31' Coupe Rebuild "Phase II"

Its not going to long before your son is going to be showing you a thing or two.

 

bat box mounted

 

Sweet build! Is the battery really going there?

 

Dude, awesome car, awesome build, but that battery is going to get torn off!

 

Sweet build man. I wish mine was halfway near that point.

 

Battery sits higher than the body ?

It's good.. Never tore the *** off the body

 

how many inches is the body from the ground? if you dont mind me asking

 

i would put a shield around the front of your battery, the one under the floor of my pickup get all covered in oil and dirt off the road, now i do have a couple of small oil leaks and a road draft tube, but even a sharp piece of metal laying in the road could get kicked up and go through the side of a battery, it would make for a nice spark show.

 

OK, must be an optical illusion in that picture. It makes the battery look lower than the bottom the wheel.

Proceed.

 

updates

 

for all the battery haters

 

Here are a few updates


My list

Still left

8.0 dash
6.0 brakes
2.0 throttle
1.0 speedo
2.0 cowl
2.0 adj rear end
1.0 overflow
8.0 wiring
1.0 lower fuel lines
1.0 fuel pump
.5 windshield
.5 pos batt cable

 

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Thats so awesome, how much have you put into it so far, spending wise??

 

alot - engine rebuild hurt the bank something fierce

 

Go Man, Go!

Coming along really nice, what is your ET for fireup?

 

we got brakes

 

dash and wiring this weekend.

Then time for a test drive

 

back on the DASH

I totaly screwed up on PIC 2096 - too much paint at one time without proper cure time = GOOOOYYYY Mess... I had to totaly strip it down with some JAsco and start over. Did you know Jasco lifts bondo ? LOL

Well my boy will get another good lesson in sanding I guess .....

As they said in Meet the Robinsons "Keep moving forward" right ?

 

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few updates

dash is done.. wiring is closing in

 

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Looking good chopperman. Been following your builds for awhile. (Here and on Priates)

Earl

 

drove it tonight

Man this car is FUN

the rebuilt little red ram really moves this lightweight coupe along ( smokes the tires easy and chirps 2nd and 3rd ). Of course 4.11's and a TCI race trans help too

 

very cool the A looks awesome

 

Awesome, love it.

 

lookin good man! congrats on the cruise!

 

Very cool work! Nice driving, I suppose, too!!
I love "How to do" topics.

 

You should feel proud of yourself..Fantastic workmanship..
Where can I hear it running..
Duane..