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.
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.
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.
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 chassis? I like the sum total of all your parts! You've got a nice stance too! Good Luck!!!!!!
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.
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
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