bantam
10-17-2006, 02:50 PM
I live near Canton, Ohio. I've been following the discussion on the HAMB for some time. Finally ready to take the plunge. My first car, which I still have, is a 49 Ford tudor that is lowered, shaved, louvered hood and gas filler door, sunken antenna, flathead, dual carbs, headers, mallory dual point, hurst floor shifter, totally custom grill, rounded door corners, door poppers, power trunk pull down, etc. In paint shop getting painted mile deep black. Almost there after 13 long years.
Have been gathering parts for a steel bodied 38 Bantam roadster for about 13 years too. Have the body, doors, rear fenders, grille, windshield, miscellaneous badges. Enough to make a rod. Have a t-bucket style frame, coil-overs, dropped axle, 350/350. Looking for a reasonably priced, narrowed 9" (36" wide +/-) so that I can really get moving on the project. Reasonably priced and narrowed tend not to go together I am finding.
Bought a 52 MGTD that was upgraded to a 2.0 litre Triumph TR-3 engine in the 60's or 70's. Beautiful body, just needs freshened up. I like British cars. Owned a '67 MGB for a while too.
Picked up an '87 vette in the same transaction at the MGTD. Only 36k miles. Red/red/white top. Auto. Don't really like it; too new, too red, too tacky. However, compared to my older vehicles, it runs, drives, and is reliable. Now has 52k so I must not dislike it all that much I guess.
Anyway, looking forward to spending some time on here. I have learned a tremendous amount over the last year or so and appreciate the way everyone conducts themselves in a professional manner and doesn't frag the new guys/novices.
Have been gathering parts for a steel bodied 38 Bantam roadster for about 13 years too. Have the body, doors, rear fenders, grille, windshield, miscellaneous badges. Enough to make a rod. Have a t-bucket style frame, coil-overs, dropped axle, 350/350. Looking for a reasonably priced, narrowed 9" (36" wide +/-) so that I can really get moving on the project. Reasonably priced and narrowed tend not to go together I am finding.
Bought a 52 MGTD that was upgraded to a 2.0 litre Triumph TR-3 engine in the 60's or 70's. Beautiful body, just needs freshened up. I like British cars. Owned a '67 MGB for a while too.
Picked up an '87 vette in the same transaction at the MGTD. Only 36k miles. Red/red/white top. Auto. Don't really like it; too new, too red, too tacky. However, compared to my older vehicles, it runs, drives, and is reliable. Now has 52k so I must not dislike it all that much I guess.
Anyway, looking forward to spending some time on here. I have learned a tremendous amount over the last year or so and appreciate the way everyone conducts themselves in a professional manner and doesn't frag the new guys/novices.