jimmy smith art work come to life 28 model a 2 door tub

Hey drew, if your not having fun building this thing...you need to shift gears, slow down, relax.

 

You ready to hit it again?!




Hahahaaaa

 

i was just trying to hard and get to much dont to go to bville. i will be there next year for sure.

 

i do have some ideas on a lift off hard top. thinking along the lines of say a 54 chevy belair hard top side window profile. i will develope this over this winter after the car is on the road.

 

If you are burnt take a break. Bonneville can wait til next year. You're building a lot of rad stuff all at once. I'm really diggin the tub! Super bitchin'.
-Aaron

 

Can you tell me how much of a Kickup you have at the back on this frame.

Bill

 

10" z in the back. i didnt have to be that much but i wanted plenty of room above the axle and get a good bump stop in there to.

 

Lookin good. Nice build and great ideas going on!

-Shiny

 

Perfection is something that you just can't rush. I get burnt out from time to time too.. I don't know about the others but I would rather see a hot rod built the right way because the builder took the time to make sure his work is of the highest quality.

We're only human. Mental fatigue comes into play just as much as physical fatigue. Take your time.


iPhone - TJJ App

 

i missed bville . i have been working on the little renault for a customer . once it is done i will get back on the tub this winter and have it out by earily spring .

 

I dig the plate trick. Go to DMV and apply for that personalized plate like on a new car if it is available. Then run that plate all the time and keep the new one under the seat. Make sure you have the registration tag on the plate or frame of the new one if you can do it. Might just work for a while.
Car looks absolutely bitchin'. I have thought about turning my 29 rpu into a tub as well. I need more legroom for a bum leg and this would do it. Keep it up.

 

Very cool Tub build....I like it!

 

the tub is coming along good. almost ready to make a hood. i did score a cool steering wheels for it. i saw this steering wheel at the 2011 sins of steel motor city mayhew swap meet in june and i wanted it very bad for this tub. i was hoping to sell some of my own stuff at the swap to get the money to buy it. weel by the time i sold some of my junk ,the guy who had it packet up and left. well my dad happened to go the a nsra nats in michigan later in the year and ran into the guy who had it. he remembered me and told my dad to take it home and GIVE it to me . WOW!!!! thank you so much fellow hamber ( who i dont know your hamb handle). it is way to neat . all aluminum and it is off an old kid ride . the center says creative play things. check it out

 

Good to hear it's alive Drew....where's the wheel?

 

i will post pics tonite. i though i had the pic in my files but i lost it somewhere.

 

pics of the steering wheel

 

Incredibly cool.

 

sweet ride .

 

Oh that is just too cool man! I guess if it survived a kids ride it'll do just fine in a hard driven hot rod!

 

Damn I like that steering wheel!
They say Moriarity has it made , but your starting to approach that status , lol.

 

I really like this build. The tag is very cool....wanna make another one for a Kansan!!! I need like four of them made with diff sayings. Thats awesome.

 

Just read your entire thread. Very nice work with some really clever original touches. That steering wheel has to be the score of the decade.

I am really keen to see how you resolve the lower cowl detail.

Here's mine. Similar idea but I didn't need to add any length to my door post.

Keep plugging and I'll keep watching.

Pete

 

thank man. oh and i like your nailhead. i also building a 32 coupe ( previously a 4dr sedan) with a nailhead. i have never had a nailhead . cant wait to feel that buick torque i keep hearing about

 

i finished my work on the renault that i had in my shop . the owner will be finishing the assembly work. now i am working on finishing the jimmy smith inspired tub. i have not touched it in 3 months. now is the time to hammer down. i will be at bonneville speed week 2012 in this tub if everything goes right. i have a few little thing to finish up along with making an aluminum hood for it. and it will be time to pull it apart to do all the paint work, wiring, and final assembly. i hope to have it out in spring and be driving it all summer to shake all the bugs out of it. here are some pics or the rear wheels wells i had to fix and tie into the sub floor. right now i want the car to have red primer body and natural aluminum hood much like the chester osgoods t roadster. i may paint it later but for now i just want to get in it and drive it!!!!

 

not the best pic i could find but you get the idea or the look of the contrast of the rawl aluminum hood and the body.

 

Go, go, go!

 

It's looking great, Drew. I love that steering wheel. I'm afraid if you put it together to drive in primer,you'll have so much fun that you will never take it back apart to finish it.

I'm an expert on that one

Jim

 

that is what i think will happen. i will get it running drive it to bonneville and i will have so much fun with it i will never pull it apart to paint it. well that and i am not a painter so i would have to have some one paint it for me . i just hate picking paint colors. everything would be different shades of blue because that is the only color i really like.

 

That's funny,I'm painting my tub blue,and I've changed my mind 3 times now on WHICH blue to go with. Wheel color choices are also messing with my head.

 

Awesome work, thanks for setting out for all of us to see!

I DIG the low mount headlights as well, very cool!!!