pics of my 31 ford roadster

had someone stop by work and take a few pictures of my roadster. I figured I would post them for ya'll to see. It has been my daily driver for the last 7 weeks because my other car crapped out. Rain or shine this baby has to get me to work. I am thinking of selling it to get something a little more winter friendly, but I know I would regret that in the spring. Would really like to find a 49-54 chevy car to drive this winter. Hope ya'll enjoy

 

here are some more. I built it from scratch. It has the front axle out of my 53 gmc along with the steering column and box. I want taller and norrower front tires and still have a lot to finish on it, but it is on the road and a blast to drive. I glassed all the body togther and boxed an original frame that I got from sparky on here. running a 307 sbc and a 4 speed saginaw with an 8 inch out back using jag coils in the rear. I know most of you hate glass and radials, but I enjoy it and that's all I care about. I'm really racking up the miles on her now and having a blast.

 

way cool. looks like a fun ride.

 

Great job! Glad to be of help,if only a rusty chassis, ha ha .Drive it all you can,roadsters are fun!! Sparky

 

Looks great! Enjoy it.

-Rich

 

Hey man, this is richie from MTSU, i came over to the frat house last year with justin.

glad to see that thing on the road, all you need is a hood and a canvas top and it'll be winter ready!

send me a pm and i'll tell ya about my sedan i finally got ahold of

Richie

 

arrrrrgh, matey!

 

Looks like a fun ride- no excuses necessary!
What size are the back tires and wheels?

 

two words........................KEEP IT !!

 

Nothing Beats A Roadster!

 

roll it, dont sell it.

You'll regret it.

 

how have you got that front end set up?

 

thanks sparky, not so rusty anymore. turned out to work great and a good price to boot.

 

they are 285/70/15 bfg radial t/a
I really love the rear tires and I got them from wal mart special order when I worked there for about $100 each. the rear wheels are 15X8. thanks for the replies

 

I welded plates that I made to the axle to attatch to the radius rods that I also made. I am running a transverse leaf spring like the original, but used one that they sell for trailers and added a few of the origianals leafs to it. I am also using a panhard rod to keep it all in one place. The front rides fine, but the rear is really stiff because it is so light back there. If i am low on gas it rides a whole lot worse. Let me know if you have any more questions.

 

oh ok, oddly enough even down to the trailer spring thats what i thought youd done but i couldnt realy see much in those pictures.

good thinking

 

Good use of the conrod.......I put a canvas top on it and keep it.....I couldnt see the spring either?.....great effort ...Bert