The hobby is in fine hands with talented young men at the helm such as yourself. Outstanding workmanship and ability. The roadster has it all.....Perfect.
Cory, You are the man...Spot on stance with outstanding workmanship. Makes me want to blow my roadster apart and start over. What is the rear tire size? Jeff is right, the hobby is in good hands..
I don't have any pics showing how it was done - but I started with a '37 drop. I cut the mount off, wedged it to allow it to mount to the angled portion of the '32 dash, and added a 1 1/2" section to it.
They're 8.20-18 I wish Coker still made the 7.00-18 Deluxe Champion with the '40-50s pie crust tread....they used to, but now only make it in the '30s tread.
Friday night, I wrapped up the passenger side head. I prepped the block and primed the motor and trans Saturday morning, sanded it, and reprimed it that night. Today, I sanded it once more, and shot the color. I still need to paint the starter and crank pulley, and get the distributor and coil setup....I'm thinking about mounting the coil off of the generator mount on the manifold. Here's a few from today: and a couple darker shots that show off the speed equipment better
Absolutely a stunning built Deuce Hiboy roadster. I love everything you have done. My question is can you register this car in MI? We would have a hard time in CA getting this car registered legally. I trust you have that problem solved.
Hello Cory, I know you've copped a little flak over the steering set up during this thread, I'd like to say that as a professional design engineer specialising in Automotive systems I've designed and analysed loads of steering mechanisims, there is no particular reason you should be worried about bump steer, but I already know you're not, as you've done it before, what this setup will do though, is give a slightly different ratio on a left turn as it does on a right. The effect will get worse as you approach full lock but it will matter even less there, so as long as you are all good with that, and lets face it most people wouldn't notice something like that and it isn't dangerous. If you ever did want to, there are ways of reducing the effect, it doesn't need it, but if you want to, just say so and I'd be happy to help out. And I've gotta say, wow, great build, I've just read the whole thread and now subscribed, thanks for going to the effort of showing us. Best regards Rick
I've been real busy this past week trying to get parts ready for paint work. The frame is done, and should be rubbed out by this weekend. I'll get the plumbing back in it, and start the reassembly as the rest of the chassis parts are painted. The frame before rubbing it out: Front upper shock mounts and the tie rod ends: You may have noticed the center section was polished from the previous photos. It's really the only thing that is polished on the car, so I thought it would look better blasted with a cast look. It should look pretty good once the bells are bolted up: I also modified some original spark plug wire tubes to work with the fasteners used on the Navarro intake. I repositioned them rearward slightly to align better with the spark plugs, and lowered them some too. These will get some shiny black paint this weekend, along with some other bits and pieces:
Last week, I wrapped up the coil mount. It utilities the generator mount on the intake: Friday and Saturday, I primed and painted a lot of small parts for the car. The motor got the fuel pump and stand painted, along with the coil mount and spark plug tubes. Now I just need to finish the fuel lines and oil lines for the filter. Today, we picked up the frame from the painters - it looks great. He's finishing up the suspensions parts next week, then I'll be getting the sheet metal to him.
What an amazing build, thanks for inspiring the rest of us! Jeff's right, this hobby is in great hands, with young guy's like you.
Looks great! I like the stance and that the rest of the car is understated. Flathead looks excellent. David
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