Projects *model A sport coupester build*

the photoshop helped to bring my ideas to life yes ..but the car is far from what it will be ....stay tuned

 

* update *
were to begin.well last week i had trouble with the round back spindles turns out that when i heated them up and dropped em they were super close but not close enough the steering was all over the place so i orderd a new set of dropped steering arms from pete & jakes threw t'j origanals so i picked em up and installed them, steering is ok but i think i need a alignment still. it wants to pull left and right at the same time,
another issue i was having was the holly 450 carb i bought was pouring way to much fuel in the motor so i removed it and installed a single barrel rodchester car runs great now, no more bog .. so i take the car for a ride around the block go to stop and here a pop in the back turns out the god damn rear brake line let go must had a tiny pinch close to the drum that i didnt see and it finally went better now than later ..so now i have to swap a brake line ( i tell ya one thing after the next ) someone tell me again why we do this ..

 

Great progress from the last time i looked at this thread!

You gonna be up and running by May 21st? Were doing a small show in Rome NY. Me and a few other HAMBers will be there.

 

I feel your pain. It's especially bad if you're doing stuff up so you can drive it, with the intent of coming back when you do the "finishing pass". I'm always redoing stuff....it drives me, my wife, and my pocketbook to the bottle.

 

im trying to get done its so close to a full drive i can taste it...its driving me nuts .but at least the stupid stuff is happing now instead of on the road some where

 

It's looking great!!! Be sure and get some YouTube vid of you driving it around.

I'm *just* getting started on mine, gathering enough parts to put the chassis together. Snagged a nice cowl from CA...now I gotta figure out how to get it here!!!! XP

 

man this is lookin good cant wate to see it around.

 

just changed the carb to a 1 barrel rodchester but it needs a rebuild ill do that this week .other than that it needs to front end tweeked so the steering is rite ..ive been working on the 56 chevy also so im in between builds you could say.


yea cant wait to get it on the road and enjoy it ,,,

 

* todays update hot rods and hot pizza *

well everyone knows ive been having trouble with the front end of the 29 and i havent had time to work on it do to a crazy work schedule, so at the last wednesday nite car nite at throttlejockey origanals thats when we all get together and b.s and work on our rods i was talking to t.j and was telling him why the car wasnt finished so he kindly suggested that i have it dropped there so we could get to the bottom of the situation.well today in the rain we threw it on the flat bed on brought it over to the shop for some nose breakin work ..(lol)
on the flat bed in the pouring rain

got started on the car rite after i got there we put it on the lift and pulled the front end apart to swap alot of parts out wish bones radius rod brackets new almost everything

after tj's mishap with a wrench to the bridge of his nose we all took a well deserved ny style pizza break.if you have never had n,y style pizza you must try it ,its the best

here is pinstriper bill, and flag enjoying the good convo and grub.

 

tj still looking a little confused after the wrench to the face

...nothing a pizza break cant fix, so after the food we went back at it redoing things i thought should be the way they were supposed to be only to realize with another oppinion it always could be better and correct ..so we all put our heads together to get this thing done took it for a drive and its almost 100% i need a couple more things i had to order and wont have till end of the week so tj is baby sitting the car for me (thanks again t,) here is a side by side of my coupster and tj's fancy pants.

MR fancy pants that is .

 

Good times.
My nose is looking better today.

Just remember " SAFETY FIRST "

See you at shop night.

 

Again...I'm jealous of your Halibrand rear end.

Keep the updates coming.

 

haha ....pretty boy floyd ...gotta a boo boo..
i may be there tomorrow ,i may skip out on work, so i can do some little things mount my hammer tag, plate topper insure and register it ill keep you posted .

hey ross its not a real deal quick change its a speedway center section cover that looks the part till i can afford one go look it up its cheap but looks cool as shit i must say ...

 

Awesome thread. Cool car. Terrible camera.

 

yes i know camera sucks but its what i got ..better than nothing at all ..

 

Nice pics, sweet build....I am also on the Island, not too far from ya....love to see that in person....also if you need another set of hands, I'll gladly help out.

 

*todays update *

well after having so much trouble with the steering i think i got the trouble licked today i pulled the box out of the car, i took it apart nothing seemed to be out of order so i called denis carpenter and he told me that the worm gear on the shaft was probably to worn out to adjust anymore, so he recomended i buy a new worm gear and shaft that he sells with all new bearings and race's, and gaskets i would have bought it from him but it would have taken 4 days to get i dont have the time to wait so, what i did was call a place called joblot here in new york wich is a 45 min ride from where i am located spoke the the parts department to find out they had everything i needed in stock except the steering shaft wich was no biggie because tj.at throttlejockeyoriganals had on the shelf go figure ..( guys got everything down there) so anyway i took a long ride and picked up the parts spent a pretty penny to have it all today $365.00. so i get over to tj's and get to work took me a while to do since we didnt have a reamer tool for the new bearings so i had to hand sand them down so the new shaft would slide down anyway at the end of the day 7:00 p.m i got the box rebuilt and back in the car it is smooth and tight no more free play between left and right ..i will take it for a ride on weds night after i put everything else back together ill get pics also ..

 

GREAT to hear you got it worked out...but now I have a migraine because of your lack of punctuation and proper sentence structure

I'm a douche, aren't I?

 

im from new york i write like i speak sorry ...

 

Haha! No worries....where do you think I learned the word "douche"? XD

 

lol....im a better machanic than speller.ill have a video maybe this week of the test drive.

 

What tires (size, brand) are you running?

 

running 16 inch steelies and 16x600 in front and 16x750 in rear tires are called nanco there bias ply truck highway tires with inner tubes i think 6 ply

 

* todays updates*
i took a ride over to tj's and figured id try to take the car out for a ride.so tj and i took both our cars out for a little shakedown run.i winded up popping another rear brake line i have to replace it tomorrow.
click here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA8odNARA-8
and here is round 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5zdZUOX-qg

 

looks fast on video.......this morning was fun, too bad your not going to jalopy with us

 

BEAUTIMUS!!

Now let me go take an Advil from the headache of watching it sideways! XD

BTW, in both your vid and your buddies, it looked like you almost clipped the crap outta that orange box truck! WHOOPS!!!

 

fixed the video now there straight ..

 

It seems to run, and scoot along pretty good with the 1 bbl on it, it's too bad we live half way accross the country from each other, I know I could get to haul ass if I could only get my hands on that holley 2 bbl while it was on the car. The car is coming along nicely.

 

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thanks kenneth. yea im sure with that holley it would go pretty good ..but believe it or not it hauls ass with the 1 barrel. no bog or anything nice smooth speed lol..

 

That's a really nice Rod! You've kept it true to what a period Hot Rod should be. (we can excuse the banger).

Nice.

HC.