Projects The McKindley Hot Rod (Re)Build

You are right on the money. I’m going to keep it as original as possible. No unnecessary updates or changes.

 

That 6 is super cool, what condition is it in?

 

It’s much better than I expected. Turns over easily by hand, the crank is .010/.010, but it’s at the upper wear limit on the second and third mains. I haven’t pulled the head, but everything under the valve covers looks good. I’m not doing much with the 6 right now as I have just acquired a fresh 8BA for this project. But my long term plan is to put into the roadster pickup.

 

I shipped out my ‘41 Ford coupe to SoCal last week and now have enough shop space to get going on the roadster pickup again. Early in the week I found an original ‘27 hood and the matching grill shell. The car was originally built in 1950 with these parts. I’d been debating on changing the look with a ‘32 grill shell, just because I like it, but have decided that preserving this car and bringing it back to its original state is very important. Especially now that I have the original parts.
Also, a few weeks ago I snapped up another ‘27 roadster body in much better shape than what’s on the car. Particularly the cowl. The new body has the seat base in it, so that’ll save additional fabrication time. I did a quick mock up and pictures are attached.

 

It’s looking good with your “new” hood. Hope to see the better body on it soon.