I just watched that episode of OverHaulin' again the other day.. Pretty cool the guy's a HAMBer. iPhone - TJJ app
Since this picture was taken sometime during the winter, my dad and I have put on some steel wheels, taillights, a '31 grille shell, and a few other odds and ends. Short term plans include getting it into drivable condition for the summer. I've thought about getting a Brumfield or aluminum head, lightened flywheel, and T5, though I'm not sure where it will take me yet; I'm even considering fenders, tonneau, and single roll bar. Once it's drivable enough to get me to lunch and back, I'll start working on a '32 chassis. In a few years' time: '32 Chassis, grille shell, and possible firewall DuVall styled windshield Model A Commercial cowl top Folding top similar to Doane Spencer's Shaved handles? I've got a partially disassembled 303 Olds with a 3-speed converted to torque tube that I was planning on putting in my T, though I'm thinking about getting it built for this. That, or I can borrow a Chrysler from my dad for a while, with an unknown trans. That's where I'm at right now. School ends in a month, so I'll probably start my own thread sometime in the summer.
I think Big Al has it right. That Centrefold photo of the two models and Richard Graves driving his 32, All in the Rain......still gets me....
I blame Revell or Monogram. You know the little red with black fendered 1/24th scale model A Phaeton? I had several of that kit as a kid. A few weeks back, a friend and i drove a 13 hour round trip to pick this up. Its going to take some work to make it nice, but its going to share my garage with my 30 truck for our winter.
very cool thread, thanks Ryan. A tub was really the only option for our family, 4 kids and the better half, it's the only way i can look cool driving a 1930's people mover. For my fav tub, well Paul Gommi's is nice but a little over cooked, Chris's friends 32 tub from the Inland Emperor's, now that cut's it. thommo.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78705787@N07/ Man this computer stuff is frustrating for an old fart like me! Somehow I got a link instead of the picture, but it might be the best I can do for now. This is my fresh phaeton. We debuted it at Detroit Autorama, even though it was built as a driver. I was blown away when Street Rodder magazine picked it for a Top 100 for 2012!
I have a client that keeps eyeballing my "fence of "T" stuff" (I have both complete '23 touring and roadster pelts I have collected over the years hanging from one of my fences) to clone this car... He was a buddy of Grabowski's and Kay Trapp who later bought the car back in the early sixties. Lots of cool snapshot kinda picture that I swear I'll borrow and copy some day. Can't wait to do this one!
Here is my dad's '36 Phaeton that he bought July 4, 1955 and is still in the family today. Currently being restored slowly but surely...did a bit of metalwork last summer and hope to get back to it soon. Car will be just like it was in 1955, but with a stock '46 Ford flathead with Edelbrock heads. Originally, this car had a 301 c.i. flathead with 10.5:1 compression and was hot rodded by a guy in the Air Force in 1952. My dad is the third owner, and the car was originally purchased by a nurse in New York City. My dad shipped it to California in the early '70s. The rolls and pleats that were done on the rear seat in 1956 are still in great shape and we plan to match the front seat to them (it was done in '52, but has fallen apart)
Saw this car in Detroit. Our booth was just a few feet away (www.WizardsProducts.com) and I kept going over to your car all weekend to check it out. One of my favorites from the show. Here's a pic I took of the car in Detroit:
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