I have a '27 Ford Roadster sitting in the wings that may be the next build - mainly 'cause it will be quick and cheap to build. After the '34 and all the work it has taken, I want something that I can do quickly. I have a spare set of model A rails and a 401 nailhead slated for the project, but I like the look of T-roadsters set up on '32 rails. I also wouldn't be against finding a nice old flatty and bolting in a 5-speed. The plan is CHEAP - I paid $207.50 for the Henry steel body, turtle deck, and a truck load of model A parts I've sold off at swap meets. Picked up the rails for $100, and got the nailhead and 400 turbo trans as part of a barter. With what I sold in the extra parts, and the profit I made in the barter deal, I figure I'm into it so far $0!
After my steel 3window. 29 Brookville roadster on original 32 rails, small QC, 5spd, Dodge Hemi or aluminum nailhead Buick Ago
409DUECE still have the 55 210 post i an in 72 with a L8 427 ,m22,5.13 on the street.Black bottom,white top in laqure"sp".Jimmie King
Trying to decide which of the 3 classes of bar stools to build for a run at Bonneville!! Hey, you started it. peace
I know what it's not gonna be... it's not gonna be a complete ground up project!!! 51 Ford shoebox!!!
After I finish the '29 closed cab, I will finally move onto my '29 cabriolet. I am keeping it simple, just a body assembly and transfer onto a running chassis, with a modified banger, hydraulic brakes, tremec trans. Adding a dropped axle, 15" wheels, Merc caps, and wide whites are also in the plans. That will be close to the way I had it running back in 1963 while in high school. It was last running in 1964.
hmm. proally a 55 chevy or a 50's kustom as long as the body comes along for cheap, i got the ttime and dedication so its a little more realisitc
A 27 or 28 Ford Coupe, hand made I beam 32 style frame rails, 35 cross member, big drum front brakes, no fenders no boards. No chrome. Black nitrocellulose paint job hand rubbed in black or black jade green, may stretch 8" to fit in a v12, or a period 4, 4 speed top loader, 9 inch very early Ford differential or Olds. Hair pins, bat wings, all non steel metallic surfaces finished to 800 grit polish and laquer coat to seal the naturale look, dif, frame and all non body parts that are steel 800 grit polished and painted with a hog hair brush with period enamel, all seams false riveted, all fuel lines done in a SS with an over plate of patinated copper, pocket penny patina, all fasteners pocket penny patina, slotted head screws, round top old style nuts. No part on the vehicle may look post 1935, later parts get exterior reshape or bumped for period pieces, low boy style, 2 1/2% rake. hand made drivers and passenger seats from steel sheet popped together with bronze rivets. covered with a natural tanned hog hide in brown only down the center. Thin bias plys, wire spoke wheels with a 70 / 30 nickel finish. no chop, roof is finished with an aged rift cut southern Illinois White oak, book matched, fumed with ammonia derived from hog urea (per 1935) pinned together with copper bronze rivets, top is water sealed with a hand made copper pan, brazed, penny aged, pan revealed from below, polished patinated and sealed. Exhaust system done in hand formed high nickel content bronze sheet and polished, will look like a very old never touched Tuba or brass instrument. Fuel tank in hand formed copper with the 2 halves soldered together using high silver content braze.(Float ball from a Chicago water tower Circa 1919) Been starting the parts collection.
top 3 28 rpu pre-ww2 hopped up banger or post korea with a y-block 63 fairlane wagon wifi's car possible bellflower style 55 effie in shiner bock colors
If I could talk the wife into letting me have another hotrod around the house I'd build a copy of Ohio George's 33 Willys gasser!
You said be realistic, at this point I dont think I will be taking another project but would make an exception for a '52 Hudson or a '68 Charger...
After the '30 Roadster and the Lyndwood rail are done a '56 Ford big window F-100 for a daily driver.
Doing a 29 tudor on a 32 frame now. Would like to do a 28-29 roadster on a 32 frame and a 37 tudor slant back. Don't know which would come first.
After I get my Caddy done, I really want a 47-53 buick. I go back and forth in my mind on the year. Keep the straight 8 and just a basic low buck build. Nothing fancy, just a cool cruiser. But I have not seen a decent one in this area in a couple of years. I do know where a 1950 lincoln sits waiting to be finished. Somebody's old project. Another one I would like in this area is a gmc canopy express, forget the year but it is a short AD truck. Any truck I would do would be built to serve as a truck. So I would probably put in some sort of v8 and a decent modern manual transmission. Though if I found something decent with a straight 6 I might leave it fairly stock. Really I am pretty open as to my next project. Whatever is cool and within my budget. I have found one or two rolls royces that are close to my budget. But just outside it right now. And it would be cool to rod a Rolls Royce. Not sure what motor, but the blower would stick through the hood.
I was just thinking about this subject and did a search, and here it is. I was wanting a 60 chevy 2 or 4 door sedan at one point or a 61 or 63 fullsize ford wagon,or a late 50s early 60s vauxhall,holden or opel wagon. I also thought about a metro stepvan that I know of, a while back. Maybe if I decide to paint my 55 this spring,I will get excited and quit looking for something else....but I seriously doubt it ....anyone else thinking of something new and exciting?
Model A or early 30's pickup, uncut body with traditional suspension upgrades, 5 speed with a 2.3 Ford 4 banger. And I want to drive the crap out of it.
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