A true swampa ... most of the swampers i have hauled home had either been rightside up and had 4" rotted off the bottom, or they sat upside down and the roof rotted off... about the same job as you have "hanging"... your split level pic shows what must be done... when the splicing is done it looks like it is gonna be the "swamp queen" whatever engine does the work.
Sweet sport coupe! I guess I missed that add for a $4500 dollar, local sport coupe! Ha. I'll be following along this time
There’s a crew that shows up at the New England Dragway and a couple of Model A swaps I go to. They call themselves the “ Swamp Yankees” and drive some pretty cool cars. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Hi Mike, I haven't made it to the New England Dragway swap meets yet. Being from the CT border I generally head to the Stafford or Bristol swap/shows. The Swamp Yankee's must be a cool bunch.
With no bites on any of my adds, I felt no guilt moving forward on the conversion. Well, maybe I still harbor a tiny bit... But I wouldn't let it stop me. My first plan was to use the complete drivers side quarter. But the more I looked it over, the bottom half of the sport coupe was so much better.
I toiled over exactly where I wanted to make the cut. Finally I decided to use the upper belt line, because on both sides of the car, those pieces were less dented and only had surface rust that could easily be cleaned.
I went ahead and cut the sport coupe first, then cut the coupe top oversized so I could grind and file my way to nice even fit. I must of taken that piece on and off about a hundred times to get that seam the way I wanted it.
Little by little I just kept working at the fit. Like I say to everyone that comes inside my garage. Sorry about the mess, but I do a lot of work in here,,, when I'm off work...
The lower quarter panel attached to the door pillar and rear roof section are a big help keeping things lined up. Using them as a guide it was just a matter of making the belt line match my 30 coupe that was parked just outside the door.
Holy cow,,, if the lower quarters i got from you clean up as well as the roof quarter pictured i may have to buy you a Montreal steak when this c19 has passed... ... go swamp yank go ! . For any rodders doing a sheetmetal splice try this ; . measure and mark well... trimm both 1/2" or more too big... cut to fit the B and C pillars...leave the skin long... set up the panels with magnets.... when right use klecos or tack weld the overlap inside and out... then slap a metal cutting blade in a heavy duty sabre saw... use a wizzer to cut a starting slot for the saw in the center of the overlap... this cuts both pieces at the same time... remove the klecos or tack welds ... sand a little bevel on both and weld that baby back together...
Appreciate all the tips-advice I can get... I know I took several pics doing the passenger side, but I can't seem to find them. Here is the right side after I finished.
Neat ride, kid! Wicked pissah!! I'm pretty sure I drove by your place this summer. Hard to miss those hot rods in the driveway
Thanks Wheeldog - If you're ever in the neighborhood go ahead and pop in... BTW I added your Another New England Build thread to my fav's many moons ago. Ummm, Those doors look mighty familiar... Just sayin..
Once again I want to say thanks to all for the likes and kind words... I'll be drawing from your experience and ideas throughout this build.
As I said earlier, I accomplished the top conversion goal for 2020 and decided my next objective would be to complete the running gear by the end of the summer of 2021. I'm imagining a future video of some sort, minus the straw hat.. I already have a slightly hopped up 4 banger in my 30 coupe, and I really enjoy driving it... 3,000 miles last summer.. So I decided on an AV8 with a 39 type trans attached to the original banjo rear and torque tube. I put out a wanted add and started the next leg of this journey. My wanted add got a lot of attention and I was about to strike a deal on a 59ab with 40fords ( a very helpful person)... But dono50 replied to my add and said he had an 8ba that he rebuilt himself. Bob only lives about an hour away so I couldn't pass it up.
Spit-balling but you can run the early 59AB heads on the 8BA blocks ... i think they look better... there is a water passage near the dist. tiedown... it is about .3??" diameter... had the boys in the tool room turn a brass plug down for me... froze it and installed it cold... never leaked... many 59 ab heads were produced, but the 8BA heads were competing with the new overhead valve engines... not so many choices ...
I needed space between the rails so I placed an add for the engine.. In just a couple days I sold it to a man from Upstate. He wanted it right away, so I wasted no time... I'll miss the little engine, I enjoyed bringing it back to life.
dono50 said he would guarantee the 8ba would run and not over heat. He did not disappoint! This was taken after it had run for about twenty minutes, I let go for over thirty and it never went above 180.
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