Cool car. What are the headlights? Bike? You really have a Y-block fetish, eh? I woulda been on your case about B/gas on a car with no fenders, but other than that, I like it! I really like the drilled willys axle with the batwings welded on too, it looks slimmer and more graceful than a ford axle. I LOVE the Plymouth axle on the front of that T you PMed me, I want one of those. There was one of those on the front of Paul Scheifers T, which is one lakes era car that really knocks me out.
So...is this 'on the backburner' or 'current'? Or currently on the backburner. Or backburned with some current, 220, 221, whatever it takes?
Hi Stan. I wish you would have clicked on large picture so these guys could get a good look at your beautiful street rod.
the front 1/2" is from the roof lights of a 69 fire truck I have. the rear portion is from a mid 30's GM car. VERY LARGE. I shortened a little and sectioned a lot down to 5.75" diameter. I robbed the park lamps from another set of lights. the sealed beams are French Cibie road race lights. I sold a Halibrand to a guy in Oregon building a re-creation of the # 25. hope he's doing as good as the guys doing the #43. some day I will tell the story behind why it is B/gas. VERY LONG story. I don't have the time to peck it out. maybe when I am unable to build cars any more.
Hey thats a nice build, era perfect, but not the typical thing. It most have been state of the art then! But damn thats fine! Where is the rest? Waiting for more plessant pics, and even more info on you plans Thanks to @falcongeorge for those very nice almost erotic craftmanship, and era specificeret pics. Where are the pics of the Willys axle? Can we see the plymouth axle?
man, that's a hell of a lot of work just for a pair of headlights! I am using re-pop forties Harley Davidson lights on the front of the coupester, they are smaller than King Bees or Arrows, and were used a ton in the late forties/early fifties.
I don't have a picture of the willys axle but you can see it here on the car. I like to use ford spindles. both willys and mopar have the same KP inclination as ford but axle has to be reamed from .750" to .812". willys axle needs 1/4" added to KP boss height. there is no pretier axle than the willys!!
@Frame, thats a very nice modifided! Like it a lot. Are the sprint car from you pics build after old drawings, or with an old car on mind?
I always draw a blueprint. this one was not very detailed and I don't have a picture of it on file. I have been building race cars since 1963. this car is sort of like a stretched midget. they would do that back then. lots of midgets around. cheaper than buying a sprint car. Example--my avatar car blueprint. could not find it on file. avatar car is almost done. PU is almost done.
Wis [circa 1957] . modified picture I'm building now. I drew up a nice blueprint. computer locked me out of my sprint car file. picture of a midget I built 1972. won the BMRA championship. MY OWN DESIGN. look at those long hairpins. been building race cars since 1963. 1st modified I built won U.S. 141 Speedway championship
Ya, a lot of work and I built another set for a VERY CLOSE friend using 7" King Bees. then mounted the cookie cutter park lights proliferating the belly button street rodders these days. but the bullet shape really sets my lights apart. I have all the components to do a set for my 6 carb Cadillac rod, but SMALLER RARE park lamps like I have on my 32. Charlotte Goodguys 2013. about forty 32's entered in the "Deuce Doin's" Won 1st place.
And this is a picture of the marine intake. 2 side draft 6 cylinder Corvette carbs. My lakes modified. Charlotte Goodguys 2003 won " Top Five" trophy. the rich guys must have pissed about it. they don't award that anymore. Won Street Rodder magazine "Top TEN" 2004.
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