Last Hemi Model A Coupe update for now....Made it to the Lonestar Roundup!

I got alot done in the last 2 weeks, Gonna post some pics tomorrow. Should be mounting the body by Friday, start the firewall, do some floorboard work, lets see and everything else, I LOVE THRASHES. But It will all be worth it when me and Dirty2 are heading southbound 35 to Austin

 

DAMN BASS! You are one bad MOFO...I can't wait to see that thing at the Roundup! Keep posting pics...VERY inspiring. You're painting the other wheels... are you painting the body too?
John

 

We are trying to finish 3 cars .Going to finish the front susp tonight on the 48 but is still have the rear and motor to mount. plus every thing else. Ill try to post pics of our projects.

 

Bass

I saw the car in person Saturday morning when I was dropping something off to MArkX, and must say, this thing is going to be badass. Good Luck.

 

I'm trying to complete my frame swap and drivetrain swap in time to go. But...I am also selling my current home, buying another one and moving sometime over the next couple of months, hopefully not the weekend of the Roundup.

 

Cool, Don is coming out again. I think I'll do the same
to the A.

 

I am trying to finish the '50 Chevy pu in time for the Round up.This week end I should start taking it off the frame to blast and paint the frame.Then start painting the body,reasemble and detail a lot of work for a beater.

 

its in austin 3-31-2006 through 4-2-2006

www.lonestarroundup.com

-danny

 

hell yeah....Bass... that thing rocks !!
I gotta get something on the hood other than primer truck is 3 colors this year, would like to get it to 2. Also have a 302 on a stand, bare heads, crank's done, just waiting to be belanced & assembled....7 weeks.....no worries

 

I hope to have the body work done and a fresh coat of DP90 on the coupe... which means my BASS striping will need to be replaced!

BASS.... you bringin' brushes?

 

Thank you HotRodPro, I just wanted to know cuz I want to make as many shows as possible this year. We're going to SA this weekend for the OReilly Autoroma deal. Went last year and it was pretty good. Here in Corpus we don't have quat except the outdoor show in May. Again, thanks for helping out this ol newbee.

 

Yes sir! I'd be honored to lay some paint on your coupe again.

 

this is the coupe i'm building for a customer.fired it up about two hours ago for the first time ,the 383 sounds killer.


bass- how do you post a picture without it being a attachment?i don't know how to get a big picture on my posts.

-danny

 

That's beautiful! What color is that? Looks like a dark red or maroon. It will really look good when you get some shiney wheels on it.

 

I am trying to get my 66 Chevy Pickup done. Thrashing is a good description! I have decided that sanding is like childbirth-you don't think it will ever end! But, done or not, it will be there!
Kathy

 

Yup. The mad thrash is on! Will she be running by roundup? Dunno but I'm tryin like a fiend.

 

Hey David if you would get that old guy with the beard up out of that chair and get all that "leg" out of your garage you might get some work done.
My old lady pissed me off tonight when she got home so I took my dinner and went to the shop. Just got in, about 6 hrs good work, got a lot done.
See ya tomorrow.

 

Wow, D.W...that thing looks killer! I really like the Radirs.


Danny...That 5window looks super nice. Nice choice with the 383. To post the big pictures you have to host them elsewhere. I've got a photo album on picturetrail.com, and I host my pics there and link to them when I post.

 

it's black,baby!

 

Thrashing!!!!!!

 

32 3w project...Doin some finish up work on the top chop(mild one 5 1/4 front, 4 1/2 rear), having to lower the "aircraft seat" some more and have located another "whiz bang T5 to replace last years donor(oh yea, new floorboards). Pulled out a 296 Flathead donor motor from its hiding place(yes Bass, it is in somebody elses car, looks like your Hemi with "funny heads" ) Have to do a quicko rebuild on the engine and have the blower set up ready to go on...then all the misc changes to make everything work with the different parts. My plans are to get it running before Noon of the round up THIS year...last year almost did me in!!!
Nothing to it...hahahaha
Skotzzz

 

I'm not exactly busting anything, but I have a lot of little things to take care of... but my 59 will be there.

My girlfriend, OTOH, will be busting a lot of tail. Her 51 is torn apart and in bare metal right now. It will be at the Roundup

 

I posted a few pics the other day of the header I had started building for the passenger side of my Model A Coupe...here's a link to that thread:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92582


Since then I have pretty much hammered out the other side.




I just knew it was going to be a real pain in the ass to get the primaries around the dump truck (F-5 truck) steering box, but it actually ended up being a little easier than I expected. Unfortunately, since I am using the side steer box, I had to make the headers different from side to side, but I don't think it's a big deal. Who says hot rods have to be symmetrical in the first place?



I'm still running my "roller" Americans on the front right now, because I haven't gotten my prettied up 16" wheels back yet. I hope the guy shows up with them tomorrow.

Here's a close-up of the installed driver's side header:



And here's another look at the passenger side:



I have to say that building the headers was easily one of the most difficult parts of building this car so far. I've got a little over 3 days worth of work tied up in them, and I'm still not finished. I still plan on adding a merge collector to both sides with a long extension like the early "lakes-style" headers. They should end up looking something like the headers on Ken Gross' roadster (TRJ #14).

I'm a firm believer in the theory that hot rods should be fast, so I did some research and talked to a few people before I decided to go with 2" primaries, and the 4 into 1 style header. It would have been easier to build a tri-y header on the driver's side, but this motor should respond better to the 4 into 1.

Looking at the driver's side header off the car and on the ground, it's amazing to me that it actually fits in the space between the steering column and frame.



The passenger side still needs an extension on a couple of the primaries to match the length of the other side.



Right now they exit under the car in kind of a staggered formation.



In the interest of time, I'm probably just going to run the headers like this to the Roundup (if I make it)...after I get back I'll add the collectors and have them chromed.

This is the first set of headers I've ever built for a car...and I think they came out pretty good so far. Thanks again to Joe Martin of the Martin Brothers for the 2" mandrel bends...and thanks also to the distinguished Jimmy White for the nice 3/8" flanges.

 

Sweeeeeeeeet

 

that's pretty slick man

 

very cool man I can't wait to see it in person.

 

Holy crap! those are nice!

 

Very nice work. The clean, flat beads are very attractive.

 

very nice work i like it

 

Wow man, Nice headers.Its nice to see somone doing real (not lakes) headers with collectors.Your work looks sweet and difference in horse power will be worth the extra effort.