Hot Rods SWIFTYS NEW 32 5W COUPE BUILD

Looking good, Swifty! Makes me want to start building another one. You know the steering is on the wrong side don't you?

 

Hi Owen, your 36-3w looks great. Excellent choice of engine LOL. When did you get it on the road? Will catch up at Mulwala if it happens.

 

Hey mate ... the 32 is looking great.I got the plates on mine a couple of weeks ago.Still a few things to finish off but can't really take it anywhere at the moment anyway .Hopefully all these restrictions will be finished soon and things will get back to (new) normal. Looking forward to catching up soon ... hopefully Mulwala ??

 

Sorting out exhaust , speedo cable and handbrake location and interference

 

Offy intake, eelco finned valley cover, original buick valve covers and weiand plug covers

 

Playing with steering setup at the moment

 

Wheel is a 17"

So trying to replicate original positioning

 

Dash set up

 

Working out the headlight bar

 

Setting up The seat.

 

Thanks for the update.


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Go Swifty,thanks for the pics Corey

 

Some finishing off of chassis details

Exhaust hangers and handbrake cable bell crank

 

Do you have a torque arm to stop the rear end from rotating?

 

Yes

 

Chassis looking good

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Chassis getting some love. Heading towards paint now.

 

The soon to be 80 year old is starting To get ready to assemble the soon to be 90 year old car.
A big thanks to my mate Neil for helping push this along. Its gone forward over 12 mobths worth in the last 10 weeks

 

Various parts getting some colour

 

Hillbilly heat booth.

 

Swifty felt the 2 pak was still a little soft so i suggested he make his own booth and use his heater to cook it for an hour or so to help especially Given how cold it currently Is.

 

Excellent build!

 

Cheers for the thread Flatoz, hope you guys are well.

 

All good Pete, haven't heard from you for a while, hope you're well too.

The body is lined up for trim in 2 weeks so that is probably the next big hurdle. Car will be away for 2-3 weeks only we hope. Plan is hopefully to take the body to trimmers on a dolly so the chassis can be put together. I've given Swifty a deadline of September to get this thing going. You know what old retired guys are like, every day is a sunday! He's not getting any younger and I keep telling him he needs to finish it so he can enjoy it while he's still able. The best thing that i feel could happen to this car is that its worn out by the time he's too old to use it anymore.

 

Thanks for starting the thread Corey and posting the pics. I guess I should give a bit of the history of the build but I've got another batch of bits in the "Hillbilly heat booth" so it'll have to wait.

 

Thanks for the pictures super nice build.

 

Great looking build , but has swifty ever got it wrong , what about the tub he is working on as well pics please

 

Thanks for the updates, I look forward to this build. Be nice to see it running_moving under its own power.

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