Hot Rods Curbspeed Coupe. "Holy Hell" 10/4/2020

Love the detail! That doesn't happen overnight. Good job!

 

Been awhile since I posted any progress. Life gets in the way. Finally finished my custom built headers. What a job. It took forever since the frame was painted and I had to take the header off each time to take it to the other shed to weld it up. I know there is a lot of debate on whether wrap will kill your headers but it's so dry here in Arizona I decided to do it anyways. They were not nice enough to chrome all the way so I just did the tips. It's the best I could do. If I built headers all the time it might have turned out better. I pretty happy with them overall. On to something else. I refuse to give up on this project. It goes on forever but I'm focused now. Here are the pics of the new exhaust.

 

Pics are up finally. had a hard time finding them. Enjoy if you will

 

Wow! That is nice!

 

Thanks Duke. I'm only doing this once. Might as well be done right.

 

Looks REAL GOOD

 

Where did you find the bell tips? Are they mild steel or stainless? What's the OD on the pipe (not the bell)?

 

looking good Dale!

 

Wow very impressive, those headers are so cool.

 

Russ, I had them made up by famed hotrodder Russ Meeks. He' in Portland Ore. Long time friend of my dad and I. He owns Finishline Coatings. He belled them for me. They are 2 inch mild steel diameter tubes that I had chromed. He also did the Famous Orange Crate back in the early 60's. Kinda expensive but they look right.

 

More work than I want to do ever again on a set of headers.

 

Cool! I looked high and low for chrome or stainless 2 inch bell tips and couldn't find any. So I ended up buying a couple of stainless 2 inch OD female ball joints, welding them on and then polishing them.

 

I missed this... looks killer Dale... slow and steady... keep plugging away

 

Dale....Once again as I stated before "I am truly impressed" ! Someday I'll make it down to Tucson to meet you in person and see this killer project. Keep up the great work.

dusty

 

Thanks. It is going to happen. I'm determined. Your welcome anytime to take a peek Dusty.

 

Gonna' be epic, man. EPIC!

 

I sold my rpu at LARS so I got some cabbage to finish it. I have been buying parts and doing some bodywork. It's been so bloody hot here it's hard to get in gear. Progress should happen in the near future. I refuse to give up. Just put an A/C unit in my little shop so I can get some work done. I'll post some progress soon.

 

looking forward to it!

 

Sanding louvers on top hood today. Whoever thought louvers were a good idea? Should have paint on these in a couple of days.

 

Louvers, they're worth the effort. I found scotchbrite pad worked ok, and at least you can hold onto it.
Big decision laying down your pattern, especially on a tapered 34 hood. Not running them parallel actually looks ok.

 

Love it, here's mine.

 

I left the pattern up to my friends in the Peckerheads of Reno. They have pretty good taste in hotrods. Ray and Rory Forbes laid it out and punched it for me. They wanted to try something different and I'm glad they did. I think it looks like it is speeding forward. That's how you get curbspeed. I will try the Scotchbrite pads. Thanks

 

Thanks for the updates ! Dale... coming along nice... congrats again on selling RPU

 

Thanks Rob, This car is happening.

 

Got some stuff painted this week. Cut and buff needed but came out ok for a hack. Grille done. Chrome grille in the future but this one works for now. The world's longest hotrod project continues. Patience everyone. Someday it will be done. When you see the paint scheme you will understand what I'm doing.

 

Don'tcha just love sanding louvers...

 

I've got a helluva lot more louvers to sand than what you see there. Roof insert and trunk lid is full of them. It's not so bad really. Just time consuming.. Starting on top insert tomorrow. Buffing them is worse. I burned through some edges. Will touch up with brush instead of repainting the whole piece.

 

Painted a couple pieces this last weekend. Top insert and trunklid. I will cut and buff in a few days. Turned out pretty good. Time will tell. Bodywork on doors next. One piece of the hotrod puzzle at a time. Progress

 

Nice work. I'm liking the pattern on your hood.

 

Awesome keep the updates coming.