5W stance/chassis inspiration request

Thanx Ryan, do you have the issue #?

 

Here's another of my personal faves....

The Smith Roadster...

 

Who's car is this? That firewall forward look is something I'm very interested in. Looks a lot like a 1930's English Riley, or Delage GP car.

 

A couple more of this wonderful car........

 

Body style makes a huge difference too, IMO... the Kougaz is my favorite roadster (and favorite Deuce) of all time, but its chassis just wouldn't work for a 5w. To me an ass-up big rake looks great on a fenderless 3w (or a sedan), but less so on a 5w.

 

As much as I like Tom Branch's roadster and the Jim Khougaz roadster, if I were going to channel a five window, it would have to be done like that So-Cal coupe. That look would be perfect for a late 50's look.

However, I have to say that I like the look of Doug's and Busby's coupes better. I also like the stance on that blue roadster with the black wheels. Somewhere in that range looks really good to my eye.

 

My FAVORITE '32 5w of ALL time.
This car fucking RULES!
I don't know exactly why, Hemi, stance (just looks PISSED, don't it?) or what, but if I could afford to build a '32....it'd be CLOSE to this coupe.
Don Tognotti '32

 

My dad and I did that on my car.

I apologize...can't remember who took these photograph's.

 

I dig a lot of the features of the Tognotti coupe, but quite honestly a suicide perch on a 32 just seems wrong... the only '32 suicide setups I've ever liked were the Doane Spencer and the Rolling Bones cars, where the shell is still in front.

 

Hot damn! That's some nice work Nic.

Drew relocated the wheel wells on Marx Barry's A Tudor, something like 6". It turned out swell.

 

That WHY it rules......no one has the BALLS to build something like this anymore it SEEMS......I'd do it in a SECOND!
Gives it a stretched out, rail, racer look.....knowhatimean
It was at the Seattle Roadster Show a few years back (the one time I actually went), and I couldn't get ENOUGH.

 

The Koughaz roadster is cool but it goes back to my comment on Rogue's latest...

When you channel a 32 over a 32 frame you fight the upward sweep of the front of the frame when it comes time to mount the grill shell in relation to the top of the cowl. On almost all channeled 32's on duece rails, the grill shell ends up too high and makes the car look 'flat' from front to back. Look at the side shot of both the Koughaz roadster and the Collegiate Coupe and you'll see what I mean...

It shouldn't be that hard to overcome but if those two cars couldn't pull it off, then maybe it's a bigger problem than it seems.

 

Like I said, I like many things about it and it's obviously a classic (that pic I think is from Pebble Beach). I'd classify it more as a 60s era show rod like the Catallo coupe or the (?) coupe from New Jersey, the white one with the molded quad headlights.

Inarguably cool, but I'm going for a more late 50s lo-buck street racer look.

 

Well, yeah, I see what your saying.
Instead of a suicide perch, I'd just cut off the frame horns, mount the spring to the 'bones @ 3-4" back (moving the axle forward) to get it low. I plan on doing this with a lowly Model A frame, splitting a '32 wishbone and '32 axle.

And as for the Rolling Bones cars......they ALL rule!!!!

 

Agreed car is bitchen, but when you get to the front it looks cheap.

 

well, since Rolling Bones has been brought up..haha, and we did a 5 hole for John Swander well, most of it..he decided to finish her up..thought I'd throw a pic of it here...we didn't chop her, shes an old time hot rod that got a new lease on her life...enjoy...







I appologize..I stole the second one from someone..John never stood still long enough for me to shoot the car haha..the first one I believe Ken took...

 

Here's 2 that hit me the right way. Tried to buy the green one but I was too cheap. Heard it went to Denmark.

 

i know it's a 3w (and that does change a lot like you said) but the stance/style on this really does it for me!

 

one more...

get rid of the radials......and hood.......for me at least

 

here is a coupe i built for a customer.

-danny

 

I really like this one...I think it's a Kennedy Bros build.

 

Thanks Chris, those RB cars just squeeze my nuts.... can you provide more details on how the RB front axle/ spring setup is done? Is it identical to the Doane Spencer? I know the framehorns are cut and the spring is set back, but what kind of spring and crossmember is used? Unsplit bones?

 

the setup is not exactly like the spencer car...we do not z the frame...the rest is probably close (I've only seen the Spencer car in person one time..and I was more in awe at the rest of it since I see the frontend everyday..haha...we use a Model A crossmember, and a custom width spring(which will change depending on which axle you use)...we split the bones, and with the caster we run, the bones mount cleanly in the frame... the rest is pretty much standard fair I suppose...

 

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Model a crossmembers, dropped axle, reversed eye front spring, with unsplit bones

 

How about the Ken Bentz coupe with a chop....