Hot Rods Build Thread: Introducing the Silver City Spl.

need to:
-heat the pedals and move them over.
-heat shifter and give it some curve to clear my knee.
-mount the body solid.
-tank and fuel line, pump, pressure reg, etc.
-ignition and battery.
-headlights and stand.
-wire taillight and mount plate frame.
-windshield.

I still need to buy the tank and electrics and hunt down a windshield and headlights, so progress might slow a little now. but i feel pretty good about where i am. and i can always work on the interior while i wait for the other stuff to show up.

 

Feelin' good, Louis!

 

^^ hahaha. when Andy was here last night, we both climbed in and without him leaning out of the car and his legs hugging the door, I couldn't shift it. So, i think this is a solo vehicle. or maybe short trips with Becky.

 

Trying out the coil location:

 

And made a quicky flyer for a rod run to honor my dad. It'll be 4 years on the 27th, and I still can't wrap my head around the fact that he's gone.

 

that pic reminds me how blessed i am...

 

Has a nice ring, but I think that's made up for wiki, cuz I've never heard this place called that before. Maybe out of towners call it that. But certainly no one that lives here does...

 

^Best road ever.

 

thanks Joe!

 

paul's A's little brother. and thank you for saying so. means a lot.

yep, that's my stuff on CL. trying to move some stuff that i know i won't use to raise some money to finish this up. i'm kinda surprised more of that stuff hasn't gone. i know there are A stocker guys around, but no one wants fenders...

and that model T Rival winter front grille...surprised that's still here.

anyway. thanks for the compliments. i appreciate the connection to paul's car.

 

bugsy- from what i can tell from your pics (and i have visited them on webshots and looked at them full screen...a lot...) i'd say your metal is at least as nice as mine. mine's just got paint. hahaha.

i sold the A truck a month or so ago, and this roadster body fell in my lap a week later. then the chassis a couple weeks after that, and voila.

making progress almost daily. waiting on some ignition parts now. but working on better seating arrangement for this 6' 3" frame...been studying Dennis Lacy's T roadster on 32 rails, as he cut the toe boards out and made the floor flat further forward. neat set up.

 

gotta fix the 54 starter (just got back with one). then it's back on the roadster. Hopefully progress on the floor soon. I have some model A toe board supports, and i am thinking about trimming those to fit at a steeper angle. We'll see.

oh, i also scored a stock 27 cowl gas tank. so i can go the tried and true gravity feed route. no modern electric cheating! woot!

 

made some headlight stands today. sorry for the crappy cell pics.