Featured Hot Rods Building my first roadster in Kansas City

Great details on that car. The brake lines on the wishbones are clever.

Even the trailer is perfect for the car.

 

I’d be lying if I hadn’t seen roadsters being flat towed by 46 ford Tudors in “the birth of hot rodding” book and thought to myself self “what if I….”

but yeah Eric’s trailer suited the car well

 

Few chassis shots of Eric’s roadster since we are on the topic.

His is sitting on ford TT rails but the height is very similar to a 32. I was curious how he tucked the rear cross member into the car and had to go snooping. Wether I channel the car like the weiand roadster or leave it on top - possibly dropping the floor some like @BigJoeArt did- that half of the frame has got to fit inside the quarters one way or another.

@flyin flattie built one of my favorite T’s and has one heck of a build thread as well. I’ll be revisiting how he approached it all as I come up on that part of the build as well

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1927-model-t-roadster-build-sweet-tea.720334/

 

Skip channel…and drop floor…”T” Hot Rods need all the interior you can get!

 

Reminds me of a T I saw at one of the Americruises. Frame and driveshaft remained relative to each other. The floor dropped down on each side between the frame rail and the driveshaft. Looked like it changed the occupants leg position which created a more manageable position.

The top of the trans tunnel was higher than the seat surfaces iirc.

 

Yeah Joeys T has the entire transmission above the “floor” which is really more of a plate steel belly pan welded to the bottom of the frame rails.

Gives plenty of up and down room but man there’s not room for your feet with the pinch of that early cowl.

the weiand car is channeled and has a partial belly pan. Which if I go that route still leaves plenty of room of dropped floor shenanigans. Though I am leaning more towards no channel and a dropped floor.
That being said here is one of my favorite roadster shots that’s been hanging on my walls for over a decade. It came from Life or Time magazine I believe? I think there were more angles from this photo shoot but I’ll be danged if I can find even this photo again online lol.

Anyone have knowledge of these? Maybe @Marty Strode knows?

 

There's a guy down in Rhode Island that has a T roadster that he widened 4 or 6 inches. Looks pretty slick.

 

@NoSurf nice! I think Tony thackers full fender 27 on 32 rails has also been widened but I’m not 100% sure

 

This one i think. @BrandonF

 

Boy, the image searches are really getting worse! I had to fight for these.
This is probably the one you want. pics on pg. 2.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-dahm-brothers-roadster.299370/
Another
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/27-t-lakes-roadster-i-found.745957/
You should probably look thru this one too, which has another cropped pic.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/iconic-26-27-t-roadsters.978712/

 

Also, a search of the text 'built by' from the second page found this. Another source for inspiration, although I bet a lot came from HAMB.
https://hotrodsofthedrylakesera.blogspot.com/

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=3011

https://3dmodels.org/pt/blueprints/dahm-brothers-roadster-1927-blueprint/

 

You’ve got the car for sure!
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=3011

Looks like I’ve got my reading list for the next while

 

man I think I’d walk past that and never even notice!

 

I love the idea of one hot rod towing a hot rod roadster on a period trailer. I have a great idea for one, I'd build one for my RPU if I thought I'd use it more than twice.

 

Life magazine! I wonder if it had any text?

 

Thanks for those pics @Tim ! 1st time Ive see those armstrong lever shocks used inboard on a rear like that.

 

Wow ! Really looking forward to watch this build unfold. What a great explanation & back story how you got to where you now are ready to start building, many I am sure can relate to the evolving concept of what you want. Thank you for the support in purchasing my books, inspiration for peoples build, this is why I put them together, glad they have provided inspiration for you.

This here I can relate to I have the '27 T RPU, 2nd '25 Chev roadster and building bucks for a '25 T. There are times I just run over ideas thinking best way forward drinking beer waiting on parts and sometimes that is a long wait, so many beers in between

This right here is going to be great! I really look forward to how you go about the process of building bucks and fabricating the panels. watching with interest.

That is a great T-V8

Someone ask for Phil Weiand T pics??

 

Any ideas the purpose of those bumperettes?? on the rear bones of the Weiand car?

 

@Jimmy B glad you dig it! Seeing your hammer out quarters really put some light bulbs on in my head!

That shot of the rear is great! Do you know if the street racing accident happened between the two versions of the car or if this happened independently of the wreck?

 

nerf bars! I’m guessing like many roadsters of the era it saw circle track duty along with other motor sports activities.

 

@Jimmy B man Genes roadster was the cats meow! What a great hot rod. Looks like he’s using a spring in front wishbone, but with the spring mounted on top the spring in front hangers have been twisted around into shock mount duty!

 

So when circle track racing other roadster tyres wouldn't lock on when racing side by side

Glad that has inspired you to do similar, keen to see how you do the T as I plan to do '27 buck as well, for me it is out necessity due to parts been so thin on the ground over here. It is a fun challenge and rewarding

Phil accident I believe was in the early 30s

 

Another of Gene's T (pg54 Authentic Hot Rods)


Another early shot of Phil Weiand T (Tex's HOT ROD History book by Medley)

 

Seems like a solid start, looking forward to following this one.

 

Another good looking track roadster to reference. Also a good argument for a dropped seat pan or entire floor once you see a human in it trying to drive it. I was really in love with it when it made the scene a few years ago but the videos of driving it looked really awkward.

 

I was hoping the track T roadster I really like around here, was at the cars and coffee this morning...it wasn't
maybe next cars and coffee...
It is a survivor build with a 265 and a powerglide...no dropped floor...I couldn't drive it very far with my long legs...
you are correct about the need for a dropped floor
I hope he is there on the 31st cars and coffee so I can shoot you some pics...it makes my tongue really hard....

 

That’s slick! I like the mini channel -at the least the front- and that the front of the frame revel is lined up with the firewall and the end of it lines up with the front of the wheel well.

looks like fun.