T coupe to roadster?

[JOECOOL]

I have a chance to buy a rough T coupe. Shell only in pieces. I would like a roadster ,any problems cutting the top off ? Bracing might be tough ,I still want the doors to open. Too much trouble?

[Bigcheese327]

Well, I was about to suggest you leave the coupe to someone who wants a closed car and take advantage of the well-developed fiberglass roadster industry... but most people on here don't like 'glass, so I'll shut up.

[NortonG]

My rule #1 Never pass up tin.
Someone on here has what you want.

[DrJ]

No problem at all.
That's what SamIyam's Roach Rod is,
and that gold car Von Franco built a clone of.
It will always be a coupe with the top cut off, which makes a very fine, roomier than a roadster, hotrod.
But what it is not is a Ford roadster.
Ford Roadster's had an entirely different body.
You probably knew that already though...

(Ignore the obvious and you will stub your toe on it...As I put a band-aid on my cut little toe...)

[Harrison]

Please save the T coupe for somone wanting a T coupe and buy yourself a roadster.

JH

[SamIyam]

fuck it... cut the top off it!!!

(it's only a pikle of sheet metal anyway... NOT a cherry body, right?)
Sam.

[SamIyam]

more...

[SamIyam]

last one...

[kustomkoupe]

is that #5 a coupe cut off?...if so.what year...i saw a picture of that car a while back...i really like it


zach

[SamIyam]

Yea... it used to be a '23 T coupe... like this one.

I bought just the rusty panels and spent countless hours forming tube to support the tin in the shape of a roadster.
Sam.

[SamIyam]

back shot of a stocker.

[SamIyam]

back shot of mine before new track nose and windshield posts... and dash... and new motor... and...
Sam.

[kustomkoupe]

thanks for the info...im gona keep my eyes open for a 23 coupe now....like i need another project...haha
know of any in the northeast area...cheap
thanks
zach

[marq]

buy the t coupe and chop 10 inches out of it but keep the roof ,roadsters aint all they are cracked up to be they are noisy ,windy ,wet besides coupes look so kool chopped and low............Marq

[wingnutz]

In the UK and Washington State..., keep it a coupe...! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif (Abundance of Liquid Sunshine http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif!)

Anywhere else Hack the Basturd up and have fun!!!! Although I like "Mercury Charlies (Kontinentals) Sunroof "T" Coupe...! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Mark

[58villager]

If you hack the roof off I'd be interested in in the panel where the back window goes. Mine is gone.pm me if you are interested in selling that piece.
Jerry 58villager

[fab32]

Sam, It sure is good to see pictures of your car again. I had a blast watching you build it on the HAMB. It's going to take SOME car to top what you did with some cast off pieces and some labor. I know you did the BFD but isn't it about time for another LOW BUCK project for the street?

Frank

[BELLM]

Kartbreaker's car is a 26 or 27 T Coupe wth the top removed. Where are you Dusty?

[SamIyam]

Hey fab32... I'm Flat Ass Broke right now, so a low buck car is going to have to wait! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I have a '65 Chevy pickup that I'm doing for a customer... once that is done, I'm going to finish up Mr. Bob, my Triumph project... THEN I would like to tear into my Model A... plans are to make it a highboy on a '32 frame with a rumble seat for the kids. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

THEN... I have a hopped up banger motor that was my dad's and a rusty '23 roadster (read STEEL body and Turtle deck) that I am going to put together...

That one will be cheap... trust me.

Take care,
Sam.

[Lowlife]

....and this cat has a roadster and wants a coupe!

[pj 32]

samIyam, Is that fun or what?

[J Man]

send the coupe to me and I will find you a roadster.

[KCsledz]

now thats a coupe!

[JOECOOL]

If I buy it I will offer it for trade first, Oh buy the way I am not that sharp on T's,why is it bigger and where is it bigger?

If I can figure this Internet crap out I'll take and post some pictures..

Thanks all,

[Rusty]

man that is cool. what kind of radiator did you use?

[Unkl Ian]

From the back of the door,to the back of the cockpit,is longer on a coupe.

[SamIyam]

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samIyam, Is that fun or what?

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Yep, very.

The radiator on the RR is a Mustang 3 core radiator... cheap and relatively small.

The coupe's are also wider than the roadsters... I widened mine a bit more than stock in the drivers area and it is now about 2" wider inside than my '30 coupe.

Sam.

[du$ty]

mine

[Dirty Dug]

A roadster is a roadster. A coupe with the top cut off is a coupe with the top cut off. One will never be the other.

[SamIyam]

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A roadster is a roadster. A coupe with the top cut off is a coupe with the top cut off. One will never be the other.

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But a coupe with the top cut off will get you on the cover of Rod & Custom. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Sam.

[ratster]

Here's my Essex coupe. Not many Essex's around anyway so it's fun to watch people try and figure out what has been done to the T coupe.

[hammeredabone]

Joecool, I would use mild steel tubing round or square to stiffen the body up enough to have doors work. I did this some years ago on a 29 roadster, doubled up the tubing (vertical) at the door post. Also added a triangulated brace behind cockpit. Made body Very stiff and never had a problem with doors.
Regarding the debate on what to with your car, what SAm said and a clone of a AMBR winner was on the cover of TRJ and that was a coupe turned roadster! Done by the very talented Von Franco!

[Hackerbilt]

Holy shit...don't the ROACH just scream Hot Rod?
Totally roadable too!
Gotta hand it to ya Sam! Ya did good.

Looking past the actual body choice and era styling...it appears you did NOTHING to make it look "cool"! Yet as a result of good construction and roadable enginneering, the car is totally "cool" AND a hard runner too!
Theres a lesson in there somewhere.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Bill