Projects Giant speedster project

I'm thinking something more fitting of its previous history, maybe and ivory white with white gold leafing some red pinstriping and ivory interior, i know it sounds to plain jane but done right could be lavish in nature

kinda like this only whitegold/silver leaf, with your aluminum cowl

 

light sky blue body, medium greenish blue guards, and dark Navy blue leather.

 

I thought the red under fender paint on this car looked good. The two tone red is good too. They're all good--Damn!

Jerry
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flame just one side like what you started with....
tinted varnish will make the wood like candy colors...

i am too late with the canvas doors and body covering ideas and too late with th use of a canoe or real boat for a taill .. chiity chityy bang bang.... no wings!

splitting the nose some how with the same cutting /openings (teardrop?) as around your exhaust with a stainless molded mesh would work

look into a rear end change as your gears from the truck will have no top speed

 

I swapped in a Dodge rear end with 2.75 gears. I'm hoping 60 MPH top speed.

Jerry

 

I sold this seagave v12 engine and truck frame to this guy a couple years ago ..

He ended up using a buick vert body a c20 truck frame with saddle tanks

i had accumulated quite a bit of items to do what you are doing
i was thrilled to see your project going along the route you are going

some things i was planning was use ofa pair of albatross belly tanks as full covering fender pontoons and a canoe or older strip cedar boat hull for a body ..a monocle windscreen too
a 23 foot two seater !


I thought that a boat hull section that slid rear ward over its tapering end exposing more seats..no doors

man wish i was closer to come see this work in person
your picture adventure thread is mucho neato very cool and fun your a master .. Best of luck

 

How about a medium brown leather interior.

 

""I sold this seagave v12 engine and truck frame to this guy a couple years ago ..

He ended up using a buick vert body a c20 truck frame with saddle tanks""

All the world loves a GIANT CAR. Have you still got the belly tanks? You could make something cool with them!
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Body

I got both sides welded and bolted on. The extreme boattail (stern? reverse bow?) will get a brass covering to hide the ugly. I've got a few puckers in the sheet metal that want to oil can so I'm going to try and shrink them. If I was smart I'd put the interior in now so I won't have to work hanging upside down through the passenger's cockpit. The next step will be cutting and bending the sheet metal that covers the frame and wooden body support. Oh yeah, and the brake master cylinder mount.

Jerry
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You're a glutton for punishment!!! I like what you are doing here.... simply great! Love to see and hear it when done!

 

four of them they are 15 feet long

 

WOW! How big around are they? I'm thinking of strange cars.
Jerry

 

Those are really cool. I'm thinking really tall wire wheels and a big straight eight sticking out the top.
Jerry
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i have seen a double tanker racer..(french?).. made with engine on one side driver on the other .. dunno how 3- 4 tanks together would work it would look like a handful of cigars
reminds me of the newer bat mobile with a center turbine engine ..

thes units come apart so the nose and tails could be swapped .. two noses or two tails or double the length of the center one for a stream liner
they would be tight fit for a v8 but inline engines would be kinda natural..

 

WOW, what an amazing project! I am a firefighter in California and I am just starting a 1915 seagrave project with the same engine. It is our departments first engine powered aparatus and it has a thrown rod. I just picked up another block and cylinder today and would love to talk to you about some of the work you did on your motor. Please message me if you wouldnt mind helping out with a little info!

Thanks,
Bob

 

Shifter/Brake

Well, I started to make up the brake master cylinder mount but I realized I had to position the shifter assembly first. The shifter and hand brake levers mount outside the body on the frame. I always loved the look of that set up. Because I had shortened the chassis and lowered the pedals I knew I'd have to make up a new bracket to mount the shifter/brake. First though, it had to come apart. After upteen years of sitting in the weather the set up--which consists of a shaft in a shaft in a shaft--was rusted together tight. Using a piece of 3/4 all thread and a nut, I welded a makeshift (no pun) puller right on the shaft. After repeated heating and swearing the unit finally came apart. Grinding and bead blasting finished the cleanup.

Jerry
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More shifter

I needed a bracket for the shifter and my band saw wasn't big enough to cut 6" channel so I went to see my buddy, Israel. He makes custom iron doors. If you appreciate metalwork you should look at his website. <cite>www.[B]IronDoors[/B]ofAtlanta.com </cite> I took the bracket back and mounted it. The linkage is quite elaborate and I won't attempt to explain how it works but suffice it to say that the lockout mechanism is built into the shifter and not the transmission. Since I moved everything from it's original position sorting things out will take a while. <cite> </cite><cite></cite><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">

 

Beautiful work, your devotion to building it yourself is commendable and inspiring...

Oh, and one vote for a buckskin tan leather interior with ostrich inserts, and ostrich on the dash (you did say outlandish, right?)

 

you are more driven and dedicated than i am , outstanding build and you really have a good eye for making something out of nothing , my late uncle had this ability to look at a part and fabricate a machine or vehicle or tool out of a minimal amount of material also ,keep up the progress , on a very cool build

 

Ostrich! I like that. Is there something from fish? Shark? Turtle? You know, in keeping with the boat theme.

Jerry
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They catch alligators from boats. Consider alligator leather? The car could look like a dressy pair of shoes!

Here's a post about a Rolls-Royce "skiff" with faux-alligator upholstery...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5733215&postcount=35

 

Man, what a car! That wood work is unreal. I like the upholstery. I'm trying to imagine it back dated to 1923. A little cruder maybe. Or maybe diamond tufted alligator.

Jerry

 

More shifter

So everyone is probably getting tired of reading about shifter linkage but I've got to slog through it. All this has to be done before the body can go on. I used 3/4 all thread because it's easy to mount using threaded couplings and the threads make lots of surface area to wear on. I added a grease fitting to keep it lubed. I know it looks Rube Goldbergesque but it shifts smoothly and that's what matters. Only one more part to make (hopefully and then I start on the master cylinder mount. After that cleaning and painting the parts.

Jerry
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i have access to 3 fox snake hides they are yello and black diamond

 

LOL! Thar ought to be enough to make a one-of-a-kind steering wheel cover!

 

layed out each are about 4-5 inches wide and 4-5 feet long

i was planning covering a 32 ford upper dash with most of two of em,, or the bolster on the upper part of the doors

 

Finally,

I've done all I can stand on the shifter and brake setup. This is the most complicated mechanical gadgetry I've ever made. Unbelievably, it all works and shifts properly although the shift pattern is reversed. No matter. I think the master cylinder is off a Chevy truck. I've still got to clean the whole thing up but that can wait.

Jerry
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Another Miracle

This one is from ebay. I've been looking for some headlights for a long time. A nice big brass set came up on ebay but they went for over $600.00. I couldn't afford those. Then another brass pair came up. These were the drum type which is perfect for a 1923. In fact, they looked like the exact set that came on a 1923 Seagrave firetruck. They hovered at $66.00 for six and a half days. I wanted them real bad so I put in an Esnipe bid for $228.00. I thought I'd be well over the next highest bid but I only beat out the guy below me by 3 bucks. He bid $225. That was too close! Don't they look great?

Jerry
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Cut down copper domestic hot water cylinders can be quite effective grille shells.