Projects Building my first Traditional hot rod Need help

BOING!!!
nice start!

 

Since fenders and wheelbase are being discussed now. This is 102.750”. Just a touch forward in the rear fender makes for a little better look in my opinion. The width of the V8 axle crowds the fender a bit.

 

Martens frame?

 

Sounds like you have a fairly solid plan. The 40 Axle with it's spring in front on an earlier Ch***is is often called the " East Coast look" and old magazines confirm that it was done a lot on the east coast in the 40's and 50's. Guys in the rest of the country used the earlier spring over axle and swapped the 40 brakes and spindles over just as is done today. The rest of us thought it was a bit strange but when you look in the little magazines showing East coast cars that happend a lot. Your call on that. As others said, you can't split the bones and spread them out to the rails without the tires rubbing on them with that axle though. Been there, done that with that axle converted to spring over on my T bucket.

 

Not too sure actually, was in a barn I bought the contents of. So I don’t really know where it came from. I’m basically only using the rails at this point.

 

Thank you. I appreciate the information.

 

Great looking car!!! Thanks for the info I appreciate it

 

Get as many old magazines or find as many photos of the cars that stir your soul.. Find out the details, then you will have the answer on how to proceed. A good friend of mine on here always says, when building a model a on deuce rails, dont pinch the frame, it was rarely done back then, and one day you might find a deuce body, in which case it will go on there in place of your A.. Just some more food for thought in case you werent full yet. Nice collection of parts so far!

 

Great start. At night start going through all Iron Trap Garage videos on Youtube. Matt has a really easy style of explaining things and only build traditiuonal styled cars.

 

Yup watch a bunch of Matt's stuff, really informative and great to get a visual as well. what hes doing on his "sweet heart" roadster is close to what I'm thinking, he's going more 60's show car, i want to go more traditional. But never the less, it helps a lot to see his process with these old roadsters.

 

Remember there is a huge difference in some giving advice and giving their opinion.

The biggest and best piece of advice I can think of is pick an era and style you like do your research on the style/era and stick with it.

Lots of people are going to give you their opinions on how you should build your car (these same people often give their options on how cars should have been built in period and when a ligament in period built hot rod or custom is found how it needs to be changed to meet their standards of traditional hot rodding), remember it is your car not theirs's.

I am a huge fan of the east coast style, deep channels, no chop, 37-39 Ford truck grills, cycle fenders, many people don't like this style and haven't hesitated to give me their thoughts on the subject.

Many times, the more they give their opinions on east coast hot rodding the more they show how it little they know about it and the overall history of hot rodding itself.

 

^^^^^^^^^

 

I appreciate the advice. Ill keep it in mind as I go through the process.

 

Probably one of the best "tools" on the HAMB is @Paul Build Thread Index
Technical - Build Thread Index | The H.A.M.B. (jalopyjournal.com)
These are guys that actually built traditional hot rods...and how they did it.
Much more valuable knowledge in the "index" than any advice, opinions or so called historians can offer.