Projects *model A sport coupester build*

Dirtyest Devil
thats terrible .....lol..

 

coupsters are cool, i have one. have fun with it

 

* todays update *

woo hoo i got the day off of work and had made some plans previous to get down to throttlejockeyoriganals and have tj go ahead and louver the hood couldnt figure out what i wanted so tj laid my hood down onto his model A project and than we began to look at how the louvers would look with a peice of scrap panel with some louvers punched into it ..well after a he cleaned the hood very well and laid out the lines ..we grabbed a bite to eat and rite after he began to louver i didnt want to over do it i figured less was more so this is what we collectively came up with 2 rows of old school louvers on each side ..enjoy




more to come after i get back tonight

 

as i said earlier here is the rest of the pictures enjoy





i liked the less is more,we did the old school style to fit the era of the car and i thought 2 rows were enough im gonna do the rumble lid soon so i figured ill wait to load up the louvers back there ..

 

The 2 rows on each side looks perfect, it's simple, and clean, the way rods should be (the ones that use 3, or 4 rows look too busy, and or cluttered).

 

yes sir they do kenneth ..i want a very low modded car i want it simple not so much cheap but something that a kid woulda built in a back country road of lets say p.a ...ill post more picture in a couple minutes gotta eat dinner be rite back ...

 

here is shots from today swapped the tires worked on the front end and steering still needs more work almost road worthy
this shot is for poorboyross 3/4 front veiw

 

Thanks for the shots.....I think 3/4 really do portray cars like this best. This reeks of sweetness. Can't wait to see where it goes from here!

 

all i got left to do is fix the steering issue i have and tune the shit out of this damn carb other than that it super close to being road worthey ..maybe a couple more months.

 

wow, thats one nice looking car.

 

Love the sport coupe roadster. I am building the same thing only using roadster doors and roadster cowl. How is the leg room to drive? I haven't got that far yet...

 

i got plenty of room for my legs im about 5.4 but anyone even a 6 foot guy could drive my car you got a 30-31 so you should have more room than me but than again ya using the roadster cowl and door it shortens the car up a bit ..

 

Question for you, what length axle are you running under there? 46" 47 3/4" ?

 

front or rear axle ?

 

I just put the rear axle under my car yesterday. Its a 40 ford axle tubes with a winters V8 quickchange center, and it is WIDE. I am thinking I can eat up some of the width with wheel offset, but I was wondering how much offset can you use up before you start hitting the spring perch. I am running 16 inch rims with a 750 16 rear tire.

 

Not to shure about your off set trouble I'm using a later 40's early. 50's truck.banjo rear end it has leaf spring pads on it. And tall gears.

 

What are you going to do for front shock mounts?

 

i got a set of lower mounts modded to be welded to the wish bones than i have a cool old set of uppers just havent gotten around to them yet rears are all ready mounted to the lower of the axle i just need to set up the tops

 

Borrowed a set of wheels from Jeffery James and with a 700-16 tire it looks like I am hitting the target.

 

You guys and your Halibrands....so friggin jealous. I'm gonna have to go out and get one o those fake Hali-bo-bos to bolt on the back of my 8" rear, then get made fun of.... XP

 

* update *

well after a super long week of work and other crap i got a chance to do something on the car i went over to tj's and we punched some holes in the trunk lid 132 to be exact ..looks sick and there is a video of me punching a couple ..its on the car and is in prime just havent snapped a shot wil do tomorrow, enjoy.
layout all made nice and straight tj has a steady hand.

after some punching its getting there.

and a close up of the holes 3 inch old school nothing looks better.

here is the video of me beeing super scared to mess this up i did 3 or 4 out of the 132 louvers thank god it came out straight.
click here

 

im so fricken jelous. what a sweet ride. my dream right there. there was one advertised here locally not too long ago for $600.00. included a rust free body, all the parts, 2 radiators, 2 grill shells, etc. had been stored inside for decades. i was one phone call to late.

 

shoulda jumped on it...there getting harder to get here on the east coast where i am

 

get those pics of the trunk mounted.

 

tomorrow...ill be out there from 7 30 a.m ill get a photo before i leave ......it looks super sick ....i still need the lower panel louverd behind the plate .lol

 

* update *

today i was out there for a bit didnt really do much not feeling well ...
so i just scuffed and painted the 16 inch steelies a semi gloss black, i also polished the caps as much as i could, i removed the trim rings i think it looks a little more hot rod without them, i also mounted the rear shocks here some shots from today of the car chevk out the fresh louvers out back...

 

turned out very cool!

 

looking good............i think there are enough louvers

 

always room for more louvers....lol...

 

Nice build Lorodz,
looks like all the photoshopping help turn your ideas into reality (hats off to Poboyross) AND there are a lot of performance parts for those 2300, just go to any stock car site.