The Jalopy Journal
Awesome!!! Great work on one of the most beutiful car models ever made.
USPS is the cheapest way and totally reliable, it dosn´t take much longer then FedEx or UPS. Or you can shipp it thrue SoCal Shipping, they are...
Demented car club will be there as allways, best traditional hot rod/kustom and rockabilly show in the world. Take a few days of and come to...
The one that fit a standard 15" rim (the left one in rikster´s pictures) is Cadillac "serie 62" and the one in front are deeper then the one in...
[IMG] Here is the last pictures of my build. Forgot to mention the engin so here it come's.. Its a Chevy -63 283 bored 0.60" with high comp...
Haha, that caddy is to big for my garage. [IMG] Here is a few pic of the first Hot Rod I build. [IMG] This is how it looked when I found...
[IMG] I don't want to brag but.... hehehe. I will still post a few more building pictures even if the car is (allmost) finished. I love to...
Super clean bro! Know how much work it takes to finish a build so well done.
Thanx for posting the picture Mika, great shot. I will put up more pictures myself when I come back to Sweden. The last weeks has ben a race...
Realy nice, true craftmanship.
Fucking great thread! Love the details man. Good luck with the build, but I doubt you need it:)
[IMG] The gas tank was a lilttle tricky to make. [IMG] My break is not strong enugh so I hade to weld all corners. [IMG]...
Thanx guys!
[IMG] Fxxxing Hell!!!! What have I got myself in to? 7 days until the car show and I haven't even started the engin yet. This is my "to do" list...
[IMG] The brass check-valve with it's new stainless thread silver solded together.
[IMG] The carb setup is done!!! They come from some old hot rod and the crome are pretty ruff but I like that they look used. The fuelline...
Yeah richard, thats why we spend so much time in the garage:p haha.
[IMG] Time to make the windshield. I started by making tamplets out of masonite, then a auto glass shop cut it out in laminate glass....
[IMG] Hey Neal, this is the conection between the chassi and the ladderbars.
[IMG] This is how the braekline is going to be. Ones again the high of the car made it inpossible to use pipes. [IMG] Trough the wishbones:)...
Thats some cool details you got there bro. Realy inspiring. Is it as fun to drive as is lookes like? Cheers from sweden.
Thanks guys, realy appreciate the comments.
[IMG] The steering wheel in place:) [IMG] Because I didn't want the break cylinder on the outside and the car is to low to mount it...
[IMG] I found a taillight... finnaly! It´s a 40th Vincent motorcycle taillight, wish it wasn´t aftermarket but right now I'm starting to...
fucking great! people think roth is the man and the next minute they are saying that fiberglass is for pussys. I think youre car have proven...
Oh man thats a nice chop! Great work
[IMG] The headlight/shock mount is from a 48-52 ford F1 truck, it would have been easier to make complete new ones insted of rebuilding the old...
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Rear axle[IMG] The rear axle. What can I say... '56 ford, dusty as hell haha. Pete and Jake shocks, Air Lift bags (lifts like 8"!!!) The...
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