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 classifieds. 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 asset 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, & Titus 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 tranny, 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. Tranny 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 glass 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 & assistance 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 bitchen! I'll have to hunt down that mag. Congrats on the well deserved feature. And now nobody can give you crap for only posting in the classifieds. 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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