I built a hood for my '28.

Yep.







It belongs to a buddy of mine...

 

Your A is one of the most unique As I know of. Love this car. What will you be doing with the blower engine now that it's not in your A?


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Thanks for the nice words...

The Blower Motor will go into my Coupe.



I plan to build it as a unibody car as well, like the '28.

 

Wow, that car looks good with that hood on it. It's gone from an interesting hot rod to one with it's own special character that raises the bar a bit.

The blower motor will look a whole lot better in the coupe too.

 

Still working on it?

I couldn't hold on to mine... that is a very desirable little car!

 

No, my buddy wanted me to stop for a while...

Thats why its up and out of the way.

Hopefully soon...

 

Very cool.

 

Looks great! I have to admit though, the blower was one of my favorite things about your car though....

 

And a Fiat 600! You had to make that too. The rest rusted out years ago!

Nice work!

 

Yeah, I'll miss the performance.

And the blower is a really cool piece.

But I got tired of messing with the fuel pressure menagement,
the carb flooding and starving at different times, and the poor hot starting.

I'm going to use the engine again, but I want to be able to take the time to do it right...

 

Can I ask whats in the Fiat 600? I built one with a Porsche 912 in it.--TV

 

Such a bad*** hood..nice work

 

very impressive. You do nice work

 

A 1000cc Abarth engine.

( pushrod, not the ultra expensive TCR...)

That is the car I did most of my racing with.



( old enough for the HAMB, but not the right type...)

 

Damn fine work metalshapes!
That car will look killer all finished up.

 

Yes, at some point it will get paint and upholstery.

(when I can afford to spend the time and the money...)


Thanks for all the nice words, guys...

 

Great work - I'm making a hood for my Modified soon so it's nice to know that the bending was done with such simple tools.

Do you have a thread showing how the roof was done?

 

Looks fantastic......................can you build me a car?

Of course you can do it just for the love of working....right??

Doc.

 

Here is a link, Blackjack.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11722


Sure... no problem Doc...

As soon as I have some other cars done...

 

wicked work! did iu get a chance take a pic of your hood bender sawhorse set up? thanks!

 

I usually don't like louvers in the hood, but those are so nice. If I send you some hood sides.... ? Gary

 

looking good, nice details.

 

It looks as though the cowl is lengthened on that car.

Pat

 

Wow, looks awesome.

 

Knocked me out with that build. The graduated louvers are beyond cool. Really puts a great look on the car. Fantastic skill bro!! ~sololobo~

 

Here it is...

 

And I didnt do the work all by myself.

I had help...

 

Nice job as always Alex.

 

Looking good! How are you going to match up the patina?
or
I'm picturing it painted in a single stage dark red/maroon.

 

I'm going to paint it, but not any time soon.

I'm thinking a very dark green or very dark gray ( almost black )



For now I'll just shine up the body again like I did a couple of years ago.






Thanks guys...