Hot Rods Its Alive! My AV8 Coupe is on the road!

Its been a long time coming, but my '30 coupe is finally drivable. Ive been collecting parts for this thing for almost 10 years now. Ive tried extremely hard to keep all the parts for it all early Ford stuff, using as few new or repro parts as possible. With the exception of the radiator, tires, and brake lines, the newest part on the thing is the F1 steering box. Im pretty happy with the way it has come out and Im having an absolute blast driving it! Still working some bugs out, and tying up some loose ends. But its on the road!

 

One word, You-tube.

 

man, thats an amazing feeling... been there. enjoy man!

 

congrads...........nice job

 

What a neat looking car...have fun

 

that looks great!

 

awesome! looks great,Congrats!.. now get down the road! lol

 

Looks awesome...what size tires you running on it?

 

Chop that ****er!!!!

 

Yes, 5" please!

 

Looks great

 

NICE! Have a blast!

 

Looks great, Petes right chop it.

 

Thanks man. Fronts are Firestone 5.00-5.25 16s on '40 Ford 3 1/2" wide V-8 60 wheels, The rears are 7.50 16 Firestones on 4 1/2" wide early Ford wheels.

 

Im thinkin a chop is in the future too. Maybe this coming winter after it gets too bad out to drive it again....

 

That's exactly what this HAM(boy) said a short while ago...and now I have 1/2 a ******, pun indented, leg!

 

Personally , I'd drive that ******* just like it is ... it's cool .

 

If its on the road the way you like it ,why chop it,its cool ,just drive the **** out of it and have a ball

 

Congratulations! I hope to be there someday myself.

 

Chop or not, looks great. I'll bet its great to be driving after collecting parts for ten years. I wouldn't know. I have another 5 years or so to wait.

 

looks cool, i love traditional coupes, i wouldnt chop 5 inches out of it, ,just 3 inches will look perfect.

 

Man, that looks great.

 

Thanks for all the positive feedback! I know I like it, it makes me feel good to hear other people do too! Its definitely a blast to drive, the basically stock flathead has plenty of power for a car as light as this is. The unchopped look has pretty much grown on me, and Im cool with it. Its a pretty awwesome feeling sitting behind the wheel and driving something that has been floting through my head and I've been dreaming about as long as this one has. Its also a little scary sine I know who built it....

 

I like it, I'm happy for you and I'm pissed as I see you also have a Mercury, 53 I believe. Go drive it and enjoy it.

 

*****en car....."chop the living dog **** out of it"

 

So what you're saying is that you'd like to see the roof a little bit lower ??

LOL !

 

Wicked.

 

Nice...can't wait to drive mine.

 

I like the effort on the original parts, I know how hard it is to get that look, great job!! (too many people grab that catalog making it easy on themselves)

 

very nice...enjoy!!!
I would not chop it...