Introducing my Fuel Coupe-styled Tudor

Man, it looks great !

 

Daggone, thats just right!

 

Wowza! Does this mean a new avatar pic? Just Bad!

 

Man, that is AWESOME!

 

Man that nails it!

 

Very nice!

 

Hey Phil, I think Dave was just jabbing him!?

 

Doh !

 

Lookin great Gary. She is wicked.

 

Sweet

 

Thanks for all the compliments, guys. They're really appreciated....

…. even yours, Dave.

 

Heh,Heh,Heh!

 

Of course!

Fronts are 145R-15 on 15x3.5" Fenton Gyros.
Rears are huge 315-70-17(definitely not traditional, but 70 series sidewalls & highway treads make 'em look ok) on 17x9" ET-3 Cl***ic 5s with max available backspacing (to make 'em look deep, like a front-engine dragster ).

Bolt pattern is 5x5.5". It's an '81 F-150 rearend. I'd already ordered the wheels based on the stock pattern, only to learn the axles were bent & needed replacing.

Rear gear is 4.30:1, but with these tires & 0.7 OD, the engine will turn ~2100 rpm @70 mph; about the same as yours, as I recall.

 

Go for it !!!! ^^^^

 

Dave, I'm really lusting after that wheel/tire combo, but can easily imagine a pleasant dinner time conversation morphing into this:

 

Bad***

 

Come man, it’s only money

 

Thanks for this posting. The car is super tough and cool. You will never know how many people you have encouraged in their build......

 

Thanks for the props, @26hotrod.

I’m just a guy who's not smart enough to know what I can't do… ...and have been encouraged/inspired by others; @B***, @flamedabone, @Rolf, @hot rod pro, @Littleman, @D-Russ, @AHotRod, @HelmuthBrothers, @squirrel, and dozens more. Locally, hanging around @oj and @Dino 64 keeps the fire burning.

Right now, I’m making headers inspired by fender exits, but scaled down to a Model A cowl.
The car wanted under-frame zoomies like the Mooneyham/Sharpe 554, but there just isn’t room between the starter, pinched frame rails, and ground.

Prototype #1: Ultra-traditional coat hangers & bricks:

Stay tuned for more!

 

Damn ! Lost this thread, because my clicky finger "like" mantra, overtook my needless posting blabber to screw up a thread mantra. I like not screwing up a thread.

( Bookmarked !! )

Ka - ching ! Leveled up.

 

hmmm....somehow, some of that looks very familiar!

 

I can’t imagine why. [emoji57]


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Hello,

What a cool looking build. It reminds me of one of the first sedans that we saw at Lions Dragstrip back in 1958-59. The names have changed over the years to 1960-61, but the Reath Automotive white sedan was a favorite with most of the spectators and racers back then.

Your sedan looks very similar.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/friday-art-show-6-28-19.1155292/#post-13141892

In looking at your photos and all of the styling looks of the sedan, your new exhaust seems like it will make the smooth “rake” design of your modified sedan lines a little odd. The headers are not flowing with the lines of the sedan or frame, but sticking up like it is being borrowed from a 55 Chevy sedan front fender well and stuck on your sedan.

Sorry, if I am stepping on some toes, but smooth headers that flow back parallel to the frame/ch***is and then plumbed under for the quiet running with p***engers seems more like your modified sedan. Even if you do not want to plumb them into some mufflers, then something like the late, Fred Castro’s smooth header pipes or the Scotty’s Muffler pipes both with baffles would satisfy the ‘Law.” (And smooth design)



These smooth pipes parallel to your frame and body lines would keep the race car look, yet be good for the road trips.

IMHO
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...-flathead-sbc-etc.484322/page-5#post-13056782

Jnaki

Symmetry is the key design element for your cool sedan.

 

@jnaki, thanks for your constructive comments- they didn't fall on deaf ears.

Still, I'm continuing with fender exits. In this case, fabrication simplicity trumped aesthetics.

Prototype #2: 1/4" rods with 2.5" radius bends.


Summit's 1 5/8" OD primary tubing is back-ordered.

Some small tasks while waiting.

Homemade polished aluminum discs hide the wheel center caps' offensively modern logos.


Swap meet chrome pulleys:
Top is a Chevy pulley on the SBC short pump. Bottom is a Chevy pulley cut to fit the Hemi balancer.


To align them, I plagiarized @D-Russ' lower pulley aluminum spacer idea.
Fan is a '55 Chevy heavy duty steel model.


Remember the Toyota minivan roof pieces?

Now they're drilled, "weld-nuted" & bolted to the stock Ford roof insert flange.

 

Great job on that roof

 

How tall are the Goodyear Blue Streeks ?

 

Rears are huge 315-70-17(definitely not traditional, but 70 series sidewalls & highway treads make 'em look ok) on 17x9" ET-3 Cl***ic 5s with max available backspacing (to make 'em look deep, like a front-engine dragster.

How tall are the rear tires ?

 

Thanks, Dave. But Summit claims they'll ship out on Monday & arrive Wed. That gives me time to clean up the garage.

Just under 34". I can measure them tonight for a precise answer.

 

Sorry for the delay. Life got in the way.

Headers have 5/16" thick flanges, 3.5"x10" collectors and 16 ga, 1 5/8" primary tubes with 2.5" radius mandrel bends.
#8 primary arcs around the oil filter while clearing the flange bolts. It took 3 tries to get it right.


The rest were easier:



Thanks to @Dino 64 who loaned his band saw & belt sander. They made far more precise joints than my chop-saw.

Collectors are capped, but hidden outlets...


...lead to full-length 2.5" duals with O2 sensor bungs & 24" Thrush gl***-packs.
(growing up in NE Ohio, all the cool cars had Thrush stickers in the windows ).

If it's too loud, there's room to add an H-pipe later.


Three parts-store hangers (temporarily tacked) on each side:


Under-the-axle tips were inspired by the Chop Shop Coupe & Jersey Suede, but sneakier:




Then I went back and finished the more visible primary tubes.


Thanks to @oj for talking me through stretching the primaries to match the ports with a ballpeen hammer and a 1 1/2" pipe inserted at an angle. Two split but were easily welded shut.



Welding, grinding, dremmeling, and hand filing cleaned the flanges nicely.


Finally, the collectors:




Pipes are ~2.5" from the cowl and 1.5" from the frame.

They're sanded & coated with Gibbs for now; but will get white ("just like the '60's, bro") ceramic coating (jet-hot, swain tech or?) later.



I'm pretty happy now; but fabbing headers was the hardest thing I've done on this car. It was.......



...exhausting.