Projects Building My First Roadster in San Francisco

I really like that header!

 

Yeah , I should have realised David would be the man to help with that. I have seen roadster windscreen frames brazed before and they always seem to break again . I think they are just too flexible and prone to vibration, without much room to splint them internally ... and if you make a stiff point the glass breaks there.. damned if you do damned if you don't! Hard to know what to do!
I think I would probably fix it as best I can and then look for parts or another damaged one at swap meets. Once I had the part I needed, dismantle the whole thing and replace the broken piece . I know the budget etc and the philosophy so just make it a long term goal, and move on with other stuff, the parts will turn up.

Maybe put a sleeve/fillet of some sort on the outside , that still allows it to function, maybe a mirror mount or ? and just call it a war wound, .... wear it with pride sort of thing, until it can be replaced.

 

That is how I did my panel for switches. If you go back to post 367 you can see I also use the panel for the tach. I went with a 31 later dash column support and used the gas tank mounted support for the panel. I used 1/8 x 1 inch angle with sheet metal riveted over it for better support. Panel is on both sides of column with tach, light switch, start button on left and choke on other side. I kept it 1/8 inch from touching gas tank on top. Your doing good, keep it up.

 

Haha! It probably did come from that one!!!

 

Are you still running the A distributor?

 

What are the plans for the exhaust?

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Dude! pinch your self the next time you park it again for that oh so right photo op. You have a Henry Roadster, a good stance, a war era looks and style, a couple passed down hot rod history parts, a banger, a few incredible speed bits, a wicked header, with plenty of adventures ahead.
I can’t get over the cool exhaust potential. Have you considered the true dual pipes exiting on the right under the back panel paired side by side like a shotgun barrels?



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I vote exiting the back close to each other. Other wise it’s going to sound like a two cylinder garden tiller from the 50’s lol

 

My GMC six has duals that exit the back side by side, of course it's the other side. I like the look and the sound. Bangers like sixes have their own sound. Just let it happen. I agree not too loud. I ran straight pipes out the back of my pickup for one trip over the hill to Reno (only about 30 miles) and bought mufflers on the way home. It's still plenty loud.

 

I run a similar header on my A, twin pipes (1-5/8) exit for and aft of the brake cross shaft hence the rear being lower. If I ever get around to working on getting it streetable I'll most likely run two full length pipes straight through.

 

That is another really nice A roadster. How much would the sound change if you switched which pair of ports ran into the same pipe? Would there be any scavenging advantage in which ports are paired?

 

The boys down in the repair shop lent me the cutouts for electrical boxes years ago... the bolt type...
i would punch out the fuel, ameter and key holes to take 2.125" gauges...
left the stock speedo and added a small tach... my $0.02.

 

I'd seriously consider silver brazing that up. Your bicycle guy might have that talent. If done right it should be able to be done without bluing the plating and would polish up nicely. Proper flux and probably 45% silver. I'd do it for you if I/you....well really car was closer. Needs to be done on the car for alignment in my mind.
My $.03

 

A couple of observations if I may: Growing up in Southern California in the fifties, a build like this would be a piece of cake. You could still buy a running, registered Model A for under a hundred bucks, even on a used car lot. Junk yards galore and a few speed shops even.

However, the power of the HAMB is awesome when you read about the generosity of members contributing to this project and the construction tips based on experience by posters. Both of my A powered hot rods were built more than 20 years a go and they're still works in progress.

I don't understand why you would put a flat head in this car when you can increase the stock A HP 50% from 40 to 60 for the price of three SBC crate motors!

 

I agree about leaving a 4 cylinder in it. It's not my choice but I really like where the car almost is right now.

 

I just read though this thread and now I really want to build a traditional roadster hot rod. I have never built a hot rod but have always wanted to. So this is either going to motivate me to get going and build one or cause me to buy a bunch of parts off of craigslist and end up spending a lot of money for something I will never finish. I spoke to my wife about it. She just looked at me and said nothing. Ugh! Thanks Joey.


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A wife who says nothing, count your blessing.

 

Might sound a little more like this intro

 

So this is what it’s like when you start with a whole car.


I see the appeal lol

 

agreed... my experience is with "HOLES cars" ...

 

I had a lot of Non Functional’s Holes in our choppers