Projects My "You didn't build that" 27 T Roadster build thread

Hi, Eric, just checking in. JW

 

He did! Not as much build detail on this one, but lots of things we did different. It will be all fresh material.

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Happy New Year buddy! Just four months late, LOL.

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Thanks Larry! I'll throw up some info shortly. Don't get too excited though.

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Thank you, info coming!

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Boy oh boy, been a long time fellas. My apologies.



Rolled it out to work on odds and ends. So many little things, seems like it'll never get done.


Little shit goes on forever! Will it ever end?


Headers temporarily bolted up.


Our 18 year old fits under the dash much better than I do. Granted, he's an inch taller but 100 lbs lighter...


Fuel tank getting finished.


Thermostat housing going on. Again.


"Helping."


Got caught in a downpour. Got the car in quickly but I got soaked.


Looming wires.


My 18 year old built a bracket/housing for the electrical shutoff from scrap.


Built a license plate bracket.


Been doing a bunch of this...


Bought a new truck...


And ate a shit ton of these.


So where the car now? Still in the garage. In fact, I saw it 10 minutes ago. Here's my checklist:
1. Install fusible link
2. Install grounds (body/frame, frame/engine)
3. Connect battery and test all electrical
4. Fill all fluids
5. Fire and pray
6. See if it moves under its own power
7. Hang doors and deck lid
8. Finish polishing paint
9. Have Brad King stripe it
10. Drive the shot out of it
11. Interior this fall

I could do 1 through 7 in a weekend, I just haven't had time. REALLY trying to make it to LARS this year. Anyone want to come help?

 

Great to see you back here and getting the Roadster sorted and I would love to come and give you a hand to get it to LARS, well I can in 13 months. JW

 

Hey! Is that your new shop going up in the background of that one picture. ?

 

I wish. Someone bought the 1/2 acre next door and is building a house and shop. He's a car guy with a '68 Bronco and a '33 Ford truck cab he wants to rat rod. I'll solve that though.

My shop will be happening, just too many irons in the fire right now.

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^^Posted at 12.21 am, I hope you were coming in from working in the garage. JW

 

Nah, daughter drove in from Reno to surprise Victoria for Mothers Day. Been up visiting.

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Daddio , what are you going to coat headers with . I found some great heat paint at SEMA and love it . Got about 100 hrs on it and it looks like I just put it on .
Car looks great . Blue

 

Had to find the pictures .

 

^^^I’m diggin that Zybar, great color too

 

Thanks Blue, that stuff looks awesome! Although I'd prefer the exact color you've done, the wife wants chrome headers.

Matt frome Gear Drive has a coating process that looks like chrome but reportedly never blues or yellows. And they can do it on headers that have been run so I think we're going to try that.

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That would probably be silver ceramic Eric,
Matt didn’t do mine, but I had them and the rest of my exhaust system done here locally.

 

That looks perfect!

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A few weeks ago a older friend fell at a small car show I was at. He seemed okay but decided to go home. I followed them to help Ed in the house as Sharon isn't really able to help him around much.

I hadn't seen their '32 roadster in a few years, but there it was in the garage, so I asked about it. Seems Ed had started replacing the taillights two years ago and never finished, so he never drove it again.

I stopped by about a week later and finished his wiring. Took all of 20 minutes. They were so grateful and took it to the first car show in years.

They stopped by tonight with a "thank you" for me, nicest damn couple you'll ever meet!



Yeah, they're GOOD!

Rolled the roadster out for them. They approved.


Wow, I need to clean my yard up!

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Clean up the yard when you an drive the roadster out of the way......priorities! Remember LARS. JW

 

It's looking good Eric, I could probably find the answer if I dug, but what did your wheelbase end up to be ?

 

I dont recall. I want to say 118" but I'll measure it for you.

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Looking good but where’s the shot of the 32 roadster?

 

No '32 roadsters here at the moment.

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Here's the 27 collecting dust though.

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Thanks Eric.
Lucky wife.
Don’t be surprised if someone decides to delete the photo from your thread, it happened to me when I posted a picture of my shiny new awesomely blue F150 truck.
And it was even on subject for the thread which was about nice shades of blue.

 

Very lucky indeed. Looks like I will be seeing the Roadster at LARS next year, now that will be way cool. JW

 

Was just flicking though the early pages of this thread (I do these things) and on page 4 post 96 you told Bob it was going to LARS, do you recall what year? JW

 

1983? Seems like it, at least. Probably 2013.

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Well, Larry was right! Eric, how was Victoria with her surprize ?? Mandy wants us to bring our T over next year, would be fun but too much work to do that just yet. How far away do you think you are to a start up, will be summer in a week. JW

 

I could do it if I had a whole day. I just don't have time right now. Worked 14 hours Friday, Saturday and 10 hours today. Back at it again tomorrow before 7 AM.

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