History Roadsters with filled wheelwells...?

We can discuss it in Joplin, if you are there. I like to see who I am talking to.

 

Found this pic on the Custom Car Chronicle website...NorCal hot rod Model A circa 1946 (at least, I believe that is a '46 plate).

 

I think the Khougaz roadster did it best. Aluminum panels attached to the belly pan. Nice contrast between the paint and brushed aluminum, and makes the car a little more aerodynamic

 

Not usually a fan of filled wheel wells, but this model A roadster from 1951 looks pretty good to me.

Mick

 

I bought a channeled '27 roadster with filled wells, put it atop a Deuce frame and cut the fills out. It was a mess, they were brazed in...A pal had a '29 'A' Coupe body, he donated quarters to me.

I hated filled wells, as they always looked like that awful Almquist '32 roadster body! (as pictured in earlier post) The one with the pouring sprues that "could be used for taillights or exhausts!"

But then I saw the post of Robt. Stack's highboy. Wow! LOL

 

GW,If this is a focused thread why is it in the general discussion?

It where I saw it and I would think so did Beano. HRP

 

Threads from the focused forums also appear on the main board.

 

I agree, compe***ion modifications work for me.

 

I thought this one looked good.

 

This is so simple and clean, it's one of those rods that everything flows together.

 

Those Halibrands and exhaust are the perfect touch, Thanks for sharing.

 

Just my observations, some of these examples have wheel bases altered and one way to remedy the wheel well is to eliminate or fill it. The Khougaz roadster seems stretched and the A roadster in post 32 seems the wheel well is to the rear. Could someone who knows fill in the blanks thank you

 

This one is cool.

 

Looks like a girl missing one ****, sure the rest of it looks good but something is missing. I do like the one with the aluminum filled wheelwell that has look of a wheelwell and also has the form follows function of skinning over the wheelwell.

 

Funny I just saw this thread well better late then never

 

I actually did (eventually) do this...

 

We all have opinions... dumb then.. dumb now.

 

I've often wondered if that look right on my 27 with the tires taller than the turtle deck. I've considered everything from a solid panel to a fender molded into the deck. Whatever I do, I don't want to lose the look of the 27 turtle deck.

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...-wheel-wells-on-a-fenderless-hot-rod.1151112/

here ya go

 

Bought a '30 coupe body about 4 years ago, the wheel wells were rotted around and up into the wheel well beads...
I was contemplating filling the wheel wells...
I ended up bending some conduit to match the arch... cut the beads about 1/2 way in/up... welded the conduit to the beads...
bought [2] '94 sable decklids... they have a compound curve that matches the skins and a little flare at the bottom …
welded them to the inside edge of the conduit...
looks ok... but it makes the wheel well run parallel with the skin but not parallel the drive shaft like stock...
can't tuck the tires in as much... but hey.
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If the entire quarter is smoothed, I always thought this looked like someone didn't take the time to "fix" the car properly and it removes detail that helps complete the shape of the body. The look is "not as bad" IMO when the fender bead (at a minimum) is still in place.

- EM

 

Wow

 

I think your car looks great! I don't care for the look of filling in the wheel wells it in most of the examples posted in this thread, but it looks great on yours. Thanks for posting back up :-D

 

By looking at the total range of all the photos in the thread, I can see examples that work better than others. Plus, some are "filled" but still kept the arch shape accent bead, and, to steal a phrase from the custom peeps, some are "shaved". So, to me, the more drastic the channel, the more altered the wheelbase, the taller the tire, the less sense it makes to keep any trace of the original wheel well and the less you think that something is missing. But, by the same token, if the tire radius is sitting pretty close to that original opening, it's more in your face that something is gone that's normally expected to be there. Keeping the ghost wheel well bead is a good compromise in those cases.
But having said all that, that leaves a lot of roadsters in the middle, between those two extremes, that seem to pull it off either way.

 

The OP's (Mr. Thunderbirdesq) roadster is in a coachbuilt cl*** by itself. It raises above any discussion of fill-or-not-to-fill rules and regulations. It makes its own rules.

 

haha thanks man, it is not really your typical model a roadster for sure... @Pat Pryor 's roadster has gotta be one of my favorite examples of it, and it works well even with less of a compe***ion vibe than you normally see this treatment applied to.

 

Thanks much for wrapping up your thread started back a few years ago. It's a great followup and puts the cherry on the cake.

 

This is the Clem Waske Roadster on May 25th 1947 and in 2016, 69 years later. All of these mods were done 70 years earlier in 1946 & before. Hot Rodded Roadsters have been changing/evolving since they were driven off of the lot new. “The Waske Effect” is no different, streamlining was a way at attaining just that much more speed. Filled Wheel Wells even though they’re not my cup of tea most likely fit the bill for a smooth side surface. I just appreciate the amount of work that someone went through to hammer weld those flat. I’m just lucky enough to be 265B’s caretaker for the past 21 years. .

 

Here is one of my favorite cars