Projects 1930 Sportster, shortened cockpit, tilted post cowl, door caps.

I know longer is better. but with the panhard bar being on a short travel suspension we shortened the bar rather than take the chance of it ever hitting the housing...
cut, but still needs to be tapped 5/8"-18 RH
just a note, the speedway panhard bar is the correct inner diameter, so to cut and tap it shorter isn't too bad... doesn't need to be bored...
also added a pair of Hurst motor mounts, a little high, but ok... speedway tranny mount...
body pic for motivation.

 

Hood sides look really nice.
Nice profile

 

thanks dice,
they are '33 chebbies...

 

Sloppy I just found this thread and following now. I am liking your build and the creativity. Hope to see this car at Hebron some time.

 

mounted the cowl, rad, grill set front to back... grill must raise about an inch...
will need to knotch the dash for the column...

 

Smitty

 

i can't leave well enough alone... i spied these 1953-'56 Caddy air conditioning scoops here on the hamb,
well now "they" won't leave me alone... i see them as a scoop that will bolt in to a '30-'31 tank top...
slight downward swoop at the tail, easy to fix...[file]
a little more arch than the tank across the front, but the rubber appears thick enough to fill it...
i will mount a like shaped funnel and drain tube under the cowl ...
i will have to reach under and hook the funnel to the vent with a little clip for a rainy day...
i already have put a '32 cowl top into the A tank, but this intrigues me....

 

Got rained in... cut a hole in the cowl top... nibbled, drilled and filed...
will make a funnel / tube that is slightly larger than the lower '53-'56 caddy port...
then slide it up over the port and pin it in the rain or real cold...
they are die cast so they won't be rusted out, if you go looking for 'em...
mikie likes it ! ... thanks gene ...
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That's different all right. I think I would use them as intended though under my dash for the AC vents. All ready have a cowl vent. They are a cool looking piece more art deco style from the thirties then fifties. Like the way you are thinking outside the box Smitty.

 

Smitty it would be nice if you could use it as a vent/scoop for outside air and have the drain work only when you cap/close it off. Is that the plan?

I just reread your post on it and think you have it covered...

 

yup... that is the plan...
on a convertible it won't run in the rain as often as a coupe...
was told they were outside on the caddy's rear clip not under dash.
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had some small dents and a couple pin holes... grabbed another tank, looked pretty good, cut off the tank, cut and drilled the tank top for the vent...
when i sanded the outer skin i had a half dozen rust holes appear... errr!
should have just gone with the first one...

 

buddy just dropped off the cage from a pontoon boat top...
square tube, aluminum, all the pivots and anchors still on it...
got some time before i mess with them...

 

looking to use a thinner dash on my coupe.[window crank handles].

 

thinking the "cut and stitched '38"... but...

 

I like the 38 Smitty.
? what have you used in the past for seat sliders.....I am hunting for some that will work with that caravan seat

 

i bought a steel one on ebay, for a bucket seat, but it was set up so to cut it and widen the unlocking lever is easy, going under a brown school bus seat for starters, later?
cold, pix thursday if needed...

 

What about using those air vents in the sides of the cowl for a scoop or sorts?

 

thanks to STOGY for photoshoping the '39 merc cluster into a fiberglass '32 three window dash..... hmmmm.

 

maybe this STOGY version of the '38/'39... thanks bud !
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Topsham, ME. Fairgrounds swap meet...
first of the year Sunday the 15th...
not a big meet, local yearly get together...
going to shop wisely... like all the rodders, i need / want just a few things...
but i bring home a car load !

 

Hows the Sporty project going Sloppy?...I believe this was your Hotrod coming together if I'm not mistaken...hope all is well...