Super stoked to see you on another project. Sorry we couldn't make the open house, too much to do and about too little time lately.
@BigJoeArt...I've been following your group of friends here along with some of your work for years now and I've liked this project since Austin first had it...I like your style and the way you all reach back with vintage possibilities. To boot you, like Timm, are an artist as well...I've meant to get this into the Homogenized Thread and I'm thinking Austin did already but I just want to let you know thanks for sharing the journey and consider me glued till you are strip ripping in this beast... It kind of reminds me of the Late Hamber Ex Derelicts Chevy coupe in profile and stance...but that's where it ends...Hope you had fun with your open house...
thanks for the kind words. I didn't know Dick super well, but I'm honored to be put in the same boat as him. The last couple months have been a rollercoaster, hopefully soon I'll start a new thread on my new project. this project is sadly stalled out in my driveway, stripped of the hemi. I have adjusted the plans for it, and will hopefully get to play with it next summer.
Glad to see this one pop back up. You're gonna need a bigger shop with all these projects you're running with at the same time
Hopefully you won't be stalled for too long with this one. Some of the late '30s cars never looked right as a fenderless hotrod (to me, anyway) because the grille protrudes beyond the front tires, but this one looks the part with the front wheels ahead of the grille (and a Packard grille at that!).
Thanks, its gonna be a fine line to walk to make it work, but I think I'm headed in the right direction. The next step is fixing the rear of the car, which I have never fully liked. this is the latest plan, A buddy had this 33-5 chevy five window quarter panel, and it looks like with a little trimming it will slide right in. I'll wind up cutting the tail a little shorter, and making it flow a little bit better, but I think the scale and shape suits the car better than the model a quarters. the main problem now is finding a matching passenger side quarter. If anyone knows anybody with knowledge and/or parts for 30's chevy's, let me know. .
Boyd Coddington (rest in peace) would have conniptions about using that frame. Personally, I think the look is very cool, but man there is a bunch of strength missing in an already flexible frame. Very cool build in any case and I am lurking....
This looks like a fun build to follow, I personally think all 35-36 3Windows have quarter panels that are too long, looking forward to seeing your version. Bob
That looks good, hope you can find a matching quarter panel! Maybe also carry that rib feature into the door and raise the quarter panel and trunk to just below the rear window? Just wanted to toss the idea out there...
IDK; if you don't want to search-n-find another qtr, might the top outer rolled edges of a late30's->early50's 4dr top work? There'd be some cutting & welding to get the correct lengths/shape needed, but??? Also like cfmvws' idea of carrying the wide roll from the door all the way thru to the tail tip. Would give a very unique look. Surely leave the guys guessing, & seriously confuse the mouth-breathing whah-fos... . Just start on your back-story of where you found the "rare" rear qtrs. . MArcus...
Perseverance pays off! I made a run up to Omaha this last Saturday, cause I had a few FB marketplace deals lined up, and A buddy of mine had a Quarter panel! Its nicer than the driver side one. I also did some more reorganizing and got it inside the shop again. Among the things I picked up, was an aluminum bellhousing, Some cool seat frames, (for fiberglass inners) And probably my favorite thing I got, was this front mount for a small block chevy. It's super narrow, and the cutout is for a small, early style balancer, but I can make it work. Once I finish putting together the model A coupe to sell, I'll get back on this thing more, I cant wait to work on it.
WHAT?! an update? wild right? after a long slumber, this project finally went somewhere. . . outside. for my open house. and then things escalated. It took longer to figure out how to stand so chunks of metal didn't hit me, than it did to blast the dozen or so tacks apart. now that its out of the way, I can start with the fun stuff. the chassis. boy its rough. I think I'm gonna have to do a lot of beating and prying to get the rails back straight and matching. While at my open house, A buddy brought down a foam engine block for me to use while setting up his chassis. well.... he still needs to bring more stuff before I can start his car, so we cant let weeds grow under it. . . I pulled a bellhousing and T5 from my stash and started sticking stuff together. then I got the rearend in place... And then with my wifes help, I started pulling measurements from the driver side rail. I'll use them to help square the frame and then copy them to the passenger side once the rails match. I've got some interesting ideas for the mounts on this chassis, and I have some engineering to do, to get the strength back into this floppy noodle. and then, like a flash, it was back apart. Now I'm working on getting my new-to-me TIG welder set up, and my chassis table put together, so I can get down and boogie on the frame. hopefully the next update is quicker than this one. .
No updates he took a 3-5000 mile route to the roc in his t roadster, fathered another child and started tearing into his rambler wagon project
haha sorry @cfmvw this project is still blown apart in a million pieces. I did build a frame table, and I still have THIS project on it. As Tim noted, I also have done alot of other stuff too. but its still on my brain.
The speed coupe is the project Joey works on when he’s almost done with fixing something on another project but he hasn’t drug a brand new project home to mess with.
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