Hot Rods Post war 31 A coupe traditional build?????

Thanks Man.......

 

Nearly there now, my mate came round and gave me a hand to make the exhaust then got some paint on the body, put it on the chassis and started putting it back together
pictures explain it better...... here ya go

 

thats it for now, I will be painting the rediator, Fan and the inside of the grille shell black...

 

That's looking really, really nice.
Just curious, why did you decide to go with the electric fan? I'll be running a Flathead in mine as well, and was thinking that a larger radiator and mechanical fan would be sufficient.

 

no real reason, just that its safer when adjusting the timing and the electric fan is more efficent and with the chopped grille the blades would have to be really short so no to chop the top water hoses off.......when the fan and rad is painted black it wont be seen from the front.....

 

Well, Im nearly there now, just a couple of minor jobs left to do for the test, fit the horn and also the number plate light.
my mate and I have been on it all weekend and finished the wiring and lots of other jobs (cheers Kelv couldnt have done the wiring with out you ;D)
took her for the first test drive earlier and the brakes were hardly working so got it back in the garage and discovered lots more air in the system just on the front wheels and had a hell of a job getting rid of it, in the end I had to bleed both the front wheels at the same time and that did the trick, so with a good pedal I took it down the road again and left some darkies on the road from stopping and pulling away ;D
I am quite pleased to say the least, the car seems to handle and steer real nice, I will no more with a proper long test run but for now im very pleased, heres some pics of how it sits tonight
I sooooooo chuffed with the stance ;D ;D ;D ;D







Still smiling......... ;D

 

Purrrrrfect

 

Looks like you're set to terrorize the streets of Gloucester
I think we need to hear it run...

 

Nice execution on this one....Beautiful

 

Very nice, love the dash..

 

Rad car man! You made it look easy.

 

Real tidy hotrod;enjoy the ride

 

It looks amazing! Great job inside and out!


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very nice!!!

 

Congratulations Jer on putting a lovely Coupe together, getting it inspected and registered. Looks great.

Bulkhead looks so uncluttered, are you running an oil filter if so whereabouts have you hidden it?
Looking forward to getting a chance to have a decent snoop around

 

Very cool car, congrats on the build.

 

Brilliant. Such quality work....Thanks for sharing. Meat

 

Thanks for all the positive comments guys.

Nath Im not running a filter as this engine didnt have one originally and the inside is spotless so I figured I would just do regular oil changes, plus i prefer the look without....

 

Perfection true hot rod .

 

superb. wow...

 

Awesome

 

Great build love the stands.

Frenchy

 

Great job!

 

Back up for those who missed it, this thread has several great mini tech. threads in it as well as some great fab work. The coupe looks perfect, any more current pics?

 

Great job! You make it look easy!

 

Thanks for your compliments, I will load a couple of more recent pics up later
Jeremy

 

Here's a couple of more up to date pictures of the car now its got a few thousand miles on it, the first two pics were taken at the VHRA Hot Rod Races at Pendine Sands.

 

Great build thread, congrats on the Custom Car spread, very informative . Any chance of posting a video ??? Please.

 

Yo ! I love it when a bitchin' ass thread like this gets bumped up for reading !! Stellar work man ! That coupe is righteous.