Projects Aussie 32 frame / Model A coupe build.

@Aaron D. Thanks.
As good as it looks naked, it’s not much good to me like that.

 

Looks so good unchopped.
Good luck and stay safe, Ron.

 

Great thread, enjoyed reading through. Great car, very nicely done !

 

Thanks guys.

 

Just checking in the progress looks awesome.

 

Question, Wardog: How is your coil mount fixed to the engine block?

 

It’s a 90 degree angle bracket that picks up a head stud. I’m actually about to move it to the rear of the other head. I’ll get a photo for you.

 

Great looking hot rod, and you are doing an amazing job. You used the Steadfast sub rails I see. Do those rails sit right on the chassis in the rear with perhaps some welting between? Or are they spaced up to allow a wood block between the rails and frame?

 

Thanks. The sub rails sit directly on the frame rails. For welting I stole some hessian my wife uses to tie young trees to their stakes. I put some double sided tape between the rails and the hessian to keep in place during assembly.

 

@rpu28 I moved my coil today and took some photos for you. The chrome coil bracket has a piece of stainless tube in it as a crush tube. Then it’s just a 1/8” stainless 90 degree bracket to the head stud.

 

Looks great, very nice work

 

Thanks @Fairlane500

 

In the week leading up to Christmas a few parts arrived. One thing I wanted was my radiator. My mate Norm was really busy but squeezed me in and finished this up on December 23rd for me. My son and I picked it up on Christmas Eve. I extended the original radiator braces from the firewall to meet the radiator. Now to mount the grille shell.

 

Last weekend I made my own version of 32 taillight brackets. These tuck the lights up nice and close to the body. Today I assembled and mounted them.

 

Nice

 

The head lights and front indicators are mounted. Again I tried to tuck everything in nice and close.

When I bought the head lights they came with these cast iron mounts. I’m pretty sure they are the top half of some bumper mounts for fog lights. Anyway they were perfect.

This is one of my favourite views of the car. It’s the first time it’s looked so right with all the lights mounted up.

 

You are in the home stretch! Lookin good!


Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app

 

Great info on a nice build

 

Looking good, I like that you kept it unchopped.

 

Yup... the hot set up... even with "her" driving ! RHD.
I see you modified the frame with bobbed '32 rear horns... looks great...
And very familiar, but i used model A front frame horns turned upside down... [cheaper]...
.go wd go !

 

Thanks man. Nice coupe.

 

I had some parts turn up in the mail. First thing to do was sort out the radiators hoses. I bought some 8BA lower hoses and some 39 top hoses hoping they would work.
I pushed the radiator back about 1 1/4” and shortened the lower hoses to suit. I cut the centre out of the top hoses and added some 1 1/2” stainless tube . This helped get the extra length needed. My son and I machined a die and flared the ends then polished them up.

 

Looks good, nice work.

 

Coming along nicely, nice work

 

With the radiator position sorted I made a couple of permanent clamps on the top radiator tubes. Then painted everything. The fan needed painting again as I shortened the blades a bit for clearance.

 

I painted my grille shell in the body colour. Then that afternoon I gave my son some 40 grit paper and he “aged” it a bit for me.

 

Can you share how you made your hose clamps?

 

@HUGHES AUTOMOTIVE I used a band-it strap for these and just put the buckle on the bottom side out of sight.


https://youtu.be/Wah95Stw_jA

 

That was one heck of a build. Beautiful workmanship.