Deuce update.... gettin real close to kompletion !!

Well Ive been drivin' the Deuce and after a little dialling in timing and front end wise, I have to say its everything I expected and more.

Starts up every time on the first crank, great oil pressure, goes well (turns the tires HARD with a single 97 on it haha), sounds nasty, doesnt run too hot (180-195) for a fresh engine and rides OK.

List of things to do? New rear spring to raise the rear end a tad, check the advance curve in the Mallory and total timing in the adv plate, bolt the PM7 on with the dual 97's, and some killer pinstriping !!

After the blower is polished, it will go on along with 2 Stomberg WW carbs that Ive rebuilt. I really want to hit the track with this thing for some nostalgia action down the road.

Its off for inspection in a coupla days so wish me luck !!

Weve got a display of Flathead powered rides happennin at the Vic Hot Rod Show along with Devilrod, Flatoz and The Psycho man himself.

Here are some fresh pix.....

 

Frank that looks amazing man!
I think you should give it another dail in run to the Essendon airport cruise night tomorow.

 

WOW...I hadn't seen an update in a while.

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful!!

 

I don't think you need to worry about your upcoming inspection, it's better than most of the new ones!

 

Ya gotta love that right hand drive. Looks great!

 

well, that does it....I'm OFFICIALLY jealous.

 

Rat,
whats with the 'blanky'? You've got beautiful trim and yet you hide it?
In the sunlight looking beautiful.
Got the fax, all is sweet.
Cheers,

Drewfus

 

Drew,

Tryin to keep the ****er clean. Was the fax legible?

BTW, thanx for the compliments guys, it means a lot. That includes you Peddro lol!!

Rat

 

Looks awesome Frank..... I'm suitably impressed (read not parking mine next to yours ever!!! Makes mine look old and tired!!!) ...'ceptin for them funny things over the tyres, which by the way have a habbit of working their way loose so you might wanna keep an eye on 'em

 

Hey, I gotta live vicariously thru others at the moment (and for the forseeable future too!) but even that has it's limits!!! Not having a garage is a killer!! Only two more months to go....

Lookin' forward to seeing it. Hot rod show display with you guys is a great idea. Would love to be able to join in next year.

 

Looking ****** beautiful Frank!

=]

Cheers
MAIKI

 

Looking good my southern friend! May we one day tip a pint together.

 

Ever since first seeing pictures of this coupe, I've considered it as being one of the nicest cars on the HAMB.

It's neat that it's all in one piece, that it's on the road, and that you know how lucky you are.

You didn't ask, but I'd be subtle with the striping, so the lines of the car still do the talking.

Dave
http://www.roadsters.com/

Typed to the rhythm of a James Zabiela mix CD, recorded from Capital FM's Essential Mix

 

hey man,

going for a cruise the other night was rad, i really need to get a cam into mine as well!!!!!

congrats on the completion man, its been a long time and not without sacrifice. you did a killer job and its stil to me one of the top five cars on the HAMB.

Dan

 

uh, "real close"......shoot, I'll probably never see mine anywhere near that!!!

I'll say it again, one of my favorite HAMB rods! You have done some fantastic work, my friend!

all I can say is wow!!

Better than all, is I didn't notice the fenders for a while! Great job!

 

1. Put the steering wheel back where it belongs

That's better, was giving me a headache.

 

Very slick .love that color on it

 

Frank thats gotts be a ****in ripper to get into it and DRIVE!!! good on ya mate, you sure got one *****in ride.

The trouble is I may have to go to the Rod show this year, Got to support brother HAMBers

 

Very sneeky with the blacked out fenders. they blend into the tire very well i didnt even notice them at first. Ive been watchin the updates on this car i love how it turned out! Kick *** for sure!

 

DAMN!
Cool car, congrats RAT!

 

In a word...WOW. Good job.

 

It's ok if you a like bad*** 32 3w with a sweet flathead in it.

 

Nice real nice. That is one sweet ride

 

Very Very nice detail. Great work

 

I have followed your progress and am very impress with all the detail that went into the coupe,,,,It is one of the coolest cars to come together on the HAMB! HRP

 

YEah really

Ok Ok I admit, I love bad*** 32 coupes with sweet flatheads in them!

That car came out great. everything works togeather perftect. From the stearing wheel to the wheels.

And I didin't even notice the fenders untill DirtyT pointed them out. Very slick

 

I had to go back and look! Dam, you can`t even see the fenders at first. Very SPOT ON!

 

Thanx for the input guys its much appreciated. There'll be further updates as the development continues...s l o w l y !!

Just as a side note......

I just had my Mallory dissy spun up on the Sun machine - what a POS. Total advance topped out at 32 deg WTF? I had read before that some of these Mallory distributors had Chevy advance curves in em and I got suss when I got pinging even under light load with 98 octane fuel.

So dropped it off this morning, spun it up on the machine and WAYYY too much total....

Will be backing it off to 16-18 deg in the dissy and 4-6 intial for a total of 22-24 deg. Then when I add the blower, I'll be able to dump 1 deg per psi of boost (which will dump around 8 deg) thereby dropping my total to around 14-16 hopefully preventing detonation.

FYI its a DP Mallory P# 2527501...so just be aware guys.

Cheers....

Rat

 

Your car is very nice and I almost missed the fenders , realy cool .

 

Lookin good mate, can't wait to get down your way again next year.