wanted to introduce myself to ya all.i am a 35 y/o registered nurse,married, two stepsons and a 16 month old girl.i was raised as the child of a blue collar worker and was instilled the principles of doing good work and being proud of it.i have a passion for old things..from the instilled principles ya know.had a 1957 i just parted with to get some things taken care of and now plan to finish the essex coupe and my West coast chopper shovel kick only project.i look foeward to participating in what seems to be a fun website.thanks for having me.
Welcome fellow Texan. Thats a cool start for a hotrod. And rare to boot. Hey, do you know Leon Ekery at Dyer auto Salvage? He's a cool guy to know when looking for parts or just hanging with. Tell Him Keith Fox from Lubbock Said Hi.
just one more. this is the car that i am considering quartering to fit on a model a setup.almost seems a shame ..don't it?
So stretch the A frame to fit the essex. Not the other way around. Plus the A needs boxed anyway. So do ALL the work on the frame. If you havent considered it, it needs chopped. Ask Leon about his 34 coupe sometime. ITS BAD. Keith
the a frame is boxed and set up for small block chevy and th400.the rear end will be the 31 spline 56"axle flange to flange with detroit locker i have in the garage.
just looking thru the tech section and might be ditching the four link for a single leaf kicked up in the rear. rods are truly bitchen my friends.
Hi there and welcome to another Essex nut. My buddy Paul is on here as 29SX276. It stands for 29 Essex 276 cube flatmotor. He is building a coupe on half A half Essex rails. Go to search and put in his username. You should come up with some pics of his car. Here is one showing the A frame on his coupe. It has since been channelled a bit and will be chopped and I just gave him some 15" pickup wheels to replace his 16's. Pat.
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