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[ATTACH] the motor fresh from the machine shop, bored .040 over, isky valve springs Johnson’s adjustable lifters, cleaned and polished the OG Merc...
[ATTACH]i picked up this neat old chromed v8 center section for the rear end and I got some old chromed rear radius rods as well to dress up the...
[ATTACH] welded the 1/4 window on the pass side up and got the sail panel welded to the lower quarter panel. I also cut loose the lower quarter...
Thanks Tim, absolutely will do next time I go over and work on it.
Yeahhh an “old man” / “gentleman’s “ chop would do this car justice to take the height outta that sail panel
Starting to! Thanks man
Thanks bud, yeah the snow is my arch nemesis but it’s not gonna slow me down too much. She will be done by next summer
I’ve been trying my damndest to convince myself not to chop it…I feel I may have to with as tall as it looks after I got the window filled in and...
[ATTACH]body is back on[ATTACH][ATTACH]cut new wood for the B pillars and got the lower B pillar feet made and installed (forgot to take pics of...
Thanks guys, definitely appreciate it!!
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]lots of work into the frame. Finally got it all square and...
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] no close ups as of right now but will get some next time I work on it. Headed to TROG Friday so not much work going to...
Thanks man, I’m all kinds of ate up with it. It’s a drug in the best ways haha. No stopping glad all of you are digging the progress pics!
Thanks man. Yeah if it hadn’t been for the prototype coupes Ford made I would have never tried this and just built another 5w but my quarters were...
Thanks man, really appreciate that! Oh yea I first saw a picture of the buddy hinman roadster when I was still in VA and I knew I wanted to pay...
Thanks man! She’s getting there
[ATTACH] my iPhone photoshop of it how I would like it finished. [ATTACH] whitewalls are definitely coming for it [ATTACH] her current state is...
Woooow! Now that’s killer! Definitely making me reconsider the chop… awesome rendering and thank you
Thanks man! It’s been a very long road and a lot of learning as I went but I’ve done it all myself, definitely psyched myself out on this car a...
Ooooo! Never seen this one before! Wow that’s killer thank you
Same here man, gonna probably do a quick maroon paint job with a rattle can for right now and then come back later and give the whole car a nice...
Thanks man
An updated picture of my tribute 3 window inspired by the slant window prototype from 1931
My tribute to the 3 window Model A. Definitely a hotrodded version but inspired by the slant window prototype.
My 3 window tribute to the original prototypes. Definitely a hotrodded tribute but inspired by the slant window prototype
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]pushed it outside after I finished up for today and realized all the patches are in place and this is how she will...
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] finally remembered to take a picture of the window opening which is roughly 12 1/2” tall on the...
I was able to get both doors opening and latching finally so now that everything is tacked in place from the B pillars forward I’ve now moved onto...
I’ll have to measure it for you on Sunday when I go over to work on it next!
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