'A' coupe beginnings.....Roach style!

[el Roach]

Here's a couple 'o crappy pics of the beginnings of my 31 coupe. The front end is a 37-38 Plymouth that has batwings welded on with home-made wishbones and will be suicide mounted. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[el Roach]

front end:

[el Roach]

just another piece of ol' tin!

[bustingear]

A-Bones are a beatiful thing!!! Go for it.

[Rude Dude]

Looks great, Chop it! I did mine first time ever was easy as soon as I get my dam scanner to work I will post so you can see it. What are you doing for rear end set up maybe I can help, I kicked mine up the witdh of rear frame. Had it set up with original buggy spring it sat up a little to high for my taste took the spring to have it dearched and reverse the eyes, The price was almost as high as coil overs so I went that route. I wished I would have still gone with spring

[el Roach]

Rude Dude - Ya, gonna chop it. Not to that point yet. I've got a '40 rear end and model A spring for the back. I think I'm gonna Z it about 7-8" in the back and hope that it's enough for my 7.50-16 Lester tires (with the 5" white wall!)
I'm stoked! My first coupe!

[bottle]

Ya it look like a good body , o dose that thing got a Hemi
Looken good,

[Southfork]

What are you planning to use for spindles, brakes and drums on that Plymouth front axle? I like its looks, but wonder about brake stopping power.

[Bondo Slinger]

Ditto on that plymouth axle.

[Scott B]

Stopping power? How about a nice set of nerfs up front - you can use everybody elses brakes...

[wideglide74]

YEAH... Looks like a KILLER project. Love that plymouth axle, I'm an advocate of the non chopped heavily channeled look... I have a few good pics I'll try to post when I get to my own computer... "It ain't real if it ain't steel"

[el Roach]

Thanks guys. The cool thing about those Plymouth axles is that the Ford spindles fit them! I'm going to use '48 spindles and brakes because it's what I got. The hole in the axle will have to be reamed just a bit for the king pin.
I like it 'cause it's different.

[wideglide74]

Heres a couple photo's that I've grabbed from the HAMB...

[wideglide74]

Again...

[el Roach]

WideGlide- thanks for the pics. Dig that one from '59!