Projects 1930 Sportster, shortened cockpit, tilted post cowl, door caps.

Never seen one but I can say that is a nice looking dash!

 

if i use it i will be padding the pinstriper's wallet...

 

going to look at a couple sister sport coupes Wednesday... fingers crossed !

 

Smitty, If you don't like the way those sisters look, you can always stop for a Montreal Steak on your way back!

 

yup... boost my spirits if they are too far gone... or celebrate if we bring one or both home...
viva la' Montreal...…. steak !
had to take it apart to have room to work while the chassis work goes on...
pix for my inspiration.

 

They were far gone...
bought 2 pair of rough '30 sportie quarters and a fair tulip...
left a NASTY pile of cowls, doors and quarters with the seller...
stopped at Hart's turkey farm for a turkey dinner on the way home...
sure wasn't Montreal steak...

 

Must have been rough.I have seen what you can do with rusty. best of luck with the 1/4s.

 

Smitty, turkey is far better for your heart than that old steak would have been anyhow.

 

she is a twisted sister,
but a little jenny craig and she might get back to being a Henry's Lady again..
note the difference in '29-'31 cabriolet and sport coupe quarters...4th pic.
he had the back half of a '28 roadster...
he said a quarter was rusted through at the beltline... said the tulip was there... I have a rt. '28 sportie quarter, hoped it would patch most of the bad quarter...
WOW, it laid upside down and was blown out from the B pillar back to the decklid... the tulip had the bolt holes not much else... said it has a great subfloor and lower quarters... $500... i'ld rather take the cash and buy repop subfloor and patches...
If there are guys out there that are braver than I, I can pm you his # in central NH. he has [2] '30 coupe cowls with [doors ?], pr. sportie quarters...
about $100 a panel...

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Good score for you. Another roadster in the making?

 

gonna be coupester kids... when I call them roadsters I get the flak from the traditional guys...
but you and I know what they will be...

 

Never a doubt. One of the trad guys told me roadsters didn't have b pillars. Mabey so, but what do you call them?

 

B pillars...
even though they are only angle steel,
I call them B pillars as a location as much as what they are made from...

 

Yahoo !
buddy has picked up my perimeter '32 frame to add both suspensions, exhaust, drive shaft, motor mnts, x member/tranny mnt, brakes, steering, wiring..... about everything but the sheetmetal...
pix when he sends them to me...

 

Awesome build. Thanks for the post. I may borrow some of your ideas. I just got a 1930 Model A four door minus most of the body for free. We got it running , now it's figuring out what to do for a body. Gary

 

first pix from the chassis guys garage...

 

Lookin good Smitty. Whose made that axle?

 

that is a "hamber trade" super bell... second pic...

 

progress, ...

 

Lookin' good Smitty.

 

Treasure !... got my new radiator... welded aluminum. [MI. USA]...
'30-'31 model A, chopped 3" with flathead porting...
flattie porting because i run SBFs, they switched sides on the lower port after '70...
should cover me for both... $450.00 shipped...

 

pic is a little fuzzy Smitty Can't quite see it

 

eye surgury the 28th, everything is fuzzy...
though i think the fuzzy is to help disipate heat...

 

Looking good. Who did you get the radiator from?

 

Does the rad fill up the shell? Mine does not fill the 28 9 shell.

 

Is that a superior unit? If so the price has really gone up.

 

Great work and your patience is paying off! Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

try topping up with it facing down a steep slope .!

 

Space in the shell, not liquid.
Good idea for fill problems.

jim

 

had a '33 coupe with a '37 truck grill...
i would shut off and disconnect my heater hose and fill from there, worked out ok...