Projects My Spurgin/Giovanine inspired 1925 Chev roadster build thread

Got the floors installed.




Getting ready to weld the quarter panels to the body frame.

 

Jimmy, you are a beast!! The hotrods of the dry lakes era (and your thread of the same name) really are at the top of the foodchain. It just don't get no better than that. Enjoying the ride.

 

Long time no catch up, Your project is looking great!! It's a real credit to you!

Cheers Bloke

Glenn

 

Glenn, long time indeed! Thank you for the compliments. Do you still have the Model A? how about the underslung mod project?

Cheers
Jimmy

 

Jimmy, keep it up, I can almost hear it run!

 

Life went crazy for a couple of years and was barreled & dumped like a wave in the surf.... As a result I've laid a little low....

I'm now in country vic, I sold (unfortunately) the RPU a couple of years ago (I do have a collection of bits to piece together another Banger) , the underslung project has become a 28 dodge coupe instead of the bucket... however has been pushed a little back, I'm collecting bits for a '40 pickup 8BA '39 juice brakes etc at the moment and trying to get sheds built. If ya ever down this way look us up!

Doesn't look like you have much to do before getting the banger going?

Cheers

Glenn

 

Hey Jimmy, have you tried taking some top leaves out of that spring? Without being there to bounce it up and down, it looks real stiff.

 

Me too!

Good to hear you are still at it even after your rough patch, Sounds like you got a bit to keep you busy.

I have a lot of little things to do all the major parts are done, being unemployed at the moment makes money tight but I have a possible fabricator traineeship in the new year so fingers crossed.

G'day Tony, I have been thinking of removing 3 or 4 leaves as it is stiff I want to watch how many I remove as most of the leaves have had the ends scolloped. I need to remove three leaves out of the A rear spring as well, that will bring the back down 2".

 

Yeah plenty going on, however unemployed too, and a broken collar bone slows things down,

I'm hanging to see your jigger going! All the best with traineeship!

Cheers

G

 

Very impressive

 

Showing how concept & design matters over $bucks.. Subscribed.

 

Thank you.

Sorry no progress, My roadster is on Hold and may end up being sold.

 

Thats gotta ****! So close....

 

NO!!! I hope not Jimmy!

 

This is ingenuity at its best

 

Jimmy, I hope you get to finish your roadster. Are you safe from the floods and cyclones. You guys have taken a beating. Tom

 

Thats a cool lookin roadster!! really like the profile and you've done a great job on it...I don't know your situation Jimmy but I sure do hope you can get to keep this 'un. Paul

 

Outstanding! Outstanding! Outstanding!

 

I couldn't sell the roadster so I had a rethink on the direction of this roadster's build. Since I started building another roadster that will be closer to the original Spurgin/Giovanine roadster.


I decided this roadster will be a driver. So I ditched the Chev 4 for a Holden Starfire 4 and umm a ..... auto, I also swapped the rear end from a Datsun 720 ute. It was the best solution to my problem as I had it here doing nothing.

 

good move, I know that there is a time and a place, and no2 will be sweet, however, glad to see 1.5 being embraced and given a new lease on life, despite the tyrekickers, that driveline will work well with your needs, and give that car a chance to breathe, and driven hard, using what you've got, so go for it.

Cheers,

Drewfus

 

Sweet looking roadster!

 

Glad you got to keep it. What are you getting done? I'm making no progress on my '26 except getting the engine together and collecting a few more parts.

 

I've sub'd here and some how missed the up dates Jimmy, I'm glad that you're able to hang on to it! looking forward to seeing more.
It'll be fun to have a driver!

Glenn

 

BTW it's looking great!

 

Good to see you are still keeping on Jimmy. I'll be watching progress on both.

 

Jimmy, Any updates? How does that Holden $ compare to the 153 Chevys?

 

Ok time for an update, sorry I ignored this for so long. After the River City Reliability Run I am all inspired & ****. I was fortunate to drive the run in HAMBer Chester Meredith's awesome T roadster it was an absolute blast.

Sean Hammond photo

So anyway got home to ****ty weather




The hot (34ºC) humid (95% humidity) weather didn't help with my Asthma and fuild build up in my lungs but got a little done. For the past week I got over that **** and got some progress happening in the shed.






A natural Down Under photo without auto correction filter

 

working seating, steering, pedals, shifter and handbrake location






That is it for now

 

We'll get retribution on those qtr panels some day. Kharma can be a *****.