So I have a couple friends on the HAMB that asked me why I have not posted anything on my '33 3w I finished last June. With the summer's activities, work, and daily hussle, I never thought of taking the time to post a thread of it. I kinda felt like I would be tooting my own horn. Well after being pestered again this week by a friend, I told him I would post a short write up and a few pictures. As many of you know, I mainly mess only with '33-34 Fords. I buy & sell a lot of parts and do the same on here in the cl***ifieds. I know sometimes ones are chastised for only selling parts and not posting on the main message board. My thought with that is I am making available to someone looking for that part or they have the part I need to make my project move ahead. I choose to use my time working in the shop, it does not make me any less of an ***et to the HAMB community as I will always take the time to answer a question if someone PMs me. Long story short, this car being done and on the road is because of parts that were bought on here and parts that I sold to fund the project. Ok, to the car. First & foremost, the car is presently featured in the present issue of Traditional Rod & Kulture (Issue #36). Car was shot by Chadly Johnson (great guy & photographer). I thank Zombie, Chadly, & ***us for making possible & having the car in this great magazine. Steel '33 3w body, chopped 5" in the front & 4.5" in the back. Laid post back. Put steel in b-pillar & over door (header). Stock '33 frame, flattened front crossmember, custom center cradle to accommodate the LaSalle ******, and a Model A crossmember out back to clear the quickie. Engine is a '50 Caddy with Cragar 4x2 intake w/ 94 carbs. All carbs are live & open in unison. ****** is a '37 LaSalle w/ the '50 Olds tailshaft conversion (thank you Paul!). Rear is a early Culver City Halibrand quickchange. It came from a sprint car in the Twin Cities. It was a neat piece for this car. The grille is a rechromed original. Headlights are 682C. Taillights are '37 Ford with the Zephyr lenses. Inside the car is a stock seat with a black & copper tuck & roll interior. Stock dash with old Stewart Warner Wings gauges. A thank you goes out to Koz & HomemadeHardtop57 for the 100 mph speedo. All gl*** in the car is functional except the rear does not roll down. There is a lot of other odds & ends that make up the car, but no need to bore ya any longer. The magazine has a lot more details on the car and definitely worth picking up. Always a good read. Car took 7 years to complete, too long for me. I would not have been able to finish the car without the support & ***istance from my dad. The rest of my family had to have the tolerance to allow me to slowing complete the car, I guess they call that "Patience". Here are a few pics of it, my POS camera does not take the quality of pictures that Chadly took for the magazine. I see a lot of nice builds on here and hope you like what I did with this one. Thank you for taking the time to read this long post (thought I was suppose to keep it short!)
WOW, that's *****en! I'll have to hunt down that mag. Congrats on the well deserved feature. And now nobody can give you **** for only posting in the cl***ifieds. Great car!
"Nice Car" just isn't adequate. That thing is so right on I just love it. Hope you have lots of fun with it this summer!!!! Tim
I'm glad you finally got it on the road this summer. It looks great. 7 years isn't too bad when you consider all the 3W bodies you went thru to get a good one. I'm still wanting a ride at BTTF's. Can't wait to see your next project (roadster?).
You did a nice job, sometimes it takes that long. Saw it at the messaround and will be asking you a few questions. I live close.
It's not very often I see photos of a car that I wouldnt change at least one thing on.................yours is one of the few.
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