not another update!!

[wes]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/blackest_heart/modelaroller.jpg

its getting there,,, few things to tweak, im gonna move the radius rod mount up a couple inches,, floors are almost done. about ready to pull the motor and send it off the machine shop.

[wes]

also, i need to find a good place to buy some parts,, i bought a door latch from a place called.www.partsformodelafords.com or some shit and thre latch was garage. i need to find a good place to get my patch panels and doro handles and the latch from,, also how much of the wood did you keep in your body? i know for sure i wanna do a vinyil insert so i need to keep the top bows, but is it neccesary to keep it all? its all there but its pretty rotted so im trying to decide if its worth spending the dough for a whole wood kit

[Rocky]

Car is lookin good, Wes... about moving your 'bones: You ARE aware you need 4 to 6 degrees of positive caster, to keep that baby going straight down the road, right? When you move your mounting point of the 'bones, you change the caster. You may have to take a pie-cut outta the front of the bones if you raise the rear of them to get your caster back in specs...

[Rocky]

Mac's has the parts you desire too...

[Bryan]

wow, looking good!

[Deuce Roadster]

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You don't play do you? Lot of progress in a short time.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Looking good.

I have used Howell Sheet metal in Texas. Always been very happy with what I bought.

Their site on line is

http://www.fordor.com/

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[wes]

yea, the caster is good right now., so i did take that into consideration that if i wanna keep the caster the same then i need to pie cut it. maybe i dont need to move them if the caster is good right now?? just cause it looks kinda funky now that i see a pic

[wes]

wow buncha posts while i was replying to rockys post, got a web addy for MACs?
thanks guys, im busting my ass on this thing..
whats your oppinions on the wood?

[wes]

btt

[bradberry00]

http://www.macsautoparts.com/ http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[wes]

thanks

[geemann51]

Your an animal, I can't believe how quick that is going together. Nice job...

[wes]

thanks greg, hows the shoebox goin? driving it to paso this year? my goal is to have mine in paint by then

[LaDave]

and all this time i thought you were useless !
good job im glad you went with the fe
dj

[wes]

youd be surprised what i can get done when im actually able to do stuff...

[unclescooby]

That is awesome...I'm sorry it has taken me so long to find any FE intake info for you from Tom...Everytime I ask him he says "I don't know...I need to look at it and think about it".

[wes]

no problem man, theres no hurry

[Dat Dirty Rat]

Wes- I cant believe thats the same car,,,awesome job. The hard work is paying off holmes. The car has a great look to it!

Dirty

[geemann51]

[ QUOTE ]
thanks greg, hows the shoebox goin? driving it to paso this year? my goal is to have mine in paint by then

[/ QUOTE ]

Paso is the goal.

I had a good day on it today. Finally got my wheel spacers, so I eliminated the rubbing on the rear inside fenderwells. Got some temporary taillights cobbled together and troubleshot a bad headlight switch today also.

I still can't get my carbs figured out. I guess I am going to bite the bullet and take it into San Diego Carburator and see if they can't get it handled. Either that or scrap the whole tripower rig completely. Couldn't drive it though until the taillights were butttoned up.

Got it registered week before last and just need to slap some insurance on it and I'll putt it out to La Mesa or El Cajon once or twice before the season ends......

[wes]

MAN, its getting close huh?when does it end? that was one of my goals also was to drive my car to el cajon or la mesa before it ended,,,

[geemann51]

Pretty sure they both wrap up around daylight savings, so I think it goes into October a bit.

[xadamx]

Wes...that car is sweet. Wonder whose car will be done first!? I like that stance, looks tough and speedy...

Adam

[wes]

i think its cool that we are building the same car but totally different. im hoping to have it driveable in aout 3-4 weeks if the machine shop dosnt lag, of course thats no body work or paint or interior

[____]

man that things looking killer! slow down! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[jonnycola]

That car is awesome.

[Jkustom]

I love you wes, Your actually making it happen! Weve talked about you needing a coupe for quite a while, now there it is! Your my hero. -J.

[SanDiegoJoe]

looks cool Wes!

[abomber30]

looks good! who's rails are you using on that thing? drew

[kentucky]

The stance is right on. That beast screams HOT ROD! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Farmer]

wow wes, that's inspiring.....damn I gotta get moving on my plans, just a money thing.... Keep on Keepin on dude, it's lookin sick!

[wes]

thanks guys, the rails are ASC, really nice... the price just went up on em from 625 to 675 but imo beats fuckin with a set of old bent twisted rails, got some more parts today at pomona, got a brand new 10 gallon moon tank for 100 bucks, and some other little shit, of course moon wasnt there so i couldnt get my slicks!!

[redmeat]

<font color="red">WES YOU ARE THE ULTIMATE FAG..........Dude i cannot believe you have come so far so quickly......you make me feel like a little girl(helpless not wet panty).....keep up the good work......if GERM still posted on here he would call you a RULER

R E D M E A T </font>

[Zodoff]

What Redmeat said,
Ultimate fag!!

You better cool it down,you make me feel old and slow.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
The "rainbow spcl" are looking great,man!

[NorwegianV8]

Loocs Cool http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
great stance

[k-member]

Right on Wes. You are realy kickin some butt on that thing. I only hope that it inspires RED MEAT to get his Tall T done...He has had it for about two years now and has'nt done too much to it latley (hint,hint). Maybe you should drive it up here in a month just to rub it in... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[porknbeaner]

Wes
I never keep the wood period unless its in good shape.
You don't need it and the car isn't a restoration. Metal is better as far as I'm concerned.
Makin' good progress, your cuttin a fat hawg in the ass friend http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Bruce Lancaster]

On the repro parts, in many cases it doesn't matter where you buy since often there is only one manufacturer. Many repro parts are pretty bad, and some are virtually unusable. For Model A stuff, try Brattons--he makes the effort to find the beat choices, often calls out the problems when there is no choice right in the catalog, and actually improves a few of the parts he sells in house.
When repro stuff sucks, often the best option is to figure out how to repair the original you were about to toss.

[Holidazed]

That looks sweet!!! Nice job. Thats what I hope my model A looks like (when I finally get to it) someday.

[wes]

bruce, i agree with ya, cant beat the orignal stuff, just that the drivers door was completely missing the latch(if anyones got an extra one around ill take it!) got all the floors done, got the seats mounted where i want, now i gotta send em off to get covered, and got the gas tank mounted,, pulling the motor and trans tommorow night and blwing it apart and sending it off to the machine shop. its gettig closer and closer, gonna chop it pretty soon too...
K- im driving that bitch up there in the next couple of months!
wes

[Rand Man]

Looks like it will make a great Rod. mikes-afordable.com has a lot of good "A" parts. Snyders’s Antique Auto Parts puts out a big catalogue. Do you have any extra parts?

[wes]

i have a few things here and there, wahtta ya looking for