There might be two T's at the ROG this year, can't wait. Yours is coming along nicely. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
OK Pete, I am finally going to get my act together. To the HAMB I am the guy who sold Pete the body and I really can't fill in much more information than has already been told about this particular body or it's previous life. Pete, I am thrilled you looked back as I had it for sale on the HAMB a long time ago and when you messaged me asking if it was still available, it went to exactly the use I had hoped it would. As I started my hot rod life around the dirt tracks of Northern California and ended up owning a Winston West NASCAR team, the racing bug bit deep in my past. The ROG just winds my clock. I know what happened to the Remeo Palamedes roadster but I can't fill in anymore blanks on your body. Best of luck, can't wait to see it finished. Pete, I think you should p*** on the info on cheap freight to the east coast if you see fit. Thanks, John
John, Thanks for posting, I'm very interested in the history of each hot rod weather it was built by a local do it your-selfer or some big time builder. They all tell a story and depict the tools of the time and build practices. Pete- Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
I have followed Olskools build and yours, watching for how to do stuff and overcome the issues. I have just bought a very nice running and stopping '30 ch***is, and have just bought back the makings of a '25 roadster body I sold a couple of years ago. If there's enough of these thing, we could run our own cl***!! Cheers, Stewart.
Im back on the T.....Iv decided to go with a flathead Ford V8 Tonight I removed the banger and tomorrow ill remove the V8 from the '38 coupe and hopefully by wed. night the V8 will be in the rails.
Heres the motor that came in the '38....not the original for the car, its a 59AB but its going in the T now....cuz a caddy 390's going in the '38! Notice the smoke in the pic, this is the first time the motors been fired in roughly 30 years! Fired right up too...
About time, I have been patiently waiting. Sad to see the banger go but the flat tie sure will make it scoot!
Had some more time tonight to work on the T. Yanked the 59A from the '38 and dropped it in the T....Ill make some motor mounts, a ****** mount and fit a radiator next.
My pal Ray Prue hooked me up with a nice '34 axle so ill use that with a model A wishbone, '39 spindles and some F-1 brakes. Im going to make a quick aluminum hood and an early crude track nose, the exhaust will exit thru the hood sides.
looking good peter. wish I lived a little closer, i'd be over every night helpin on this jalopy.hope to contribute more before it's race ready.
Ray (onekoolkat1950) came by the other night and got the '59A motor running...worked his soft sensual touch, talked dirty to it for a few minutes and BAM...she fired up!!!
I'm sure your 'crude' track nose will still turn out pretty damn nice. Some guys have the touch. I always have to work much harder
Damn Pete, you are kicking *** on the "T". Look forward to seeing it at ROG. What's up with the '38, thought you were selling it? Need more pictures of it!
Naaaa, im keeping the '38...at least for now. Im taking the night off from the T....it was super hot today in the attics!!
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