Hot Rods Laker build...Bonneville or bust!

I think your front "wide five" problem is the 36 drum/hub. You need a 37-38-39 with Ford drum brakes. Compare the "snouts" on yours to the ones in the picture.

 

Yea I agree the red will be on the cowel and doors only!

Dont mind a bit play with it all ya want!

 

Yup coupe body all F---D up!

Hinges are off a 36 4 door sedan trunk.

 

Thanks for all the kind words fellas! It keeps me going! I ran into a snag with the steering / peddles...so I will update shortly.

 

The scallops to me scream out for attention. I like subtle. Low-key. Sometimes I stray from that but not too much.. This is kind of subtle but a paint scheme that will make your car stand out as your own.

First, I played with the wheels.. The maroon contrasted nicely with the black paint but the red scallops don't really sit well with me. If you gave me that car all finished and in primer and told me to toy with the paint scheme but using black and red, this is what I would have done. In your rendering, it shows that you want to divide the fibergl*** part from the body with the color scheme, which I dug. It draws attention to the part that was put on there all those years ago. I just didn't dig the black and red..

So I decided to use my incredibly bad photoshopping skills (hard for me to modify something if it's black) and played with the brush tools and smudging it some and got this..



The black line goes down the body line underneath the 'gl*** part separating the 'gl*** part from the main body and could disappear into the cowl. On the back, you could paint the rear half black (from the body line up, covering the top of the quarters and trunk), almost like a two tone separating the 'gl*** part from the rear.

Another pro is you don't have to worry about the rest of the body being super straight for black paint like you would just the top rear half..

But this isn't my car. I'm just toying around with it.. I'll see what else I can turn up. Do it however you want!

Edit: leaning back and squinting at my picture helps quite a bit..

 

Much cleaner..

 

I like it Tex***peed! Gives me food for thought!

 

So then I got a little done on the windsheild area. Smoothed out the rough ****



...oh and heres what it looked like before...


still got a long way to go...but every step gets it closer!









...next I gotta build the windsheild stands...stay tuned!

 

Cool are you leaving the zinc gas filler or is that just a place holder for something else later.

 

Thanks redzula...no that filler cap is just to cover the gas tank hole. I'll weld that up later.

 

These are the windshield stanchions I'm running these from Speedway

 

Ok so I got the best Boss in the world...he had a 30 roadster windshield frame and posts for a model A...oh and got my new stanchions from Speedway today!



...and the post


...then I screwed it all up!


...i had to grind the pillers down, well, a lot...so...


Im friggin ready to send this POS to the s**** yard!

 

Oh that is the stock height...when I finally get it set right, Im gonna chop it 5 inches!

 

Don't s**** it, just move to another part of the car until the right plan falls into your mind.

 

Why not reshape the lower end of the windshield frame to match the curve of the '32 stanchions.

 

Inspirational build. You'll be rolling down the road in no time......keep it going!

 

So then I broke a rib over the weekend Ive been out of commision for the last few days...i finally am able to breath without to much pain...so I got out in the shop for a little while today.

Heres the story...I got the 32 stanchions...um no worky...I called on 30 roadster stanchions...um $170.00 smackeronies...Ouch! Well it turns out I had this Model T fender bracket laying around the shop...so heres what I came up with! It strarted out srtaight but with a little heat and some bending here it is...wadda yall think?

 

I like it.. Make it work.

 

I added a model A shackle for a back brace...still gotta weld it on. The bolts are ****on head bolts.

 

Heres the upper post to the stanchion. Not sure if its a match made in heaven! I think the stanchion needs more beef below the post...no prob! But that is for another day...um tomorrow!






...soon as I get the other side done, gonna chop the Hell outa it!

 

hey ,those broken ribs are nothing to laugh about.take care of your self.windshield coming rite along.keep at it

 

Like the whole build . Keep on wrenchen.

 

Here is the left over model T fender brace. Gonna be my Headlight stanchions!

 

Thanks guys for the inspiration! I think I am gonna run with this stanchion idea and make it work. Thanks Texas Speed!

 

...thanks Gary...I couldnt afford the 30 stanchions cause I am as broke as my rib!

Funny though this will be a one off windshield stanchion! May cause people to scratch their head when they see it!

 

I found this mirror at a 2nd hand store. I like the curved arm...it should bolt up to the post we shall see!



I got it for 10 or 11 bucks...fits the Nickel and Dime theme!

 

Here's where we are today. Got the stanchion just about where I want it. Still got the other side to do.






Still gotta weld gussets to the shackle and add some speed holes...more to come!

 

Update...installed the mirror...and got the p***enger side in place! Still got a ways to go!

 

The windshield in place...well pretty close!





...more to come!

 

Hi...me again! Little update...

Moved her outside of the black cave...got to get some sunshine every now and then.



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