Projects Pat pryor's <handmade> 32 roadster build

Cool. Nice work Pat.
Hey send me that sketch. Slim

 

Im impressed with with the dies...

 

thanks guys!
when i was turning it down a hot blue chip shot up and wedged between my lips and burnt me lol its been driving me crazy all day. how do i explain to the ladies i dont have herpes lol,

thanks teddy, long time no see.

 

o shit i keep forgetting ill get em to you this week. thanks bud

 

im impressed with with your stutter

 

a little more machine shop fun for yous, this is the eccentric press for the top part of the deep throat shrinker stretcher i am making. it has a half inch throw. and is powerd by foot pedal and 1/4 cable. ordered the dies the other day (i didnt feel like making them) but i will have to make them attach to both the upper and lower of the SS machine. so once i finish this i could easly do the quarter panels.

 

here is it apart.

 

great project! Can really appreciate your work as i have been building my own version for a few years now. I couldn't find a deuce to pattern so i went bought an 1/8 scale model and cadded it and scaled it up. i admire all of your efforts to duplicate the details it looks great. i took some liberties with Henry's design for budget reasons but i really love the cars and their style. I fashioned my body out of 16 gauge steel as it was what i could get the cheapest at my local steel suppliers and it was hard for me to form but it like a deuce/tank i'll never worry about hail damage! anyway keep hammering and postin pics cause it's a cool ride!

 

wow very cool. i was actually thinking about doing that at one time but i dont really know how to do cad and i didnt want to annoy engineers at work. id like to see some pics please PM me pictures of the car. and thanks!

 

here are some pics of my roadster.

 

sorry pics are givin me trouble. i think there's one of me and Norm Grabowski.
He signed my dash.

 

sorry about the pic quality its dark in the shop. Built my frame from 1/8th"
plate and fully boxed it as i went. inside where the front suspension and the motor mounts will attach i hid a heavy wall rectangle tube in case i go nuts and decide to big block it. the rear is a Thunderbird/cougar IRS (92 i think).
the whole thing it really heavy. the floor is 1/8th" as well. the cads no big thing. i drew it in plasma cam and scaled it up then i read how some bodies were stretched a little in the width and the seat area and figured that might be a good idea for me cause im not as small as i should be.

 

My windshield frame is still rough i just built it a couple of days ago and i need to refine it and build the inside trim. i wanted a duvall style and i didn't get as much rake as i wanted but i only bought a half sheet of aluminum at the swap meet so i'm gonna run with it for now. i'm saving my mad money for a front suspension. I still cant decide whether to go heidts or helix mustang2 or find a straight axel. i had planned to run a ranger twin ibeam and fab my own hair pins. i got the parts and fabbed up the cross member but even with dropped spindles and beams i could not get the front low enough for a decent stance so i tossed that stuff back into my ever expanding pile of ford goodies.

 

WOW, very impressive work and the car is only just starting to shape up...

 

Thanks. it wont win any pageants and is far from original but i love hammerin on it. i'm building my louver press / english wheel and learning new technique as i go but my hats off to you for sticking to the original. keep tooling they come together slow but i think they're worth it.

 

that looks great! id go with the straight i beam. i got some good threads for you to check out i think you would enjoy.

first is my hand made model A http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=323384

second is a very cool hand built 32 roadster by frankinplymouth
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=545694

and this one is the holy grail of hand built cars built to copy a keith weesner painting.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378992

check it!

 

ok so i quit my job the other day. i gave myself a week off before i start the new job next week. so i got a week to get some shit done. heres how the car sits today lets see if i can make some progress this week!

 

Wow man, gotta love the true car builder who uses his time off to work harder than ever on a project.

 

gettin there





and one for the ladys

 

Looks great!

 

thanks guys

 

Have you given any thought as to how you are going to cross the x swages on the floor panel? I see that they are not done yet, you can't just run across them with another swage. I hope this makes sense.

 

yea i hammered em into the floor with this little simple tool that i made that broke on me when I was 85 % done ! but I have to roll the ones I can get to this morning then I should be done with that part of the floor. but had to stop short yesterday to help the girlfriend.

 

ok i finally got a chance today to do some work. i cant believe this peace is not done yet it should be a 2 hour job and i keep getting distracted.

 

you are such a hoodlum...looks great, now get back to work. Slim

 

..taking too many pics "for the ladies"!!

 

hahaha maybe thats it!

i was untill wayne (40 streetrod) called me and asked me if i wanted to see some cool cars locked up in a huge barn. so i gotta run!

and get this ,this is my first time multi-quoteing! us old timers can eventually get this computer shit down straight.haha

 

Sure, did you and W call your travellin' buddies to go look at the barn full of stuff? Nooooo!!!!

 

whoops

 

Sorry John, thought you were still in Pa. maybe next time