to the final shape.

Mike

 

That's got real nice proportions. Who's the maker of the body with the operational door?

 

It's from RussNoMore Streetrods here in Louisiana. They make a pretty cool 27 coupe too.

Mike

 

looks good ! love the deuce shell on there !