Projects The Wade Model A Coupe: Build Thread & Photo Journal

that looks killer

 

holey chit!
TP

 

Amazing, as everyone else has said. loads of nice details, subscribed

 

Exquisite !!!

 

Gas fill is killer....Jim

 

Fabulous. I'm digging the '34 (?) windshield treatment on the model A body. It's different.

 

When I saw the naked frame I thought to myself "Some of these details are senseless. No one is ever going to see that fancy rear cross member when the body is mounted."

Btian, when it comes to detailing a hot rod, you are four steps ahead of everyone else.

 

Ya know, I look at Bass' creations and want to go throw rocks at my stuff! He has more work and skill in that filler cap than I do a whole friggin' car!!! I'm not jealous, just REALLY admire the work that some CRAFTSMEN are capable of!

He can build a whole car in the time it would take to me build that damn filler!

 

Nice work! Interested to see how the deck lid comes together next!

 

Brian,
Hope you don't mind a question but, when you worked these area's with the low crown hammer and high crown dolly, did you do hammer on dolly or off dolly or? I have a area like this on my roof and am not sure how to tackle it.
Thanks,
Brian

 

It really depends on the area, but typically you hammer off dolly to bring down a high spot, and you can hammer on dolly to bring up a low spot. You have to be careful hammering on dolly, because it is possible to stretch the area if you overdo it. This is where shrinking comes in.

Most of the time when you have a panel that's damaged this badly, it's going to be stretched a bit already, and straightening the metal is going to stretch it even more. I use a shrinking disc to shrink back high spots after roughing in the shape, and planish on and off dolly from there.

 

Thanks for the info Brian!

 

More Awesome work, fantastic!

Nick.

 

Bass,
First off, awesome work, as always. Second, what's going under, or is under, the tunnel at the rear of the trunk floor? Support structure for a push bar, perhaps? Or parachute mount for racing the salt flats? I'm sure time will tell, but I'm curious as it's behind-ish the rear crossmember.
Thanks for keeping us posted on the progress and keep up the great work! Between the Wade Coupe, Bass Coupe, Bass Roadster, and Texas Playboy, your builds make up 40+% of my favorite builds to follow on here. To say you have/keep your hands full is the understatement of the year!
Thanks again,
Joseph

 

Don't forget the 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=603350

 

Damnit ,have you been recognized by metal monthly illustrated yet?
Pure metal artwork!

 

Amazing skills! Your time in this field has definitely paid dividends! I am simply in awe of the skill and artistic style you put into this.

Excellent!

Grant

 

Loved the "Earnst" roadster in Rodders Journal this month !
Cudos !

 

NASA called you can name your price, You sir are a craftsman. Good job, if i hit the lotto i will call You. mark

 

Truly amazing craftsmanship

 

Sad thing is NASA has been closed.

 

Touche! 50+% then. The grille work on that one is beautiful. The chop and rear fender treatment was decent enough too.

 

Here are a few photos of how I built the dash. I started with an original '34 Ford dash, mainly because I liked the shape at the top of the dash. And since I changed the windshield opening in the car to '33-34 stuff, it is almost a bolt-in deal.

Since there are already a million miles of welding in this car, what's a few more feet?



Filled the center.



Snip snip...



Fitting the new bottom:



Welded and metal-finished.



Mocked up in the car:



I really like how the shape of the dash mimics the shape of the steering wheel, and vice versa. Now that the shape of the dash is finalized, I can go ahead and brace up the cowl and mount the cowl steering.

Thanks for hanging in there with me...I'll try to post some more updates soon.

-Brian

 

Winner, Winner! Chicken dinner!

 

Talented SumBitch... Nice work as always!

 

Alright this is right my alley! I also think that the 33-34 dash leave a bit to be desired especially compared to the years prior and the immediate years after. I had thought about doing a similar merger except I was thinking about getting rid of the center "bump" as well and splicing the entire 32 bottom in in my '33.

I like what you did here though, that's very classy and the execution is as usual, perfect. Also looks like it could have been a late 32 or early '33 variation. The curvature of the top of the dash works really well with the windshield opening.

 

I know there's a circle there for reason in the center of the dash......Sun Football tach?

 

I was going to put this 5" SW Curved glass 8k tach I have in the center if I get that "bump" gone but now that you removed the other eye sores it would look perfect there!

 

It's for one of the tweeters for the boomin' system. Wait until you see the woofer enclosure that goes in the trunk!

The bitches love bass!