Projects Omaha Coupe 33 3w 9" chop, built in 1954 Salt, Drag, and Show

I hope Creams still has that 3W. !!! Great photo

 

Looking for parts

 

Picking up a Banjo from my Dads

 

He was 69 in 2009 and yes, hope all is well with him including The Hotrod Spirit...

Did you meet him as these pics were shared here by him?

 

The video is not Model A its out of 40 Ford . Sorry video labeled wrong.

 

I have not met him. He may be planning a trip up to Omaha to see the coupe. My buddy Eric has been talking to him.

 

Hmmm maybe he has the next installment of Tdogs adventures in Hotrod...

 

Sounds good. Lets get those stories captured and shared

 

Watching......

 

Harry Nicks collection 1957

 

Every shot of that car is cool but ,that last batch of it leaving the line Blows my mind out.You are one very lucky man.

 

Secora ?.....Secora ? Tom Secora.......Omaha ? I started watching this thread and suddenly had a great flashback. That name sure rang a bell. Then I looked in my dogeared folder labeled Old Car Stuff. In there is a picture that always makes me smile from "the good ole days".......it is a picture of Tom Secora Sr. in his black "roadster" on the grounds of the Adair Co. Fairgrounds in Greenfield Iowa at the annual Sept Swap Meet from years and years ago. It is the one swap meet a year where I go to sell old dirt track race car stuff and other hot road stuff. Years ago I had one half of a vintage Hilborn injector setup for a Olds 394. Your dad came by and we got to talking about "old stuff"......including both of us as I am the same age as your dad.
We swapped stories for a long time and he said he wanted the Hilborn injector for "whatever".......he paid me and said he would be back later to pick it up. At the end of the day, a totally cool black 32 "roadster" pulls up. I immediately started drooling over the car......I said "what a neat period correct roadster".......he immediately said....."no no....it's a "Cabriolet" ! and schooled me real quick on the difference !

I LOVE old race cars.......I will be following all of this thread and tell your dad Hi from an old guy from Michigan....Iowa.....Wisconsin or wherever I was living when we crossed paths. Have fun

 

Thank you! I agree on those photos . That one with smoke on the tires is my favorite too!

 

Small world . Yep that's Dad Still have the half of the olds injection. Still talks about doing stuff with. He still trying to wear out that 32 Cabriolet. Thanks for following

 

Badass and sinister.

 

Tommy T Bird to the right of tire on his 34 Cabriolet . This is the one he built after his Model A. That is Harry Nicks standing up on the left white shirt / 1958 Grand Island Nebraska

Here is photo of Tommy with his girlfriend that he later married. also a photo from 1958 in Grand Island

 

Tractorguy , I will tell him you said hello for sure! and thanks for reaching out

 

Had some help in the shop yesterday. Made some progress on the coupe

 

View attachment 4984690 View attachment 4984690 Trying to keep the coupe build to its true form . However I have decided not to channel it as hard as it was in the 50s . The photo with the door open from Grand Island in 57 shows a hard channel along with minimal head room for the driver . The photo of my 6’ 4” buddy Eric in the Black Hop Up shirt sitting inside the coupe on Saturday makes me think the body will work at this height on the frame.. now to figure out the sweeping of the frame and suspension to achieve a low slung frame ride height

 

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I'd never heard of that car, either, so I learned something. Graduated Northwest High, class of '76.

 

So will it be at Omaha`s World of Wheels in March ? YES or no. It needs to be seen.

 

That was the original plan.... I better see if I can get still get it registered. I will report back if I can make it happen and let you know

 

learned some more history on the coupe . They ran a sbc in this thing in 56. That was news to me.

 

Stanlow, The car was accepted to the World of Wheels show next week. Now to scramble to get it at ride height so it does not sit up like a tree house.

 

I put together a video on Banjos.. More geared for the someone who wants to learn about banjos. If your a banjo expert this is probably not for you. But there is cool tid bit of information in the video about how they use to reinforce the ring gear with a welded bung in the bell. I had not heard of this before until I heard the story from Bob Shukart who drag raced in the 50s and 60s

 

amazing...

 

Very cool thread can't wait to see

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Thank you

 

Thank you . I am very lucky to have a friend that is willing to edit all the go pro footage and come over and film in the shop.