I'm impressed with the engineering and packaging on this, not to mention the ingenuity of the use of materials.
It makes a nice piece of art or conversation piece. I like everything about it except the chopped roof, if the roof chop was proportionate to the rest of the car then it'd be a perfect play toy. ....
Anyone know anything about the intake manifold ? Haven't seen this one before. I did a quick search, and found nothing but trans. adapters using the "Speed Gems" name. And yeah, agree, very cool car. Mike
That Hot Rod with a cute girl, on some old country road. And then to be 17 again. I'd be king of the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Say what you will but Hot Rods were never meant to be a cushy smooth comphy rides. They were meant to go fast, look good, and piss off the neighbors!! But this car is way past 11 in my book, and if given the chance to drive it I’d take it cross country in a New York minute
Well that’s a tour de force in metalwork and the use of dissimilar parts. Pretty amazing. Even the front suspension is different. If he drives it to the salt flats next year, he will have seriously one-upped the Rolling Bones guys.
If hot rods are supposed to be comfortable, why didn’t guys use big Lincolns and Cadillacs instead of As and Bs back in the day?
Well...ok. I've still never seen a big square box on a Chevy intake with two, two barrel carburetors on it... So yeah...still curious. Mike
I’m not knocking anyones comments and maybe I’m an odd duck-well…anyways, when I see cars built like this I just look and stare and think “wow” I don’t get practical about what it would be like to drive, etc. mainly because I’ll never own it. The person who does can work that out. Kinda why I can’t bag on the guy who has a car collection and never drives them. Heck, can’t drive those paintings, etc in the other room either
Great job on the video and the build. One question, does this mean that you’re behind the umm, eight ball? He he.
"Quarters made from 57 Chevy roof" I just had a 'light bulb' moment!! Thanks @Stogy One step closer to making coupe quarters from sedan units. . . . .
Borrowing the ole Model T from Pizza Van know how... Sloppy Jalopy's good at that...when English Wheels are absent sometimes there's other alternatives without a doubt...
WOW! I know it's a job to construct the body from original and aftermarket parts but to build the body from other car's left over/castoff body parts is mind blowing! I like it a lot!
I'm guessing getting people to look at and talk about it was precisely the builder's intent. Call it a promotional piece if you like, but there are many well thought out modifications on this car, regardless of whether it's practical, street legal, etc. I also like to see a proportional top, but I think I would consider this one to be proportionate. I love the arch built into the top, instead of the traditional "keep the general roof shape, just shorten the pillars" style chop. Considering this design was (I think that was mentioned earlier?) based upon a sketch, the top shape makes perfect sense to me, and is pleasing to my eyes. The body and greenhouse are both wedge shaped, but the fact that the roof is noticeably arched (which harmonizes very well with the quarter panel/trunk profile) stand out in a very good way.
I bet he has never had it out on the interstate driving it at 75mph with 3 or 4 semi's around him and needed to make a quick lane change. I have issues with that, and my car has a 6 inch windscreen. It is cool though. Very low and well built. Not soft at all.
The Jalopy Journal
