Projects Hot Tubs and Time Machines: "Those Guys" Build A Roadster

Is it just my eyes (or the camera angle) - does the grille shell have "negative caster" or forward rake i.e., is the bottom closer to the cowl than the top? If so, is there room to straighten it up (move bottom forward or shorten the hood)? The angle hurts my eyes! vic

 

Its just floating there, nothing is holding it in place yet. It will straighten out once its everything is bolted down in final assembly.

 

I gotta say.....I love the oval window dash, sweet idea, BTW.....where's Honolulu AZ?

 

Lookin' sharp! Glad to see the green machine back in one piece too.

 

Cool car Love that dash i'm in

 

The new front tyres look much better - it's the width of the whitewall that does it.
Please keep them posts coming.
Thanks.

 

With the column cut and U joints needed to clear the engine block, Hubcap came up with a nifty way to support the column/steering shaft by mounting it to the X member between the pedals. Check it out:











And the column is mounted!

 

Wow thats slick! U should sell those!

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i like your column holder looks good !!!!!

 

Slow updates.....

Got a new 40 wheel for christmas so I thought I would through that in there for fitment.



And the shocks are tacked in.





By next weekend, it should be blown a part and getting a new color!!! Stay Tuned

 

Some more weekend progress after the holidays.....

On the VW dash, you can notice in some of the before photos that there is a notch for the steering column to sit in much like any other dash. The only problem with that is we aren't using a VW column. So in order to retain the factory '40 column drop and make it look like it was meant to be there, some metal needed to be added.

Before:



After:

 

Excellent build thread.

 

Great idea on the VW dash - it looks like it was meant to be there.
The build is coming along great - brilliant save, and thanks for posting all the pics, etc.
Cheers.

 

Cool. Love the VW dash

Walt

 

Thats Awesome !

 

Thats Awesome ! The most Honest comment I have ever read on the interenet. You Rock dude no matter what your " skill Level "..

 

Thank you and your welcome!

 

2 inch chop on windshield... what do you think?

 

Damn sexy, that's what I think. Especially the rake.

 

looks great,thats what i think....................

 

Great build! dont know how I missed it keep up the great work! Flip flops bad juju. been ther burnt that

60 Belair

 

Perfection.

 

Just looking back through the thread and came upon this and thought to myself, great! Now I'm fonna need to find another glass roadster!

 

Hot tubs and flip flops!

 

Mean machine.

 

Damn, how'd I miss this thread until now?! Cool!

 

I bought this motor sometime back in 2006 or 2007 and hadn't paid too much attention to the motor mounts that were attached to it. Rather than trying to fix them or add to them, hubcap1 came up with a cool solution that reminds me something of a Cal Custom piece. Check it out:

 

that looks great! I might have to steal that one

 

diggin the motor mounts...

 

Thats bitchin...u need to sell those!

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