You are a real talent and you couldn't have chosen a better car to show it off. (I've owned seven) Keep it coming!!!
Pau, You are quite the "Metal Magician". This roadster is coming along great. Will stay tuned for further updates.
again not much in the way of progress, just a picture to show what it looks like right now.. cold and raining outside makes me think of being able to run in the rain. last couple days I've been modifying some F1 shock mounts, welded some headlight mounts cut from an A headlight bar to 'em and bolted on what I think might be '32 headlights and chopped a crusty '29 grill shell and set it on there. I had these "fenders" up in the loft, aparently made from a spare cover, set them on it too.. all that and some blue tape starts to look like something.. don't know what but something..
Bitchin' Paul! How much did you chop the grill shell? Where did you chop it? Did you narrow it too? Same thing I'm planning on doing with my '27 roadster. I don't intend to copy anyone but I'd rather build on success than screw up, know what I mean?
I do know what you mean.. I think, don't know if this could be called success yet but I chopped this one 2 1/2" split equal distance from the apex of the curve on the vertical leg. no narrowing on this one I'll see if I can't scare up a picture..
love that picture here's a picture of where I cut the grill shell, I should have taken a picture of the shell before I knocked the flaking nickle off, it was something to behold
This is a rad car. I am diggin all the progress. One thing has me stumped though and I think that I am missing something. WHy are the rear bones bolted to the torque tube? Am I just not gettin it or what. is it temp? It should be bolted to a cross member that is welded to the frame right???? I cant wait to see the end result of this build. your metal working is inspiring!!!
I have LaSalles also, one of them was in a box all apart when I got it...Needles were all over, and missing a lot of them. 30 phone calls around San Jose, nobody knew anything, what I finally found out was that a GM 'small parts kit' for Muncie or Saginaw had the same needles, but longer. They can be precision ground to length. So, mic the diameter and length of your needle, get with one of the 4-speed gurus on here, and have him measure some available needles. I just remember that something GM fits, and it was available!
What a beautiful, clean and simply designed and executed roadster! My kind of car! Alot of hotrods being built today are over engineered, complicated, over designed and cluttered with crazy one-off parts. The more I see, the more I appreciate simplicity. Paul is an example of hotrodding at its finest and purest....IMHO
I'm at the main office, unlike the field we close the doors here on holidays.. it's weird, I've never had Vetrans Day off before.
thanks man the stuff is amazing, with very little effort it can make a project that is moving along slowly look fast that would be cool! then maybe I'd see my vision a reality!
Paul, I may do the same type fenders front and rear on my '31 "A" Coupe. It kind of dates the car to a specific era. Looking forward to more progress on your roadster.
finaly got a little work done on the roadster yesterday stole a couple hours to build a new floor for the passenger area
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