Projects "Rusty Cheese" 29 Model A BUILD

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what color is it going to be? hot rod flats blue.

 

drive shaft/body on.

 

Forgot a photo.

 

Man that thing is looking good.And hurry up with the new shop so we can see how this thing turns out lol.....

 

Header kit... pain in the @ss!!

 

This is where were at now...

 

First time I've seen this thread. Very impressive work.

 

Very cool. I like that body cut at the firewall where it meets the frame.

 

Nice job Curt, looks great. Hope to see it again soon. Keep posting.

 

Looking Great Curt.... I enjoy watching your build, thanks for sharing..

 

question, is that the stock grill shell? and what radiator did you use?

 

merry christmas curt and family, hows it coming along? any updates?

 

yes it is the stock shell, i used a universal Griffin radiator.

 

You to buddy. Santa got me a new mig welder for x-mas. I didnt think i was that good this year. LOL! Going back east river for New Years then going to get the hot rod out of storage...

 

Why would you f it up with a stupid 3rd brake light?

 

Nothing new on the build. Found this cool old photo, my dad is on the far left...

 

I'm sure he'll chime in , but my guess would be to try to keep the phone-gabbing , SUV-driving soccer mom and/or texting teenager from rear-ending his pride & joy , lol !!

 

I couldn't have said it any better!!!!

 

Header kit... NEVER doing that again!

 

steering hooked up. not much room when you are 6'2"...

 

Fanatastic build - maybe you could put it on a DVD with some notes and voice over and sell it!

Not sure if anyone asked - and maybe it's obvious, but why is the driveshaft loop off-center?

 

Thanks!
Because the rear-end third member is not centered on the axle...

 

Something I've been putting off is mounting the radiator... I wanted the top of the radiator to be level with the top of the cowl but it only gave me 2" of ground clearance. So I moved it up. It looks good from the front because the carbs hide the height. Not so great from the side, but i dont want to rip my radiator to hell going over a bump. I settled for 5" of clearance.

 

Opps forgot the photos...

 

Im just mocking this all up and trying to work out some issues, that's why I didnt air up the tire. The issue im running into is the bottom radiator hose to the water pump. The axle and the crossmember is in the way.

 

So my buddy came up with the idea of cutting it off and moving it up... Watch and see.

 

Time to get some aluminum and bust out the new part. But I still need to figure out how to mount the radiator, so i think a couple simple L shaped brackets will work. Not much work today, but lots of issues solved. Thanks "J" buddy.

 

I wonder if I could hide the bracket between the fan shroud and the grill. Have to think about that one.

 

Great build with a lot of great pics and detail. This was a well documented build and I appreciate it as I am in the same process with a 28 sedan.

Can I ask, what was such a PITA with the lake style headers?

Thanks, Grant